Quake

id Software

Release Date: June 22, 1996

Platforms: Linux, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Mac, Amiga, Sega Saturn, Legacy Mobile Device, Zeebo

Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.


Genres

Shooter


Themes

Action

Science fiction

Horror

Historical

Comedy


Release Dates

Jun 22, 1996 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 31, 1997 - Sega Saturn

Aug 28, 1997 - Mac

Mar 24, 1998 - Nintendo 64

1998 - Amiga

1998 - Amiga

May 24, 1998 - Nintendo 64

Jul 05, 1996 - Linux

Jun 22, 1996 - DOS

Oct 2005 - Legacy Mobile Device

May 25, 2009 - Zeebo


Game Modes

Single player

Multiplayer

Co-operative


Keywords

aliens

chainsaw

arena

blood

medieval

sword

fantasy

health

dimension

comedy

first person shooter

pvp

death

fire

voxel

open-source

run and gun

sci-fi

role playing

sprite-scaling

water

horror

steam

backtracking

lovecraft

lovecraftian

gore

shareware

portals

arena shooter

capture the flag

castle

silent protagonist

space marine

swimming

one-man army

clan

user generated content

spikes

explosion

spiritual successor

ogres

brick

deathmatch

geometry

digital distribution

power up

steam cloud

jump

crate

health pack

fireball

lightning bolt

first-person perspective

human

polygonal 3d

explosives

computer

axe

gun

armor

backpack

original soundtrack release

shotgun

rocket launcher

wasd movement

the locked door

extreme violence

electricity

elevator

gatling gun

lava

lightning

cooperative play

lava stage

floating water

double barreled shotgun

auto-aim

player vs player

melee

crosshair

first person melee

real-time combat

underwater gameplay

hitscan

knight

quicksaving

hit points

mercenary

drowning

level titles

moving platforms

the future

rocket

mods

advancing wall of doom

grenade

temporary invincibility

vore

mod support

electrified water

energy weapons

multiplayer lan

speedrun

griefing

camping

splash damage

kill to death ratio

baiting

kill stealing

plasma

grenade jumping

magazine

porting

gore system

dismemberment

grenade launcher

circle-strafing

invisibility

first-person platforming

nailgun

monster infighting

developer console

gibs

run 'n gun

lightning gun

hitbox

ammo

monster closet

elevator ambush

billboarding

air shot

pentagram

telefrag

cthulhu mythos

god mode

frag

no clip

persistent corpses

secret areas within secret areas

ammo box

alien languages

bunny hopping

strafing

strafe-jumping

grunt

eldritch

no-reticle aiming

flat shading

machinima

rocket jump

redbook audio

homing projectile

novint falcon support

ultimate weapon

pc to console port

record breakers

corridor crawler

red armor

no longer banned

room-based menus

spray and pray

enforcer

radiation suit

clip

multiplayer via serial cable

multifunctional ammo

wallhack

logo box art

xfire

yellow armor

hazard symbol

e3 1998

e3 1997

opengl

death knight

source port

original

quake engine

rottweiler

shambler

scrag

thunderbolt

moving faster in non-cardinal directions

slavedriver engine

rotfish

castles

eldritch horror

retroachievements


Developers

id Software

id Software

id Software


Publishers

id Software

id Software

id Software

Sega

MacSoft Games

GT Interactive

Midway Games

clickBOOM

Pulse Interactive

PXL computers

R-Comp Interactive


Supporting Developers

Lobotomy Software

Lion Entertainment

clickBOOM

Bear Naked Productions