Quake

Quake is a real-time 3D FPS developed by idSoftware and a spiritual successor to the popular Doom series. Quake became very popular and spawned many sequels and fan made mods such as Team Fortress.

Rating: 4.13

(62 votes)

NOT abandonware (why?)

Genre:

shooter / first-person shooter (FPS)

system:

DOS

released:

1996

publisher:

id software

developer:

id software

designers:

John Carmack, John Romero

keywords:

horror, science fiction, first person 3D

Downloads for Quake

Buy Quake on gog.com

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Screenshots

Screenshots were taken by Abandonware DOS.

Video

YouTube video courtesy of Squakenet.com.

Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

Quake can be heavily modified by altering the sounds, graphics, or scripting in QuakeC and due to its popularity, has been the focus of many fan mods.

A group of expert players recorded speedrun demos of Quake levels completed in record time on the Nightmare skill level. The footage was edited into a continuous 19 minutes, 49 seconds demo called Quake done Quick and released in June 1997.

players: single player, multiplayer (co-op, Internet, LAN / local, Modem)

input: joystick, keyboard, mouse

distribution: cd-rom

graphics: SuperVGA, VGA

sound: Sound Blaster

Abandonware DOS popularity: average

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