JOHN ROMERO: "Alright team, I've got a fabulous idea for a game! I've been listening to what the gamers want and are looking for, and I've got some killer thoughts! This will be the best game ever created!" ION STORM TEAM:"HOORAY!!!" JOHN ROMERO: "First of all, we'll need to make our own engine. A superb engine, featuring advanced effects like T&L, dynamic LOD, curved surfaces and-" SPASE PEEPOLE: "John xyblah grawh rawwwwr!" (translated: "John, you are our bitch now!") JOHN ROMERO: (shot by evil Spase Peepole's ray gun) "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" ION STORM TEAM: "John, are you okay?" JOHN ROMERO: (slowly getting up from the ground) "I LIKE BUGS AND FROGS." ION STORM TEAM: "What?" JOHN ROMERO: "'SUPERFLY JOHNSON' IS A GOOD NAME FOR A BLACK MAN." ION STORM TEAM: "We quit."
The interesting part was that all the physical copies were manufactured by stores themselves, not ID/publisher. I wonder how many releases with different boxes are there? Kinda feeling like starting to collect those things.