In news that will probably be overshadowed by Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary, Bethesda has revealed that Quake is fifteen years old today, celebrating with comments from id Software's John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead.
"I look back at Quake as the golden age of game modding, before the standards rose so high that it required almost a full time commitment to do something relevant," said Carmack. "I am very proud that many of today’s industry greats trace their start back to working with Quake."
I still remember when Quake first came out. I was too poor to own a computer capable of running it, so I would go to my friend James' house because he was significantly richer and had a copy. We'd play that, and the PC version of Comix Zone. Great days, great days.
Quake is a game I can still happily play today, and its influence on the first-person-shooter genre is undeniable. Quake, I salute thee, and I ask the Destructoid community to post fond memories of the game if they have anything to share.
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9:20 AM on 06.23.2011 | 
I still remember having LAN parties with my entire family and blasting the crap out of each other with grenades, and more importantly, the Thunderbolt which was at the bottom of a pond or something at the beginning of one of the levels. Great memories.
Kickass times!!
@JohnApocalypse:
You can get it on Steam :D
Also, the glory of "+mlook 1" (First time I ever used mouselook was in Quake). I still have a working DOS CD for Quake 1, great game. NIN, too much awesome.
I do have very fond memories of Comix Zone on PC however, very fond memories indeed.
I love you Quake.
Not for me! As a PC-only gamer for the majority of my childhood and teen years, Quake was WAY more impactful on my life than that little blue douche!
Come to think of it, 1996 was an AMAZING year for PC gaming across the board. Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Red Alert, Daggerfall, fucking Diablo... 14-year-old mrandydixon was a happy camper :)
Sonic is shit at the bottom of an abandoned outhouse compared to Quake. Overshadowed? Hah.
"I was Lucky enough to power my Quake engine with my Voodoo graphics card! The openGL version too!!"
Damn I miss the Voodoo days :(
My first graphics card was the Diamond Monster 3D II. Cost me a fortune, but god damn was it ever worth it!
Daggerfall... droooooool.
After my shift was over i would hide my game files deep in a useless folder in a folder in a folder and uninstall the game to hide the evidence. The next night i would reinstall the game, play some more, rinse repeat every single day.
I used to have access to the company aol account on that machine too....when i started to play online it opened up a whole new world of gaming.
Quake 1 was my first online multiplayer game, and i will never forget it.
I used to spend SO much time creating female characters just so I could take their tops off and stare at their nipples.
I was such a perv.
"I am such a perv."
Fixed that for ya.
Quacke 2 was my first Quacke too, that intro movie is still the best intro I've ever seen for an FPS game.
@mrandydixon
You're not alone , I used to get creative with female characters , but in Kingpin: life of crime.
Fun fact: Half-Life used a heavily modified Quake 1 engine (not Quake 2)
Quake pour hommes, Duke pour femmes.
It was my first FPS, after all.