Romero Games

@romerogames.bsky.social

4639 Followers 33 Following

Galway-based studio, passionate about FPS games. romerogames.com

In April 1991, Bobby Prince wrote to id Software about the painstaking work of finding the right sound for Commander Keen, experimenting with AdLib, Sound Blaster, MIDI files, and anything that could make a PC game feel alive. This letter is a small piece of that history, but it captures so much of Bobby: curious, generous, technical, musical, and fully committed to making games sound better than anyone thought they could. ✉️🎵🖤 Bobby’s work helped define the sound of id Software and an entire era of PC games. We’re grateful for his music and the enormous legacy he leaves behind. 🔹A note on the image: we’ve redacted a private, active phone number from the letter. The letter itself is otherwise shared as a historical document from 1991. It includes a dated racial term that is offensive today; we don’t use or endorse that language, but we’re leaving the document intact and acknowledging it here.
We want to address recent reports regarding the status of Romero Games. These reports have contained inaccuracies, and we feel it's important to set the record straight. • The funding for our project was pulled, and our game was canceled. • Due to confidentiality agreements, we cannot disclose the publisher's identity, though some may infer it from public information. • As a result, we now have to reassess the entire staffing of our studio. • Romero Games is not closed, and we are doing everything in our power to ensure that it does not come to that. Any suggestion otherwise is factually incorrect. Indeed, we were in the studio today to discuss next steps with the team. • We've been contacted by several publishers interested in helping us bring the game across the finish line, and we're currently evaluating those opportunities. We appreciate the outpouring of support and will share further updates as we are able. Romero Games
Thank you so much - from all of us at Romero Games. Your messages, your comments, your posts, they've meant the world to us. It is an outpouring of support for our team and our game for which we are so grateful. Romero Games