To gain entry to the building, Carmack concocted a sticky substance of thermite mixed with Vaseline that melted through the windows. Īs reported in David Kushner's Masters of Doom, when Carmack was 14, he broke into a school to help a group of children steal Apple II computers. He cited Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto as the game developer he most admired. The 1980 maze chase arcade game Pac-Man also left a strong impression on him. He attended Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas and Raytown South High School in nearby Raytown, Missouri.Ĭarmack was introduced to video games with the 1978 shoot 'em up game Space Invaders in the arcades during a summer vacation as a child. He grew up in the Kansas City metropolitan area, where he became interested in computers at an early age. Carmack was born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, the son of local television news reporter Stan Carmack.
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