Two Creators of the Original Doom Are Arguing About its History on Social Media

Doom co-creator John Romero and level and game designer Sandy Petersen are disputing each other's recollection of the origin of Doom's DeathMatch mode on X. Petersen said the id team assumed almost no one would play Deathmatch, while Romero countered that a January 1, 1993 press release announced multiplayer eight months before Petersen joined and that the team knew Deathmatch would be huge. Both stood by their accounts.