First example of machinima animation

The earliest example of machinima animation is Diary of a Camper which was created in1996 by United Ranger Films, using id Software’s Quake. Machinima is a term coined in 1998 to describe the use of game engines to create animated films. Diary of a Camper tells a rather simple story, by the standards of current machinima, in which a team of marines engages in battle with a lone sniper. Who turns out to be Quake co-creator John Romero.