Quake cover art

Game

Quake

1996 · Zeebo · Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · DOS · Amiga · Shooter

82IGDB player score
401 ratings

Previously Take

An 82 average from its 401 true believers. Horror that commits — science fiction atmosphere, real dread, and scares that aren't cheap. Play it solo first. The multiplayer will still be there when you're done.

About this game

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.

The player takes the role of a protagonist known as Ranger who was sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of Humanity.

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Trailers & videos

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Game facts

Release date

Jun 22, 1996

Developer

id Software

Publisher

GT Interactive Software, MacSoft Games, PXL computers, Pulse Interactive

Platforms

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

Genres

Shooter

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Horror

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Perspective

First person

Editions & related releases

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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