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Quake is a first-person shooter computer game that was released by id Software on June 22 1996. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of computer and video games.
It can be said that the original Quake game pushed most PC hardware to its limits, due to never-before-seen features it offered: complex textured 3D environments, polygon-modelled enemies with certain intelligence, and the like. Quake was able to overshadow almost all 3D-shooters at the time, including Blood and Duke Nukem 3D, both based on simpler 3D requirements and sprite-based characters. In fact, the poor performance of 486 processors on Quake pushed many people to upgrade to Pentium processors, while the excellent performance of the Pentium Pro, coupled with a fast video card, led to many servers and high-end workstations being used for Quake gaming. Its mixture of dark, horror fantasy with good 3D shooting action was a major departure from other light-themed games of the time.
The majority of programming work on the Quake engine was done by John Carmack. Michael Abrash, a program performance optimization specialist, was brought in to help make the software rendering engine fast enough to be feasible. The background music for the game was composed by Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails (within the game, the ammo box for the nailgun has the Nine Inch Nails logo on it in reference to this). Quake was released just as the Internet was commercially coming of age, and gamers were graduating from local bulletin boards to the global online community. id Software recognized, before anyone else, that the future of competitive gaming lay with the Internet, and so Quake was the second game whose multiplayer could be played against many people on the Internet rather than with only people on a local network.
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IEM Euro Quake Live Invitees & Qualifier Details http://bit.ly/149DEu #esports
esportspress (eSports Press) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:41:47 -0000
IEM Euro Quake Live Invitees & Qualifier Details http://bit.ly/149DEu #esports
IEM Euro Quake Live Invitees
eSports_ie (eSports_ie) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:38 -0000
IEM Euro Quake Live Invitees
Who will be Cali's soon-to-be-appointed (& confirmed) Lt. Governor - and will (s)he run for Governor in 2010? THAT would be a poli-quake.
sfpelosi (sfpelosi) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:33 -0000
Who will be Cali's soon-to-be-appointed (& confirmed) Lt. Governor - and will (s)he run for Governor in 2010? THAT would be a poli-quake.
oh les do it ballin is my hobbie:;get money is a habit aint sayin idha shid jus doinn mines unlimted. single & outcha makin dem $$$ quake
Mrxsz_J (Tazhea) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:02 -0000
oh les do it ballin is my hobbie:;get money is a habit aint sayin idha shid jus doinn mines unlimted. single & outcha makin dem $$$ quake
@dadwhowrites, @singleparentdad would be a nightmare for any teacher or head. I hear they quake in terror at his aproach at max's school.
dghughes (Dan Hughes) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:31:14 -0000
@dadwhowrites, @singleparentdad would be a nightmare for any teacher or head. I hear they quake in terror at his aproach at max's school.
Iran quake & lots of little quakes in SoCal too RT @GigiGraciette Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Azores http://bit.ly/BRq5m #EQ #Portugal
HeyKitty (Kitty Alvarado) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:26:18 -0000
Iran quake & lots of little quakes in SoCal too RT @GigiGraciette Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Azores http://bit.ly/BRq5m #EQ #Portugal
Quake Terminus - A Net Quake knowledge database.
Meta Description: [ Quake Terminus is THE Net Quake (Quake 1) knowledge database. ]
3D Gamers - Includes information, news, screenshots, and downloads.
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Besmella-Quake - Australian based site and Quake news community
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European NetQuake Community - Includes forums, downloads and members.
Func_Msgboard - Map making messageboard and forum
GameSpot - Offers review and screen shots.
Meta Description: [ Q!Zone for PC - GameSpot offers reviews, previews, cheats, and more. Count on us for all of the latest on the Q!Zone Computer Game. ]
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GameStatus.Net - Live player rankings and statistics for Quake servers.
Inside3D - Focusing on developer discussion for 3D rendering engines for games with a strong emphasis on Quake.
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Quaddicted.com - News, mods, links and a forum dedicated to the original game of the series.
Meta Description: [ www.quaddicted.com - the freshest Quake news. Everyone is welcome to submit news or just chat in the forum. ]
Quake One - Features a large community of Quakers from various backgrounds as well as unique content including guides on setting up Quake and playing the various mods.
Meta Description: [ QuakeOne features a large community of Quakers from various backgrounds as well as unique content including guides on setting up Quake and playing the various mods. ]
Quake Standards Group - Site focusing on development of Quake with a messageboard and development tutorials.
QuakeDev.com - Site dedicated to assisting developers of Quake projects
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Singed.NET - Quake site and forum focusing on the Singed.Net server running the Rune Quake mod.
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Speed Demos Archive - The source of over 6000 speed runs for Quake on over a hundred different original and user-made maps.
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