Changes: Dave Taylor

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Dave D. Taylor is a programmer who worked for id Software between 1993 and 1996 and was involved with the development of the Doom games and Quake. He created ports of both games to Irix, AIX, Solaris and Linux, and helped program the Atari Jaguar ports of Doom and Wolfenstein 3D.

He describes himself as the "spackle coder" on Doom, writing unglamorous but essential things such as the status bar, sound library integration, the automap, level transitions, cheat codes, and the network chat system.

The Doom II music track "The Dave D. Taylor Blues" is named for him, as is the "IDDT" cheat code.

External links

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Dave Taylor's personal page
Interview dated 1999

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-'''Dave D. Taylor''' is a programmer who worked for [[id Software]] between 1993 and 1996 and was involved with the development of both [[Doom]] and [[Quake]]. He created ports of both games to [[Irix]], [[AIX]], [[Solaris]] and [[Linux]], and helped program the [[Atari Jaguar]] ports of Doom and [[Wolfenstein 3D]]. He considers himself to have been the "spackle coder" on Doom, adding things such as the [[status bar]], [[sound library]] integration, the [[automap]], [[level transition]]s, [[cheat codes]], and the [[network chat]] system.
+'''Dave D. Taylor''' is a programmer who worked for [[id Software]] between 1993 and 1996 and was involved with the development of the [[Doom games]] and [[Quake]]. He created [[Commercial games|ports]] of both games to [[SGI Doom|Irix]], [[AIX]], [[Solaris]] and [[Linux]], and helped program the [[Atari Jaguar]] ports of Doom and [[Wolfenstein 3D]].
-The [[Doom II music]] track "The Dave D. Taylor Blues" is named for him, and presumably also the "IDDT" cheat code.
+He describes himself as the "spackle coder" on Doom, writing unglamorous but essential things such as the [[status bar]], [[sound]] [[Wikipedia:Library (computing)|library]] integration, the [[automap]], [[Intermission screen|level transitions]], [[Doom cheat codes|cheat codes]], and the [[Doom networking component|network chat]] system.
+The [[Doom II music]] track "The Dave D. Taylor Blues" is named for him, as is the "IDDT" cheat code.
 ==External links==
-* {{Wikipedia|title=Dave Taylor}}
+{{wikipedia|title=Dave D. Taylor}}
-* [http://ddt.masturbatesfrequently.com/ Dave Taylor's personal page]
+* [http://www.davetaylor.name/ Dave Taylor's personal page]
 * [http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/ddt.shtml Interview] dated 1999
-[[Category:id Software employees]]
+[[Category:id Software employees|Taylor, Dave]]