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Quake consists of three parts: | Quake consists of three parts: | ||
* A platform-specific Quake [[Engines|engine]], which is the program you run to actually play Quake. | * A platform-specific Quake [[Engines|engine]], which is the program you run to actually play Quake. | ||
− | * The platform-independent game data archives ''[[pak0.pak]]'' (required | + | * The platform-independent game data archives ''[[pak0.pak]]'' (required) and ''[[pak1.pak]]'' (usually optional). |
− | * The | + | * The soundtrack, which normally exists as audio tracks on the original Quake CD-ROM, which you can leave in your drive while you play. The soundtrack and CD-ROM are optional. |
Therefore, a minimal installation of Quake consists of just ''pak0.pak'' and a single Quake engine. | Therefore, a minimal installation of Quake consists of just ''pak0.pak'' and a single Quake engine. | ||
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===Buy the Steam edition of Quake=== | ===Buy the Steam edition of Quake=== | ||
− | Since August 2007, an official release of the full/registered Quake has been available on Steam (steampowered.com). Steam is a vendor which allows you to pay to download a Win2K/XP/Vista edition of Quake which includes four official engines: WinQuake, QuakeWorld, GLQuake, and GLQuakeWorld. This edition does ''not'' include the soundtrack | + | Since August 2007, an official release of the full/registered Quake has been available on Steam (steampowered.com). Steam is a vendor which allows you to pay to download a Win2K/XP/Vista edition of Quake which includes four official engines: WinQuake, QuakeWorld, GLQuake, and GLQuakeWorld. This edition does ''not'' include the soundtrack. |
* [http://store.steampowered.com/app/2310/ Quake on Steam] | * [http://store.steampowered.com/app/2310/ Quake on Steam] | ||
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* [http://www.quakeforge.net/ The QuakeForge Project] | * [http://www.quakeforge.net/ The QuakeForge Project] | ||
− | === | + | ===Misc links=== |
− | + | * [http://www.kristianduske.com/fitzquake/ SDL port of Fitzquake] mainly for Linux and Mac OS X | |
− | + | * [http://rome.ro/2006/10/quake-map-sources-released.html planet rome.ro: Quake Map Sources Released!] | |
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