Bill Gates Doom
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited mostly as a retro-tech curiosity about Microsoft's push into PC gaming, and sometimes as a joke.
What it is
A short clip from Microsoft's 1995 Judgement Day event in which Bill Gates is inserted into Doom as a promo for Windows 95 and DirectX gaming. It was never publicly released at the time.
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What Hacker News said
Cites Comevius · 2022-10 · on “Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of SimCity”
Microsoft even ported Doom to Windows 95, though it could also run the DOS version. Bill Gates even appeared in the game in a DirectX promotional video. [this video]
Cites bombcar · 2024-02 · on “I keep making things out of checkboxes (2021)”
> While I still have you, did you know that Bill Gates once digitally superimposed himself into DOOM to promote Windows 95? No, no I hadn't. [this video] Different era.