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QuakeSpasm

Platinum ยท 93 0.1 h played, 0 crashes

A modern source port of id Software's Quake, with the original campaign and mods.

Genre
shooter first-person
Theme
horror
Players
single player
Input
supports gamepad (partial) made for keyboard and mouse
View
3D first-person
Content
mods
Needs
your own game data free data download
Engine
id Tech 2 QuakeSpasm

Rating

AspectScore (of 100)What was measured
Frame rate (22) 95/100 median 70 fps, 1% low 42
Smoothness (18) 78/100 0.5 s of stutter a minute, longest frame 573 ms
Sound (12) 100/100 0.0 audible sound dropouts a minute
Picture (12) 100/100 nothing wrong found
Stability (12) 90/100 0 crashes, 0 unclean quits in 0.1 h of play (provisional: under 1 h)
Controls (10) 100/100 1 of 1 tested checks pass (designed for keyboard and mouse: the gamepad only makes the badge)
Display (6) 85/100 fullscreen 1920x1080; text 8 px high at 1080p -15
Features (5) 100/100 1 of 1 tested checks pass
Load (3) 100/100 13 s to the game's first screen (the level load not measured: no play mark or no input log)

Rated from 1 session, 8 minutes of play on quakespasm 0.96.3+dfsg-2 (Walnut 0.1). Details

Screenshots

As rendered on the PS3.

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Installation

InstallAdd game files...Play

With the buttons above: Install, then Add game files... and pick your copy of Quake: the disc in the drive, an ISO, BIN/CUE or MDF image, an installer or a folder. The game data is not part of the package, and Walnut does not offer it.

What works: Quake's id1/pak0.pak and id1/pak1.pak: its CD or a BIN/CUE image of it (with the CD music), an installed copy (Steam, GOG) or GOG's installer. The 2021 re-release: GOG's Quake Enhanced installer, build 60828 (setup_quake_enhanced_1.0_(60828).exe), or that build installed (with its mission packs and episodes).

No copy? Download the free shareware in the same chooser (it needs the network).

Optional, from a copy that has them: the CD's music, 4 expansions: Also add in the app.

More ways (a terminal, game-data-packager on any Debian system, copying the files by hand): Guides.

The game's home page: https://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/. License: GPL-2.0-or-later.