Scott Miller is an entrepreneur and former game programmer. Miller is the founder and CEO of Apogee Software, Ltd. (currently known as 3D Realms Entertainment), started in 1987. He started as game programmer, but now handles primary business duties of the company, as well as producing and co-designing all third-party games associated with the company, including Wolfenstein 3D, Raptor, Terminal Velocity, Max Payne and Prey. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... John Carmack is one of the most widely recognized and influential game programmers. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... Corporate logo of 3D Realms 3D Realms is a computer game publisher and developer based in Garland, Texas, United States. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Carmack is one of the most widely recognized and influential game programmers. ... Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is the computer game that started the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992. ... In-game screenshot of Terminal Velocity Terminal Velocity was a renowned video game during the mid-1990s, developed by Terminal Reality and published by 3D Realms in 1995. ... Max Payne is a third-person shooter computer game developed by Finnish company Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July, 2001. ... Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Human Head Studios and produced by 3D Realms, using a modified version of the Doom 3 engine. ...

Miller also authors one of the industry's leading blogs, www.GameMatters.com, where his views show him to be a strong proponent of studio independence, and of studios and publishers creating original brands rather than licencing brands from other media sources. It has been suggested that Online diary be merged into this article or section. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ...

Miller pioneered the shareware method of game distribution where one episode of a game is released freely through digital distribution, and the follow-up episodes of sold through the company. In effect, the free episode is the carrot-on-a-stick; an advertisement to purchase the remaining, commercial episodes. Kingdom of Kroz, in 1987, was the first game to use this method, which Miller refers to as the "Apogee Model." Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kingdom of Kroz is a video game created by Scott Miller in 1987 as Apogee Softwares first game. ...

Upon success with this model with the seven Kroz episodes (Kingdom of Kroz, Caverns of Kroz, Dungeons of Kroz, Return to Kroz, Temple of Kroz, The Final Crusade of Kroz and The Lost Adventures of Kroz), Miller left his full-time job in mid-1990 and devoted full efforts into growing Apogee. As a side note, it was at this time that Miller contacted key members at Softdisk (a monthly software magazine delivered on floppy disks to subscribers) who later formed id Software, and convinced them to make Commander Keen as a shareware game to be released through Apogee, which proved to be an outstanding success, and lead id Software to become an independent studio. Kingdom of Kroz is a video game created by Scott Miller in 1987 as Apogee Softwares first game. ... This article is about the year. ... Softdisk is a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana. ... id Software (IPA: /id soft. ... Yorp redirects here. ...

Miller was later instrumental in the formation of Gathering of Developers in 1998, a new publisher created with the aid of several leading game studios, and later sold to Take-Two Interactive. Gathering of Developers (aka God Games and Gathering) was an American videogame publisher based in Dallas, TX (and then later Austin, TX) founded by a number of independent game developers. ... 1998 1998 in games 1997 in video gaming 1999 in video gaming Notable events of 1998 in computer and video games. ... Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ...

Miller is noted in the industry for his integration of marketing and gameplay hooks within a game's central concept and design. Game design is the process of designing the content, background and rules of a game. ...

Miller began writing computer games in 1975 on a Wang 2000 while living in Australia. He wrote several DOS games that circulated widely on BBS file bases: A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... 1975 1975 in games 1974 in video gaming 1976 in video gaming Notable events of 1975 in video gaming. ... Wang logo circa 1980. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... A bulletin board system or BBS is software that allows users to connect to the computer system on which the software is installed. ...

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Miller was also a professional industry writer in the '80s, having co-authored a book on beating video games, Shoot-out: Zap the Video Games, and writing a weekly column for The Dallas Morning News for four years ('82-'85), titled "Video Vision," and later changed to "Computer Fun." He's also written for COMPUTE!'s PC & PCjr and other now defunct national game industry magazines. Kingdom of Kroz is a video game created by Scott Miller in 1987 as Apogee Softwares first game. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Compute! was a classic computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. ...

In 1991, Miller provided a level to a short-lived Apogee product, Jumpman Lives. The level, called In Big Trouble, is notorious for its poor design and requirement for the player to sacrifice a life. Miller has claimed that he would never make death a requirement to finish a level, yet has never provided an alternative solution.

External links

• Game Matters, Miller's blog
• Scott Miller's biography at 3D Realms
• Scott Miller profile at MobyGames