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Quake 1

"Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Id Software in 1996. 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."wikipedia:Quake_(video_game)

Installation

You need both game engine and data files in order to play. There are several packages available for Arch Linux.

Engine

  • Darkplaces — Advanced Quake 1 game engine
http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/ || darkplacesAUR
  • fitzquake — Another modern Quake1 engine port
http://www.kristianduske.com/fitzquake/ || fitzquakeAUR
  • ezQuake — Fast paced multiplayer FPS focusing on movement and trick jumps. The popular, modern and maintained Quake/QuakeWorld client. Manual post-installation setup required. Can play on-line for free.
http://ezquake.sourceforge.net/ || ezquakeAUR
  • nQuake — Fast paced multiplayer FPS focusing on movement and trick jumps. This is the popular Quake / QuakeWorld package, including ezQuake client, 24bit textures, maps, bots and more. Automatic post-installation set up. Can play on-line for free.
http://nquake.sourceforge.net/ || not packaged? search in AUR

Data

  • oqplus — Free content replacement project for Quake 1
http://openarena.ws/fsfps/oqplus.html || oqplus-svnAUR
  • Quake Revitalization Project — High quality textures for Quake
http://qrp.quakeone.com/ || quake-qrp-texturesAUR

Quake 2

Installation

You need both game engine and data files in order to play. There are several packages available for Arch Linux.

Engine

  • Quake 2 — Built by Icculus
http://www.icculus.org/quake2/ || quake2AUR
  • qudos-zws — Advanced Quake 2 engine
qudos-zwsAUR || not packaged? search in AUR
  • kmquake2 — Enhanced Quake 2 engine with Lazarus mod support
http://qudos.quakedev.com/ || kmquake2AUR
  • yamagi — Quake 2 engine focused on single player and 64bits.
http://www.yamagi.org/quake2/ || yamagi-quake2AUR

Data

  • quake2-retexture — A true color retexture pak for Quetoo and other Quake2 engines supporting 32bpp tga textures.
http://jdolan.dyndns.org/trac/wiki/Retexture || quake2-retextureAUR

Quake III Arena

  • quake3 — Official Quake III Arena binaries
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake3-arena || quake3AUR
  • ioquake3 — De-facto FOSS Quake 3 distribution.
http://ioquake3.org/ || ioquake3AUR

Quake 4

  • Demo version — Quake 4 Demo
http://ioquake3.org/ || quake4-demoAUR
  • Quake 4 engine — Quake 4 engine
http://ioquake3.org/ || quake4AUR

Quake Live

  • Quake Live — MMO shooter running in browser as plugin
http://www.quakelive.com/ || not packaged? search in AUR

See also