The US government has opened a portal into another dimension, and hostile demons have emerged the player, a nameless soldier, is sent in to stop whatever is responsible for the invasion, an entity codenamed 'Quake'. The story, by contrast, is even less important than in Doom. Quake's gameplay is an intensified version of that seen in the earlier game, focusing on the adrenaline rush of continuous combat in an ominous world reminiscent of the Clive Barker film Hellraiser ( 1987). As with Doom, player versus player Quake matches were, and to some extent still are, highly popular as a competitive sport. Graphics are much more detailed, though there are fewer enemies as a result of the greater technical resources required to display them. The major changes in Quake were technological while Doom's world is not fully three-dimensional, improvements in available hardware platforms meant that the previous game's restrictions could be lifted for Quake. The First Person Shooter Quake was the successor to Doom ( 1993), and shares many of its predecessor's strengths and weaknesses.

Platforms: DOS, Lin ( 1996) rev vt VQuake ( 1996) rev vt QuakeWorld ( 1996) Mac, Saturn, Mainframe ( 1997) rev vt GLQuake ( 1997) rev vt WinQuake ( 1997) Amiga, N64 ( 1998) PPC ( 2002) rev vt Quake Mobile WinPhone ( 2005). Designed by John Carmack, American McGee, Sandy Peterson, John Romero, Tim Willits.

Quake ii 1998