Get All Old Quake Games for Just $15
The Quake collection is selling for $15 over on Steam.
During CNET's 10-year anniversary celebration back in 2005, the site posted its Top 10 Games list over the previous ten years. Strangely enough, none of them went beyond 2001, but they included true gems such as Half-Life, The Sims, EverQuest, and StarCraft. However, seated in the fourth position was id Software's "gothic-n-gibbed" FPS from 1996, Quake.
"One of the best-looking games ever to be released, Quake introduced us to true 3D gaming," CNET said. "In conjunction with the ascendance of graphics chip maker 3dfx, with Quake, games became not only three-dimensional, their textures were also greatly improved. Gone were the days of hideous pixelated graphics and simple aim-and-shoot gameplay."
The PC game introduced many elements now used in most PC shooters including the keyboard-and-mouse combo, polygons (although those were using in other titles like Descent), and online deathmatch. The words "lag" and "mouselook" became common gaming terms while "mods" entered the scene thanks to id Software's allowance for end-user creativity, giving birth to Capture the Flag, Rocket Arena, and more.
For PC gamers, it was a golden age when virtual worlds finally left their 2D, pixilated roots and brought players together across the nation. Gamers can now relive some of that classic action at a really low price, as Steam is currently offering 50-percent off its entire Quake Collection. For $15, you can purchase Quake, Quake: Scourge of Armagon, Quake: Dissolution of Eternity, Quake II, Quake II: Ground Zero, Quake II: The Reckoning, Quake III Arena, and Quake III: Team Arena.
Gamers can also purchase each title on an individual basis and still receive a discount. As the offer was originally launched on Friday, there's no indication on when this deal will actually end.
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I pick up a copy for myself and a friend yesterday. I miss the good old Quake days.
Will all still run on Win7?
It's 15 euro here in europe... at least I don't have to pay that extra tax you see at the checkout.
But, still, Steam is awesome. I have almost all of my games on Steam and can install them on any PC faster than with a disk (Romanian internet is fast).
Does anyone still play Quake III? Unless you and your friends host a LAN party, the internet servers have to be pretty dead for that one by now. Still, there were some great mods for Quake III. Spent many an hour freshman year of college playing that game.
Never played Quake or Quake II, never had the computer power nor money for them when they came out (lacked the RAM and graphics card, hell, I didn't even know they made graphics cards back then, whatever happened to CPU-generated graphics as in Doom? Damn the old days used to be so simple).
ahhhhhhh someone lend me their credit card!!!!!
I got a xp cd home and wil build a system just to frag!!!!!
BFG 10k FTW!
Will all still run on Win7?
I bought the entire ID pack back in xmas (bless the huge discounts Steam gave that week!) and yes, it runs smoothly on Win 7
It's a midweek madness sale, so it ends today (Thursday) or early tomorrow.
Arggggg!
I miss the good Old days when I used to be able to sit all day playing DooM and other games.
Now I can't play any of them without getting really sick any more.
For Quake, use the DarkPlaces engine. This supports all the official mods and some third-party ones (unfortunately not Malice). Try to beat the QdQwav time.
For Quake II, use the Yamagi Quake II client. Try to beat the 0:19:33 speedrun record.
Note that these support single player. There are many other ports designed specifically for multi-player.
quake 3 is the best online-wise
there are a few servers that always are active for CTF. CTF is what I play.
ALSO you can play quake 3 via your browser @ quakelive.com
Does it have quake team fortress?! Ahh, the day of when I was one of the few LPB's.....
I picked these games up along with all the Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein games for like 25$ few months ago form Steam, was great deal so many kewl games in one pack.
Does anyone still play Quake III? Unless you and your friends host a LAN party, the internet servers have to be pretty dead for that one by now.
Install the game and go online, you will be surprised. Quake3 is well and truly alive, at least in europe.
Install the game and go online, you will be surprised. Quake3 is well and truly alive, at least in europe.
And that doesn't include all the clones and stand-alone mods based on the engine like TremFusion, World of Padman, Urban Terror, and Open Arena.
Dude Quake brings up some crazy memories
Quake 4 included?
Quake Live is more than enough. Quake 3 is truly one of the best games ever made...even if your more a fan of precision focused games(CS, Rogue Spear).
Quake 3 is simply the single best duel/1v1 FPS game ever made. I have no idea how anyone could argue against it.
Quake 3 is simply the single best duel/1v1 FPS game ever made. I have no idea how anyone could argue against it.
Personal preference?
I used to like Quake, though it still wasn't my favorite, but for me, like most of the classics, they're just not what I crave anymore.
Sad, but true. Playing it today just doesn't live up to the memories.
I remember Quake(1) GL - Glide benchmarks. I was able to get 20 fps before with the 3DFX card, in 640x480 no less! I wonder what I can get with the i7 & HD 5970 ?
I vaguely remember when Quake was first launched. Lots of hoopla! Can't remember what the price was.
I remember Quake(1) GL - Glide benchmarks. I was able to get 20 fps before with the 3DFX card, in 640x480 no less! I wonder what I can get with the i7 & HD 5970 ?
Over nine thousand?
Quake II is still one of my favorites I keep going back to.
I've probably played more Quake (I) than any other video game. Back then I used to play Team Fortress every day (for years). It is way better than either the TF for Halflife or TF2.
Does anybody else remember playing the 'build you player' maps where you got a limited number of points and could build you player from the ground up (speed, armor, weapons, grappling hook, etc)? You could even select the ability to summon creatures. You got blood points for knife kills that would allow you to summon Fiends and even Shamblers. Who needs an auto turret when you can summon a Shambler in the enemy base.
The original quake was so far ahead of its time, everything came together including the graphics and that sound track by Reznor was money. First time I played it was a memorable experience. I still have a couple of those tracks burned to a CD.
I hear you, I still have the soundtrack on CD as well.
According to game-monitor.com there are 3,100 people playing Quake 3 right now. That includes mods too, but to give a comparison only 71 are playing Quake 4, 9000 something playing Battlefield 2, and 7700 playing Left 4 Dead 2.
I cannot find where in their offer it states that it is for download only.
I immediately requested a cancellation/refund.
They are refusing to comply
RIPOFF!!!
I remember Quake(1) GL - Glide benchmarks. I was able to get 20 fps before with the 3DFX card, in 640x480 no less! I wonder what I can get with the i7 & HD 5970 ?
Well you'd need a Glide wrapper first, otherwise you wouldn't render a single frame