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Amiga Quake History

Reconstructed history of Amiga Quake ports.

This history is particularly challenging to reconstruct, given the mess of ports based on the leaked Linux v1.01 source and the lack of archive of the official port files.

Releases

  • AmigaQuake by Digital Corruption (based on leaked linux src)
    • 1997 Feb 14, v0.1
    • 1997 Feb 15, v0.2
    • 1997 Feb 16, v0.3
    • 1997 Feb 17, amigaquakev0.31.lha
    • 1997 ??? ??, v0.47
    • 1997 ??? ??, v0.57
    • 1997 ??? ??, v0.73
  • QuakePPC (based on leaked linux src)
    • 1998 Sep 09, QuakePPC9.lha
    • 1998 Sep 16, QuakePPC.lha
    • 1998 Sep 16, QuakePPC10.lha
  • ClickBoom / PXL (official port)
    • 1998 ??? ??, quakedemos.lha
    • 1998 Mar 09, QuakePlayer095.lha
    • 1998 Apr 02, QuakePlayer096.lha
    • 1998 Apr 02, QuakeP_096code.lha or QuakeP-096code.lha
    • 1998 Jul 07, quake060.lha

Amiga Quake Alpha aka "QuakePPC" (Leak)

A port of Quake to Amiga was made using the leaked Linux Quake v1.01 source code.

There were at least two alpha versions (e.g. one using the v1.01 source and an update with 1.06 changes).

Perhaps distributed as:

  • Quake.lha
  • QuakePPC.lha
  • QuakePPC9.LhA
  • QuakePPC10.lha
Quake warning from PXL / clickBOOM
PXL / clickBOOM
5 Dec 1997

ILLEGAL QUAKE CONVERSIONS WARNING
Dec. 4, 1997.

Dear Amiga users,

As you probably know PXL computers and clickBOOM are negotiating a license deal
with Id Software where PXL would buy the rights to develop and publish Quake
for the Amiga.

However, numerous Quake hacks for the Amiga have spawned during last several
months. If PXL computers and clickBOOM obtain the license and wish to pursue to
develop and publish Quake for the Amiga, current hacks can tremendously hurt
future sales. This will in return hurt the whole Amiga market, as any hope for
other important conversions will diminish.

Therefore, we would like to inform all Amiga users that once the license is in
place PXL will take following legal actions:

1. Prosecute creators of Amiga Quake hacks.

Amiga Quake hacks are ILLEGAL. No person or company can under any circumstances
own or use the stolen Quake sources to create illegal Quake ports.


2. Prosecute distributors of Amiga Quake hacks.

Distributing Amiga Quake hacks known as "AmigaQuake" , "CoolQuake" , "AmiQuake"
and similar is ILLEGAL. No person or company has the right to use or distribute
this software.

!! If you own or use such software, delete ALL copies promptly !!

Creators and distributors of illegal Quake hacks will be directly linked and
held responsible for loss of sales. Distribution of Quake hacks over the
Internet was monitored for a few months, and all persons and companies involved
in this illegal action will be prosecuted.

After a few years of constant decline Amiga market is finally seeing the light
this Xmas season .
It is therefore a sad fact that piracy can easily shatter any hope for a
brighter future.
The example must be set - Amiga market can not tolerate any more illegal
actions.

If you are an Amiga programmer, and you wish to work on a conversion of a major
game, please contact PXL / clickBOOM first. We will consider obtaining the
license. DO NOT try to convert games illegally! It will hurt and ultimately
destroy Amiga games market.

If you are distributing illegal software you are breaking the law! If you
suspect code to be illegal, or are unsure, DO NOT distribute or use it!

Let's all work together for a brighter Amiga future where big games will be
converted, as well as originate on the Amiga.


PXL computers / clickBOOM

-- comp.sys.amiga.games

Short:    Quake PPC-Patch was illegal
Replaces: game/patch/QuakePPC.lha
1998-11-06

The Quake ppc-patch uploaded to aminet was not by ClickBOOM,
but anonymous coder. It is based on stolen source code, and
is thus illegal. It is by no means "official" as the .readme
claimed.

P.S. It wasn't even the latest version.. ;)

-- https://aminet.net/package/game/patch/QuakePPC

Sca
5 Nov 1998

Err. i just peeked at Clickbooms site, and i said
Quote:
So called "Quake PPC" on Aminet is illegal and not coming from clickBOOM.
This idiotic move by some no-brain imbecil now made it official there will
be no Quake PPC coming from clickBOOM.
No one better even think about flaming us for this decision.
end quote:

...

Bablos
5 Nov 1998

The QuakePPC.lha archive on Paderborn Aminet isn't the real thing -
sure, the readme file might claim that it's an official patch from
ClickBOOM, but it ain't - it's just one of the FastQuake pirate
releases. It's identical to either FQ 3 or 4 - same datestamp, same
file size, even same README in the archive. Certainly no patch.


Bablos.

-- comp.sys.amiga.games

Locations:

QuakePPC.lha

Perhaps distributed as QuakePPC.lha and released September 16 1998.

Hash:

5ffba04ff2edfb78393a8fbafeb1eb2f  QuakePPC.lha

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
QuakePPC
[unknown]               877320  41.3% Sep 16  1998 [1]
QuakePPC.info
[unknown]                 1260  73.2% Jan  1  1980 [1]
READMEPPC
[unknown]                 3489  49.7% Sep 11  1998 [1]
READMEPPC.info
[unknown]                  578  79.8% Jan  1  1980 [1]
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
 Total         4 files  882647  41.4% Aug 18 06:19

Readme snippet:

Quake for PPC-Amiga
-------------------

You need v46 ppc.library, get it from phase5 site if you don't have it.
And of course you also need the normal Quake data files, PAK0.PAK and
PAK1.PAK. These should be in id1/ subdirectory.

...

This version is almost completely compiled with EGCS.

     - the anonymous author. :)


---
Little update history, latest additions on bottom:

-Added direct gfx card access. Quake renders directly to gfx card, no
 chunky buffer in fastram!
-Compiled with EGCS
-Removed 68k startup code, everything in ELF
-New c2p system, no more 68k render task, just PPCCallM68k()
-C2P only the modified parts of screen
-Chunky bitmap can have a modulo. This means that width doesn't need to be
 aligned to 64 pixels anymore, and direct cgx access should work with CV64.
-Rewrote render code, it's a bit faster.
-Multiplayer menu doesn't crash anymore if no networking is available.
-Minor optimizations
-Screenmode can be changed on the fly..
-Added Quake v1.06 stuff! This is entirely based on Q101-106.TXT which can
 be found from www.idsoftware.com. I included the text file in this
 release, check the modifications there. Note that there probably are some
 internal changes too which are not listed there, and thus are not present
 in my version either. However, I still decided to bump the version to 1.06. :)

-- READMEPPC

QuakePPC9.lha

Distributed as QuakePPC9.lha and released perhaps September 09 1998.

Hash:

8940c3f7cdb4309025975dba69857c2d  QuakePPC9.LhA

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
README.info
[generic]                 2411  24.9% Feb 17  1998 [0]
Quake
[generic]               872264  41.4% Sep  9  1998 [0]
README
[generic]                 3042  50.4% Sep  9  1998 [0]
Quake.info
[generic]                  955  19.9% Apr  4  1998 [0]
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
 Total         4 files  878672  41.3% Aug 18 06:28

QuakePPC10.lha

Distributed as QuakePPC10.lha and released perhaps September 16 1998.

Hash:

d5a1666d2d88194beecbbbcfef7cbbac  QuakePPC10.lha

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
README.info
[generic]                 2411  24.9% Feb 17  1998 [0]
Q101-106.TXT
[generic]                 8770  41.9% Sep 14  1998 [0]
Quake
[generic]               877320  41.3% Sep 16  1998 [0]
Quake.info
[generic]                  955  19.9% Apr  4  1998 [0]
file_id.diz
[generic]                   80  93.8% Sep 28  1998 [0]
Capeman
[generic]                33276   2.1% Dec 28  1997 [0]
Mambazo
[generic]                33276   2.1% Dec 28  1997 [0]
PHITLHJSMV
[generic]                 1575  35.4% Oct  3  1998 [0]
cHECKpOINT!
[generic]                 1090  28.5% Aug  4  1998 [0]
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
 Total         9 files  958753  38.5% Aug 18 06:28

I suspect this is just a repackage of QuakePPC.lha. The dates and executable hash are the same:

ef09597f6a6bc9de8eed37d2c5839b9e  QuakePPC/QuakePPC
ef09597f6a6bc9de8eed37d2c5839b9e  QuakePPC10/Quake

AmigaQuake / AmiQuake (based on linux src leak)

Subsequent port based on leaked code?

Multiple versions:

  • AmigaQuake 0.31
  • AmigaQuake 0.47
  • AmigaQuake 0.49a
  • AmigaQuake 0.57
  • AmigaQuake 0.73

Locations

Also same name of a post-GPL port?

AmigaQuake
Contrary to what has been reported, the author of the port has not abandoned it and is still continuing with development of it with the current version being 0.49a. It is rumoured that a company may be picking it up to become a proper commercial release. Will keep you posted on how it is going. Check out the web page www.angeldos.demon.co.uk/index.html for thelatest public release of the port.

-- https://norayr.am/archive/oberon/atari_st/stjo2122/cd.textfiles.com/amigaformat/aformat-17-19970808/-Look_here_1st!-/AF_on_the_web/Websites/Intuition/News.htm

AmigaQuake updates!?
JBB
24 Sept 1997

I know that this subject is out of date now and so on...
Everything seemed to be stucked to a 0.31 version since a long time.
But I've just uploaded 2 recent engine 0.47 and 0.73 on a tiny web site
presented last week in this newsgroup:
http://diana.zems.fer.hr/~nfrances/amiga/amiquake/

It works! (on my A3060-CV64)
And it works faster! YES!!!
- more than 2 times for the 0.47, but almost unplayable due to hangings
if you don't repeat the keyboard input quickly enough, and with a
strange 1 line out of 2 shrunk in any resolution lower than 640x480.
- 1,5 times faster for the 0.73 (named CoolQuake), playable, no problem.

Any other tried it?
Anybody knows where these versions come from?
Any new updates planned?

Regards,
JBB

-- comp.sys.amiga.games

The amigaquakev0.31.lha archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
AmigaQuake
[generic]               349328  50.7% Feb 17  1997 [0]
AmigaQuake.doc
[generic]                 3855  36.0% Mar 17  1997 [0]
file_id.diz
[generic]                   45  75.6% Mar 17  1997 [0]
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
 Total         3 files  353228  50.6% Aug 19 09:24

@BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ        .________________
    ____¦____  (   _____/__  - -------------
  _/     ___/ _/\_  T     ¬\_ ·  diGiTAL   ·
.-\     ¦/    7--7  l       / · cORRUPTiON ·
|  \____.-----¦  ¦----.____/------- -  -   -
|   ¯¯¯¯¯             ¯¯¯¯¯
|           AMIGA QUAKE Alpha 0.31
|      Ported & Coded on Amiga by MAX
`----------------------------- Design: sTORM
@END_FILE_ID.DIZ


******************************************************************************
*                                Description                                 *
******************************************************************************


Direct port of the original Quake v1.01 from ID Software.


******************************************************************************
*                                Requirements                                *
******************************************************************************

Amiga Computer with OS 3.0 or up.
68020/30/40/60 processor with FPU.
8-10 Megz of free memory.
ShareWare or Registered Quake.
CyberGraphX card recommended.

******************************************************************************
*                                 How to Use                                 *
******************************************************************************

Smash this executable over the installed Quake directory. (You have to install
Quake shareware or Quake registered on a PC, then copy the entire Quake
directory to your Amiga).

Type in the cli or shell

stack 300000
AmigaQuake


******************************************************************************
*                                  History                                   *
******************************************************************************


v0.1    [Feb-14-1997]

      - First Released version.

v0.2    [Feb-15-1997]

      - Removed lottsa bugs. (too much).

      - Lottsa stable version (NO MORE GURUS). (I HOPE)

      - Full multitask.

      - Little faster engine.

      - Reduced stack requirements.

      - Added CleanUp code (You can quit now!).

v0.3    [Feb-16-1997]

      - Added AGA support.

      - Added screen resolution support. (Go to Video Options in the MENU or
        try the following commands VID_DESCRIBEMODES,
        VID_DESCRIBEMODE <NUMBER>, VID_MODE <NUMBER>,
        VID_DEFAULTMODE <NUMBER> in the console.

      - Added new argument '-memory' now you can limit the memory usage with
        this argument.

      - Uppercase and lowercase don't care anymore in console.

v0.31   [Feb-17-1997]

      - Fix little bug, getting possibles screenmodes, now minimun screen
        requirements are 320x200.

      - The recoding to assembler of the drawing routines has begun, so do
        not expect a new release until 4-5 days.


******************************************************************************
*                                   To Do                                    *
******************************************************************************


- Add double buffer.
- Add EGS, Picasso96 and ECS graphics.
- Add support to graffiti card. (Maybe)
- Increase C2P performance on 060 applying more pipelining.
- Recode unix/pc initial arguments to Amiga.
- Recode Quake memory handling to a more dynamical approach.
- Create a nice icon, any voluntaries? (NewIcons, MagicWB, and normal).
- Add v1.06 bullshit.
- ReCode whole draw, light, particles, sprites and models routines in
  100 % assembler.
- AmigaStylize. Add Menu, and Amiga Specific options.
- Add Sound, major recoding needed!
- Add 16 Bit sound if i can get a tocata board.
- Add CD Sound support.
- Add 16 and 24 Bit GFX support like WinQuake.
- Add HAM6 and HAM8 support (Maybe).

Yepz the options are not in order. You never know what will be next.


******************************************************************************
*                         How To Contact the Author                          *
******************************************************************************


Suggestions, improvements, chat, or flames :

Join #Amiga_Warez in galaxynet or join #amielite in Undernet,effnet/Europe
or galaxynet. You can find me under the nick MAX or ^MAX^

-- http://cd.textfiles.com/amigaacs/amigaacs02/Games/Shareware/AmigaQuake/

DOWNLOAD AMIGA QUAKE!!!
Darren Evans
3 Apr 1997

You may now download Amiga Quake from

=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE
http://www.digitalarts.demon.co.uk

=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE=--=--=QUAKE

// Supporting All
\X/ Amiga o/s Systems
=====================
32-BiT CD-ROM USERGROUP

[email protected]
http://www.digitalarts.demon.co.uk

-- comp.sys.amiga.cd32

AmigaQuake:

 251K LZH  07 Jun 1997 Amiga Quake

  30K PAK  10 Jun 1997 Enigma Encrypter (Acorn)

 535K ZIP  09 Jun 1997 Quake source code zip

 535K LZH  09 Jun 1997 Quake source code lzh

 549K ZIP  14 Jun 1997 Wolfensteign source code c

-- http://www.argonet.co.uk:80/users/jgrant/dload/dload.htm

Links:

@BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ .________________
____Ś____ ( _____/__ - -------------
_/ ___/ _/\_ T Ź\_ ˇ diGiTAL ˇ
.-\ Ś/ 7--7 l / ˇ cORRUPTiON ˇ
| \____.-----Ś Ś----.____/------- - - -
| ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ
| AMIGA QUAKE Alpha 0.2
| Requires CyberGFX & 8 megs
| Ported & Coded on Amiga by MAX
`----------------------------- Design: sTORM
@END_FILE_ID.DIZ

******************************************************************************
* Description *
******************************************************************************


Direct port of the original Quake v1.01 from ID Software.


******************************************************************************
* Requirements *
******************************************************************************

Amiga Computer.
68020/30/40/60 processor.
CyberGraphX graphic board with 320x200x256 screemode.
8-10 Megz of free memory.
ShareWare or Registered Quake.

******************************************************************************
* How to Use *
******************************************************************************

Smash this executable over the Quake installed directory. (You have to install
Quake shareware or Quake registered on a PC, then copy the entire Quake
directory to your Amiga).

Type in the cli or shell

stack 300000
AmigaQuake


******************************************************************************
* History *
******************************************************************************


v0.1 - First Released version.

v0.2 - Removed lottsa bugs. (too much).
- Lottsa stable version (NO MORE GURUS). (I HOPE)
- Full multitask.
- Little faster engine.
- Reduced stack requirements.
- Added CleanUp code (You can quit now!).

******************************************************************************
* To Do *
******************************************************************************


- Add Sound
- Add multiple Graphics resolutions 640x480, 800x600, etc.
- Add AGA and ECS graphics modes.
- Add v1.06 bullshit.
- ReCode whole draw, light, sprites and models routines in 100 % assembler.
- AmigaStylize.
- Add 16 and 24 Bit support.

Yepz the options are in order.

-- comp.sys.amiga.games

________________
____Ś____ ( _____/__ - -------------
_/ ___/ _/\_ T Ź\_ ˇ diGiTAL ˇ
-\ Ś/ 7--7 l / ˇ cORRUPTiON ˇ
| \____.-----Ś Ś----.____/------- - - -
| ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ
| NEW INFO ON AMIQUAKE
| THIS IS A MUST READ!
|
`-[-------]-------[7/4/97]-----------[01/01]

****************************************************************************
Hello, this is SHeN_LoNG the leader of DC97'

I have put out this txt because it is due time the rumors and the cloud of
smoke was lifted from a project DC97' has worked on called 'AmiQUAKE'...

Yes, we did have a functional port of QUAKE done on the Amiga. Yes we did
use source code the was not obtained legally. We wernt the ones to actually
steal the code from crack.com blame some lamer PC group for that blunder,
BUT yes we did use what can be called 'stolen source code'...

NOW TO PUT AN END TO EVERY RUMOR ABOUT AMIQUAKE COMMING FROM
THE WEBPAGES AND NEWGROUPS.

-The last version of AmiQUAKE EVER was v.32 which was for the testers only
and did get 'leaked' out by a tester.

-The rumors about v.32+ like v.47/.49/.50 are false they dont exsist no
matter how bad you would like them to.

-There IS NOT a v.50 in 'internal testing' at all, this version does not
exsist.

-The versions of AmiQUAKE dubbed v.47/v.49/.50 that started to do there
rounds on the net are just v.32 with a bullshit doc file and doctored up to
show a new version, ANYTHING HIGHER THEN v.32 IS SHIT, it doesnt exsist.

-YES I.D. Software at one time got in touch with DC97'

-YES I.D. Software gives a shit about our port, they give a VERY BIG SHIT.

-YES AmiQUAKE is now dead, R.I.P., Project terminated. Its gone, please
belive this, there will be no more of the port comming from DC97' at all,
it is dead.

-NO we have not and will not give out the Amiga sources to anyone at all.

-NOBODY is picking up from our port or our source code, NO FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT of AmiQUAKE!

I hope this cleared the air about AmiQUAKE and squashed alot of the rumors
and crap about AmiQUAKE floating around.

-WHY DEAD? The lead coder ^MAX^ has a new girlfriend (He found a damned
hott one at that =) and he also is enrolled full time at a University, plus
he also has a job, which equals no more time for coding or porting. To put
it another way, "It was fun while it lasted" and a big THANX for the fun
goes out to ^MAX^.

Laterz!
SHeN_LoNG

-- it.comp.amiga

Welcome To Amiga Quake!

To Download The Latest Game Engine To Late!

Well I have been asked to remove the Demo version of amiga quake from this Page. I have also been advised that a commercial product is coming soon.

Sorry. If you wanted a copy of the demo engine you are too late ;(
updated last on: 13/04/97 by Suicyde

-- http://www.eck.net.au:80/~suicyde/aquake.html

AmigaQuake has been removed. You'll soon find out why, and it's good news. =)

Or perhaps sir would prefer the Official AmigaQuake support website ?

-- http://www.boehme.demon.co.uk/index.html

Links:

Coolquake (based on linux src leak)

Released 1997, multiple versions:

  • CoolQuake 1.41
  • CoolQuake 0.73

Subsequent port based on leaked code?

However, CoolQuake (which is now illegal) runs relatively well on a 68060/50 MHz with AGA by lowering the window by half. How will the ClickBoom version be? Optimized, not optimized? Rewritten or simply recompiled? To know for sure, it was better to ask the question directly. Alexander Petrovic, head of development, answered.

-- http://obligement.free.fr/articles/quake_amiga_bonne_id.php

Heh, there have been many ports of Quake for the Amiga.

The first ports started appearing after the original Quake source code was leaked. I think the first time I saw Quake run on an Amiga was in about 1996. Some guy had a 68040 powered Amiga with a port of Quake done using the leaked source code.

Several ports of Quake based on that leak were made. If I remember correctly, the first "optimised" port was Coolquake (if I remember the name right). I remember when I got my Blizzard 1230 accelerator for my A1200, I think I got something like 5FPS in 320x256 with the smallest window size
...

-- https://www.quakeworld.nu/forum/topic/1411/16501/amiga-quake

CoolQuake based stolen source

...

Here are some newer versions for those who are curious about pre-Clickboom versions of Quake on the Amiga. Upped to the Zone are QuakePPC V1.01 and CoolQuake V1.41 (presumably for 68K, but untested). Neither are likely to be as good as Frank Wille's ports of Quake, but you have to remember that they date back to 1997/98 and were quick kludges.

-- https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php/showthread.php?t=18002

QUAKE - assembler optimized!
Even Sandvik Underlid
29 Sept 1997

Hi!
Just got hold of CoolQuake - Quake for the Amiga with Assembler routines
making it run way faster than AmigaQuake!

Get it from our local computer club's homepage at:
http://login.eunet.no/~trondbi

<SB>rUSTYBRAIn - writing this on a nice Amiga 4000
<SB>The /real/ alternative to WinTel - AMIGA!

-- comp.sys.amiga.games

Fastquake (based on linux src leak)

Subsequent port based on leaked code?

related? https://aminet.net/package/game/patch/FastPatchQuake https://web.archive.org/web/19980117191317/http://www.fragzone.se/fastquake/

ClickBoom

The official Quake port for Amiga was created by ClickBoom.

Releases:

  • binary
    • quake060.lha
  • quakeplayer (demo player)
    • quakeplayer.lha
    • QuakePlayer096.lha
    • QuakeP-096code.LZX
  • demos
    • quakedemos.lha
Hot on the heels of Myst is Quake, the next game to receive the porting treatment from ClickBOOM. Interestingly, Quake came 2nd in the voting by Amiga users, with Monkey Island 3 coming first. But I don't mind, as I would rather see Quake.

They expect to release Amiga Quake in February 1998. This suprised me; okay, it may slip a month or two, but it is soon, considering how long it took to port Myst.
...

-- https://members.tripod.com/doubleclick_mag/quake.html

update	Quake 060 main exe (optimized for 060 CPU)	Amiga	0.3Mb	DOWNLOAD
demo	Quake player v0.96	Amiga	6Mb	DOWNLOAD
demo	Misc. demos for Quake and QuakePlayer	Amiga	0.4Mb	DOWNLOAD

-- http://www.clickboom.com/download.shtml

Links:

Locations

Amiga Quake Retail CD (ClickBoom)

Perhaps released May 17 1998.

Announcements:

Tuesday, January 6, 1998

Amiga Quake
clickBOOM.com has news about an official Quake Amiga port in the works, with an opportunity to pre-order the game before it hits retail.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/jan98-1.html

Links:

Wednesday, April 15, 1998

Amiga Quake
I saw on PlanetQuake that clickBOOM.com is reporting that Amiga Quake has been approved by id Software, and "As soon as production of material is ready, Quake will ship." There've been some inaccurate reports on the status of Amiga Quake in the past, so I asked id CEO Todd Hollenshead about this, and he confirmed that Amiga Quake will ship soon with id's blessings.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/april98-2.html

Sunday, May 17, 1998

Amiga Quake
Word is that the AmigaQuake ordered through clickBOOM.com is now arriving in the hands of eager amigers. Thanks [OCR]OPA. On the subject of this old soldier that refuses to die (or even fade away), here's a story on Gateway's plans to revive the Amiga Thanks Eric Rose.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/may98-3.html

Links:

quakedemos.lha

Released as quakedemos.lha and perhaps created February 16 1997, or more likely that the demo was created on this date.

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
CAMPER.DEM
[MS-DOS]               1510191  24.0% Feb 16  1997 [1]
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
 Total         1 file  1510191  24.0% Aug 17 08:31

QuakePlayer095.lha

Released as QuakePlayer095.lha and perhaps released March 09 1998.

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
---------- ----------- ------- ------ ------------ ---
quakeplayer095.info
[generic]                  628  41.4% Mar  9  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/CONSOLE.HTML
[generic]               109932  25.2% Dec 27  1997 [0]
quakeplayer095/ID1/pak0.pak
[generic]              13055872  45.7% Mar  8  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/QuakeParameters.txt
[generic]                 2736  40.8% Mar  9  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/QuakePlayer
[generic]               608876  43.3% Mar  8  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/QuakePlayer.info
[generic]                 1283  66.3% Mar  9  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/QuakeVarsAndCommands.txt
[generic]                13762  15.8% Mar  8  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/readme.txt.info
[generic]                  450  45.1% Feb 23  1998 [0]
quakeplayer095/ID1/maps.lst
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quakeplayer095/readme.txt
[generic]                 3324  49.1% Mar  9  1998 [0]
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Readme snippet:

QUAKE PLAYER 0.95    -   7.5Mb of free FAST memory and FPU required!
-----------------

This is a non-playable demo of Quake Amiga. However, it is much more than a slideshow,
that is why we call it the Quake Player. It allows you to view Quake demos, both
the ones found in the game, as well as a vast number of demos from Internet.

=================================================================================
Very important: Quake Player does not just display presaved pictures,
IT ACTUALLY RENDERS THE WHOLE GAMEPLAY IN REAL TIME AS IF YOU WERE PLAYING IT !!!
=================================================================================

...

-- quakeplayer095/readme.txt

QuakePlayer096.lha

Released as QuakePlayer096.lha and perhaps released April 02 1998.

Archive content:

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
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quakeplayer096.info
[generic]                  628  41.6% Mar  9  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/CONSOLE.HTML
[generic]               109932  25.2% Dec 27  1997 [0]
quakeplayer096/ID1/maps.lst
[generic]                  157  61.1% Mar  9  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/ID1/pak0.pak
[generic]              13055872  45.7% Mar  8  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/QuakeParameters.txt
[generic]                 2829  40.9% Apr  2  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/QuakeParameters.txt.info
[generic]                  450  44.7% Apr  2  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/QuakePlayer
[generic]               613820  43.2% Apr  2  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/QuakePlayer.info
[generic]                  943  71.9% Apr  2  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/QuakeVarsAndCommands.txt
[generic]                13762  15.8% Mar  8  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/readme.txt
[generic]                 3682  51.1% Apr  2  1998 [0]
quakeplayer096/readme.txt.info
[generic]                  450  44.2% Feb 23  1998 [0]
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Readme snippet:

QUAKE PLAYER 0.96    -   7.5Mb of free FAST memory and FPU required!
-----------------

- Fixed Bug looping tracks in cd.device.
- Fixed palette corruption if F1 or other binding is used on About Screen.
- Fixed GFX corruption in both sides of the scoreboard in window/translation mode, when window width>320 pixels.
- Fixed cd.device cleanup routine.
- Real AGA Double/Triple buffering routines added.
- Experminental P96 and CGFX Double Buffering routines added for testing purposes.
- Generic RTG copy routine added (OS 3.1 needed).
- Fixed the number of rendered pages after de-selection of double buffered modes, causing slowdown on non double buffered routines.
- Added new parameter '-french' enabling an AZERTY keyboard.
- * key acts as Pause like on PC

...

-- quakeplayer096/readme.txt

QuakeP_096code.lha

Released as QuakeP_096code.lha or QuakeP-096code.lha and perhaps released April 02 1998.

PERMISSION  UID  GID      SIZE  RATIO     STAMP     LV
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QuakeParameters.txt
[generic]                 2829  40.9% Apr  2  1998 [0]
QuakeParameters.txt.info
[generic]                  450  44.7% Apr  2  1998 [0]
QuakePlayer
[generic]               613820  43.2% Apr  2  1998 [0]
QuakePlayer.info
[generic]                  943  71.9% Apr  2  1998 [0]
readme.txt
[generic]                 3682  51.1% Apr  2  1998 [0]
readme.txt.info
[generic]                  450  44.2% Feb 23  1998 [0]
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quake060.lha

Released as quake060.lha, perhaps on July 07 1998.

Archive contents, looks like a re-packaged version from a BBS.

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quake060/060-cddevicealike
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quake060/060-cddevicealike.info
[generic]                  460  50.9% Apr 27  1998 [0]
quake060/060-minmemory-safe
[generic]                   25 100.0% Jun 26  1998 [0]
quake060/060-minmemory-safe.info
[generic]                  464  51.3% Apr 27  1998 [0]
quake060/060-nocdaudio-nolan
[generic]                   26 100.0% Jun 26  1998 [0]
quake060/060-nocdaudio-nolan.info
[generic]                  460  50.9% Apr 27  1998 [0]
quake060/060-nolan
[generic]                   15 100.0% Jun 26  1998 [0]
quake060/060-nolan.info
[generic]                  460  51.5% Apr 27  1998 [0]
quake060/060-safe
[generic]                   14 100.0% Jun 26  1998 [0]
quake060/060-safe.info
[generic]                  460  51.3% Apr 27  1998 [0]
quake060/Quake060
[generic]               629784  43.4% Jul  7  1998 [0]
quake060/Quake060.info
[generic]                14012  72.7% Apr 20  1998 [0]
quake060/README
[generic]                 1031  57.8% Jun 26  1998 [0]
quake060/README.info
[generic]                  798  43.4% Apr 20  1998 [0]
file_id.diz
[generic]                  435  45.7% Jul 16  1998 [0]
friendsonly.exe
[generic]                59468   1.8% Jan 28  1998 [0]
Quarkteilchen.readme
[generic]                  209  38.3% Jan 17  1998 [0]
Schneeloch
[generic]                 1401  27.3% Jan 28  1998 [0]
onlyfriends.exe
[generic]                49988   2.0% Jan 28  1998 [0]
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Readme:


QUAKE 060
---------


!!! DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS UPGRADE IN ANY WAY !!!!!
!!! DO NOT PUT THESE FILES ON MAGAZINE  CD-ROMs !!!
!!! DO NOT UPLOAD THIS UPGRADE TO INTERNET !!!!!!!!

This upgrade is for registered users only,
please don't copy it to anyone else.




Description
-----------

This is the first version of the code optimized for 060.
Original Quake was already heavily optimized, so don't expect
miracles here.  However, you will get 0.5 - 2 fps increase.



How to run
----------

Copy all of the files to the Quake directory.
Run the game as before, except use Quake060 file now.

Also included are command line variation script files.
These are operationally identical to the original ones.
We included them so you wouldn't have to edit old ones
to use Quake060 file.




Future
------

If there is another 060 update it will be emailed to you
automatically as soon as it is available.



As always, your comments are welcome at [email protected]

For technical assistance write to [email protected]

References

Later ports: