

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. In the single-player game, 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'. Quake has been an influence on user mods and machinima. The game received much acclaim on release and its commercial success led to several sequels, starting with Quake II, which abandoned the gothic stylings of the original for a science fiction theme. Various multiplayer mods were developed including Team Fortress and Capture the flag. Online multiplayer became increasingly common, with the QuakeWorld update and software such as QuakeSpy making the process of finding and playing against other competitors on the Internet far easier and more reliable. After Doom helped popularize multiplayer deathmatches, Quake added various multiplayer options. Unlike the Doom engine before it, the Quake engine offered full real-time 3D rendering and early support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL. The successor to id's Doom series, Quake built upon the technology and gameplay of its predecessor in many ways.

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. It is the first game in the popular Quake series.

Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed and published by id Software in 1996. This game can be played also in a version for N64.

If you think that the game in your browser does not behave as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'. Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS.
