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Quake (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/First-Person Shooter

RELEASE DATE

--/--/96

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence

DEVELOPER

id Software, Inc.

PUBLISHER

id Software, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Macintosh, Arcade, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn

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DESCRIPTION

After Doom revolutionized first-person shooters, Quake raised the bar and set standards featuring improved visuals in a 3D environment, excellent controls, numerous monsters and a vast online experience. Much darker in theme, the four dimensions contain cathedrals, tombs of the undead, base installations and nightmarish realms, and each dimension is broken into various levels with an end-boss. When a dimension's rune is collected, the player returns to a central hub from which other levels are chosen.

With the 3D environments, a number of dark and detailed textures are used to create an evil-looking atmosphere. The level architecture is quite astonishing, featuring pillars, lava rivers, cracks in walls, ceiling-support beams and other gothic details. Nine Inch Nails' ambient soundtrack adds to the experience with subtle but disturbing noises.

Controls are precise, with an emphasis on strafing around monsters, and movement is in full 360 degrees allowing one to view all aspects of the level. Monsters are innovative and smart, including zombies that tear off their own limbs and throw them as weapons, undead marines, hellhounds, piranha-like fish, evasive and fast-moving Fiends, sword-bearing knights, and the menacing Shambler. Likewise, the armaments are excellent, ranging from an axe and grenade and rocket launchers to the double-barreled shotgun and Nailgun.

Power-ups, such as three different armors, an invulnerable Pentagram of Protection, the devastating Quad Damage and Ring of Shadows, are strewn about the levels creating a level playing field when fighting certain monsters. These items are also useful when involved in a deathmatch. Quake is one of the first games to make use of Internet gaming; 16 combatants can face off on a server or via LAN. Aside from a few lag issues, the engine is stable and runs well on a full server. ~ Matthew House, All Game Guide

Quake (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/First-Person Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

--/--/96
TOP TRAITS:

FPS, Action Packed, Fast-paced
DESCRIPTION:

After Doom revolutionized first-person shooters, Quake raised the bar and set standards featuring improved visuals in... more

players 293

followers 2

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Quake (PC) by: dowekeller

“This is the earliest FPS that really feels like a modern FPS to me, it's natural to control with the mouse and arrow keys, oh yeah, and its hella fun!”

created 01/NOV/2009

My Top 5 Games by: Torinir

“Oh $DEITY, get ready for some memory lane, kids. I remember as a young kid dropping a metric ton of quarters into SF2 arcade boxes. Many gloriously wasted hours (and dollars) playing that game....”

created 09/OCT/2009

DeathorGlory9 was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“i started a bit late but mine are
1. Pokemon gold (my first game)
2. Donkey kong 64
3. Conkers bad fur day
4. little big planet
5. Warcraft 3”

Shambler (remade)

“Found nice Shambler model for DarkPlaces (http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/) place it in darkplacesengine/id1 http://rapidshare.com/files/285270957/pak6.pk3”

Added by: OlafTorkland
Date: 29/SEP/2009
Views: 75
Votes: 2

created 29/SEP/2009

OlafTorkland was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“...ad powerful. %)
Shots until dead:
Axe 30
SG 25
SSG 11
NG 68
SNG 34
GL 12
RL 12
LG 20”

Quake (PC) by: Tjuhl

“Deja vu somewhere else. Worth mentioning: LAN PvP was very fast-paced.”

created 21/SEP/2009

Quake (PC) by: Kthulu827

“On par with Doom 3. A big disappoinemt , nothing to write home about. "Dear mom Killing space demons with robotic limbs.There seems to be other soldiers here, but they can't evern aim a gun. wish i was back on earth." ”

created 26/AUG/2009

Torinir was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“For its time, however, it was pretty bleeding edge stuff. I think only the original Unreal could compare to it.”

Quake (PC) by: Markatansky

“Kinda scary but a goold ol' fashioned shmup.”

created 19/AUG/2009

Quake (PC) by: redman223

“When they released GLQuake I could never go back to consoles again, and when I played this online, it set a whole new standard for multi-player games. Its too bad broadband was not as widespread then as it is now, because PC would have stayed #1.”

created 21/JUL/2009

Quake (PC) by: JinTetra

“The first truly terrifying game I ever played. The world was dark and gory, and the monsters came straight out of your nightmares, but you could never feel completely defenseless with the nail gun at your side! >:)”

created 09/JUL/2009

Quake (PC) by: WaveZtream

“What can I say about this game ITS A LEGEND!. ”

created 03/JUL/2009

Quake (PC) by: Merc

“THE father of online FPS gaming. I will always have fond memories of the dawn of fragging.”

created 25/JUN/2009

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Added by: Skidbladnir
Date: 17/JUN/2009
Views: 17
Votes: 0

created 17/JUN/2009

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Added by: OlafTorkland
Date: 10/JUN/2009
Views: 34
Votes: 0

created 10/JUN/2009

Quake (PC) by: lAbsolutionl

“ID Software takes a break from Doom and gives birth to another First Person God-given Masterpiece, Quake. This game is dark and evil. You fight monsters, you obtain weapons of your dreams. (Nail Gun!) You find Relics as you travel. AWESOME game!”

created 10/APR/2009