The founders met while working at Softdisk's Gamer's Edge division and started id in 1991.
At the time the press was told he felt he had done all he could do in the gaming field and was planning to pursue his passions of art.
However, in September 2005, The Wall Street Journal revealed he was taking his former business partners to court, claiming he was effectively fired by them in an attempt to force him to sell his 41% stake in the company for $11 million (~$16.5 million in 2023) under the terms of a contract he wants the court to nullify.
[4] In September 2014, Carmack was revealed as the new owner of the five-star Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in Killenard, Ireland.
Later the campaign was put on hold to allow Carmack and Romero time to complete a working demo of the game.