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Quake

TitleQuake
First release1996
DevelopersNightdive Studios, id Software
PublishersActivision, Atari, Inc., Bethesda Softworks, ClickBoom, MacSoft Games, Macmillan Inc., Midway Games, Sega
PlatformsAmiga, DOS, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PC (Windows), Sega Saturn
Genresfirst-person shooter, science fiction video game
Also known asQuake 64 · QuakeDC
Players1–4 players
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingM Mature 17+
Releases
PC (Windows): 1996-06-22
Sega Saturn: 1997-10-31
Nintendo 64: 1998-03-24 (NTSC)
Dreamcast: 2000-10-22 (NTSC)
Wikidata IDQ217423

The player takes the role of an un-named protagonist sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". Previously, the government had been experimenting with teleportation technology, and upon development of a working prototype called a "Slipgate", this enemy has compromised the human connection with their own teleportation system, using it to insert death squads into the "human" dimension, supposedly in order to test the martial capabilities of humanity.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q217423) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (777) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (11319) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (2922) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (103410) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Activision · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Activision · internal use only.
Image: Xbox México, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Quake cover.png”)
Sprites
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Videos
Saturn Longplay [163] Quake (US)
World-of-Longplays · Sega Saturn version · longplay · 3:32:56auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC
Nintendo 64 Longplay [048] Quake 64 (US)
World-of-Longplays · Nintendo 64 version · longplay · 2:42:07auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:43 UTC
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