History Trivia / Quake

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Quake_Wikia Quake Wiki]].

* DuelingGames: With the VideoGame/{{Unreal}} series. Especially, ''Quake III Arena'' vs. ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', (being the ultimate cause of backlash in the Magazine/PCGamer (UK) forum of that time) and to some extent, ''Quake II'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}''.
** The original game also dueled with ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''.
*** The lead-up to the original ''Quake'' was long and arduous; gamers stood on the precipice of the first significant evolution of their genre. Some months before that was to happen, ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' was released with its pseudo-3D graphics. Though from a technical standpoint, it would be eclipsed easily by ''Quake'', it would endure due to its "real world" setting and, of course, Duke himself.
* FollowTheLeader: ''Quake'', with the antecedent of VideoGame/{{Doom}}, began the multiplayer experience in the 3D FPS genre, but ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', along with its rival game ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', paved the way for the multiplayer FPS. 10 years later, it's still one of the biggest feuds in the gaming history.
* KillerApp: People built new gaming computers to fully experience the first three games, but the most notable instance is ''[=GLQuake=]'', which caused the 3dfx Voodoo Graphics accelerator card to become a must-own for every gaming computer at a time when software rendering and 320x240 resolution was the norm.

*** The lead-up to the original ''Quake'' was long and arduous; gamers stood on the precipice of the first significant evolution of their genre. Some months before that was to happen, ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D was released with its pseudo-3D graphics. Though from a technical standpoint, it would be eclipsed easily by ''Quake'', it would endure due to its "real world" setting and, of course, Duke himself.

* DuelingGames: With the VideoGame/{{Unreal}} series. Especially, ''Quake III Arena'' vs. ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', (being the ultimate cause of InternetBackdraft in the Magazine/PCGamer (UK) forum of that time) and to some extent, ''Quake II'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}''.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://quake.wikia.com/wiki/Quake_Wikia Quake Wiki]].

! [[center:[[Trivia/{{Quake}} Main page]] | [[Trivia/QuakeI Quake]] | [[Trivia/QuakeII Quake II]] | [[Trivia/QuakeIIIArena Quake III Arena]] | [[Trivia/QuakeIV Quake IV]] | [[Trivia/EnemyTerritoryQuakeWars ET: Quake Wars]] | [[Trivia/QuakeChampions Champions]]]]

! [[center:[[Trivia/{{Quake}} Main page]] | [[Trivia/QuakeI Quake]] | [[Trivia/QuakeII Quake II]] | [[Trivia/QuakeIIIArena Quake III Arena]] | [[Trivia/QuakeIV Quake IV]] | [[Trivia/EnemyTerritoryQuakeWars ET: Quake Wars]] | [[Trivia/QuakeChampions Champions]]-]]]

![[VideoGame/{{Quake}} The series in general]]

!Individual Games
* Trivia/{{Quake|I}}
* Trivia/QuakeII
* Trivia/QuakeIIIArena
* Trivia/QuakeIV

* DuelingGames: With the VideoGame/{{Unreal}} series. Especially, ''Quake III Arena'' vs. ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', (being the ultimate cause of InternetBackdraft in the PCGamer (UK) forum of that time) and to some extent, ''Quake II'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}''.

* DuelingGames: With the {{Unreal}} series. Especially, ''Quake III Arena'' vs. ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', (being the ultimate cause of InternetBackdraft in the PCGamer (UK) forum of that time) and to some extent, ''Quake II'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}''.

![[{{Quake}} The series in general]]

![[VideoGame/{{Quake}} The first game]]
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just]] [[spoiler:{{Telefrag}} [[HPLovecraft Shub Niggurath]]]]?
** One boss is a huge EldritchAbomination called [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Chthon]] and is [[MadeOfIron impervious to bullets]], but can be killed with [[spoiler:lightning]] [[hottip:*:If you cheat, however, don't even hope him to kill with YOUR thunder which comes from Thunderbolt.]].
* HeyItsThatSound: The "get key" sound effect is identical to the one from ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997''.
* PopStarComposer: Trent Reznor of NineInchNails composed the score for ''Quake''. The game includes a nail gun weapon with ammo packs [[VisualPun featuring the band's NIN logo.]]
* PromotedFanboy: id hired some of the best level makers to their team (most notably American [=McGee=]), and several of the creators of the various {{Game Mod}}s or tournament winners below have gone on to jobs in the industry.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game began its development as a large, free-roaming RolePlayingGame, starring a titular barbarian hero who would bash his way through his enemies with an enormous, Mjolnir-like hammer. However, this idea (and eventually the whole RPG setting) was scrapped, and instead, they switched to a more ''Doom''-like FPS direction while keeping the original level design, just like id's previous FPS boomfests.
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*** The lead-up to the original ''Quake'' was long an arduous; gamers stood on the precipice of the first significant evolution of their genre. Some months before that was to happen, ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D was released with its pseudo-3D graphics. Though from a technical standpoint, it would be eclipsed easily by ''Quake'', it would endure due to its "real world" setting and, of course, Duke himself.

* HeyItsThatSound: The "get key" sound effect is identical to the one from ''{{Game/GoldenEye}}''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game began its development as a large, free-roaming RolePlayingGame, starring a titular barbarian hero who would bash his way through his enemies with an enormous, Mjolnir-like hammer. However, this idea (and eventually the whole RPG setting) was scrapped, and instead, they switched to a more ''Doom''-like FPS direction while keeping the original level design, just like id's previous FPS boomfests.

* DuelingGames: With the {{Unreal}} series. Especially, ''Quake III Arena'' vs. ''UnrealTournament'', (being the ultimate cause of InternetBackdraft in the PCGamer (UK) forum of that time) and to some extent, ''Quake II'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}''.