Rating
| Aspect | Score (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.
Installation
In Walnut Games, the desktop app: 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.
Or from a terminal, from Walnut's apt repository:
sudo apt install quakespasm
Known issues
- The interface is tiny at 1080p: the status bar numbers and the centre messages are about 8 px high.
- A DualShock 3 plugged in by USB but not activated with the PS button makes the menu cursor run up as if a direction were held.
- A few frames take up to 0.6 s, about half a second of stutter a minute.
The game's home page: https://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/. License: GPL-2.0-or-later.