¶ Technical data
- Created by: id Software
- Year of release: 1996
- Genre: First person shooter
- Engine: Quake Engine
- Latest version: v1.09
- Operating system: MS-DOS 5.0 (or higher), Win95/98
- CPU: Pentium minimum
- Storage: 16 MB on MS-DOS, 24MB on Win95/98 + CD-Rom player 2x (no player = no sound track)
- RAM: 8 MB MS-DOS or 16MB Win95/98 minimum
- Resolution: 320x200 pixels minimum
- Sound: Sound Blaster and AdLib or 100% compatible sound card
- Developer: id Software
- Editor: GT Interactive
- Designers: John Romero, American McGee, Sandy Petersen, Tim Willits
- Programmers: John Carmack, Michael Abrash, John Cash
- Artists: Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Paul Steed
- Compositors: Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails
- PEGI: 16
¶ Presentation
Quake takes place in a world where the government, after several years of research and development, develops a prototype that makes teleportation possible. However, this prototype is corrupted by an enemy, known as Quake, who uses the prototype to send his nightmarish creatures into the human dimension, preparing a possible invasion of Earth. The government sends a team of fighters through the portal to eliminate this threat. The player takes on the role of an anonymous soldier, the only survivor of the operation. From a still secure base, he can access, via portals, four dimensions controlled by the enemy. Each dimension allows the player to acquire one of the four magical runes of Shub-Niggurath, Quake's lieutenant in charge of invading the Earth. Collecting all four runes allows access to the dimension where the demon is hiding.