After months of private beta testing, QuakeWorld, written by John Carmack with help from John Cash and Christian Antkow, was released on December 13, 1996. The client portion followed on December 17. Official id Software development stopped with the test release of QuakeWorld 2.33 on December 21, 1998. The last official stable release was 2.30. QuakeWorld has been described by IGN as the first popular first-person shooter meant to be played online.
After months of private beta testing QuakeWorld written by John Carmack with help from John Cash and Christian Antkow was released on December 13 1996 The client portion followed on December 17 Official id Software development stopped with the test release of QuakeWorld 233 on December 21 1998 The last official stable release was 230 QuakeWorld has been described by IGN as the first popular first-person shooter meant to be played online