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John Romero says id Software once sold Doom boxes to Taiwanese pirates so fans there could have legit copies

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John Romero says id Software once sold Doom boxes to Taiwanese pirates so fans there could have legit copies

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The id Software co-founder told the story during an opening panel at QuakeCon.

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There actually was a TV movie called Pirates of Silicon Valley. And yeah, Microsoft was the villains at the end of the movie.

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