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Linux Quake History

Releases of Quake (netquake) for i386 Linux.

Includes XQuake/XF86Quake, SVGALib Quake (SQuake), X11Quake, and Linux GLQuake.

Excludes DEC Alpha releases, IRIX releases, Linux QuakeWorld releases, Linux dedicated server releases, etc.

Releases:

  • 1996 Jul 04, intel_linux_quake091.tgz
  • 1996 Aug 09, intel_linux_quake101.tgz
  • 1997 Feb 07, squake-linux-0.99.tar.gz
  • 1997 Mar 14, squake-0.991-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
  • 1997 Apr 10, squake-0.992-i385-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
  • 1997 May 01, squake-1.0-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
  • 1997 Aug 08, squake-1.1-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
  • 1997 Oct 14, quake.x11-1.0-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
  • 1997 Nov 14, glquake-0.97-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz

Update: there was also i386-ELF-xquake-1.06.gz released by Linus Torvalds as part of his Alpha Linux Quake port in November 1996. See the DEC Alpha Linux Quake port history.

intel_linux_quake091.tgz (Dave Taylor)

Announcement:

July 5th

Linux Quake Released
Dave Taylor's eagerly awaited Linux port of Quake 0.91 (303 KB) has been released, and can be found on LEK Internet Services's FTP site.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/july96.html

Links:

==July 10== 11:00p.m. CDT
The Linux version of Quake .91 is available here and was ported by Dave Taylor, one of the former geniuses of id software and now working for Crack Dot Com in Austin, Texas.

-- http://redwood.gatsbyhouse.com/quake/796.html (archived)

Links:

  • ftp://ftp.lek.net/pub/linux/quake/intel_linux_quake091.tgz
Linux Quake is out
Robert Logan
5 July 1996

Heaven. My server for Quake will now be up all the time
(except when W95 needs dusting). The Linux version is
'as the QTEST' for Linux - and its excellent.
Try it and see:
ftp://ftp.lek.net/pub/linux/quake/intel_linux_quake091.tgz

Or try below (UK V.fast server)

http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~rl/intel_linux_quake091.tgz
--
-------------------------------------------------------
Linux - reaches the parts other beers fail to reach.
WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~rl
WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/CCSR
-------------------------------------------------------

-- rec.games.computer.quake.misc

Archive content:

-rw-rw-rw-  0 ddt    staff    2526  4 Jul  1996 README.intel_linux
-rwxr-xr-x  0 ddt    staff     180  4 Jul  1996 runme
-rwxrwxr-x  0 ddt    staff  341872  4 Jul  1996 xf86quake
-rwxrwxrwx  0 ddt    staff  335884  4 Jul  1996 xquake

Readme snippet:

====== Quake ported to Intel/Linux by Dave Taylor at Crack dot Com, Inc. ======

QUICK AND DIRTY FOR THE BRAVE:

  Put xquake and xf86quake in the directory where quake.exe is or get the
  "id1" subdirectory and its data files and put it above that.  First,
  run "runme" to submit your machine configuration.  Then run "xquake"
  or "xf86quake" to play the game.  Enjoy.
...

Locations:

intel_linux_quake101.tgz (Dave Taylor)

Announcement:

==August 8== 11:00p.m. CDT
Well, well. First, go to the second part of the August 1st update and look for the Linux part. Now read the fact that you can get Linux quake for v1.01 Registered from ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/intel_linux_quake101.tgz. Hmmmm.... August 1st to the 8th is seven days, which equals one week. :)

-- http://redwood.gatsbyhouse.com/quake/896.html (archived)

Links:

  • ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/intel_linux_quake101.tgz
LinuxQuake 1.01 is out!
Frans P. de Vries
9 Aug 1996


Subject says all, really :)
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/intel_linux_quake101.tgz
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/idstuff/unsup/intel_linux_quake101.tgz

and mirrors within a day or two.
--
Frans P. de Vries | [email protected] | Doom/Quake archive backup maintainer

-- rec.games.computer.quake.servers

August 12th

Linux Quake Out
One day after I say probably next week--d'oh! Here's Linux Quake 1.01 (317 KB), from LEK Internet Services. Ported by Dave Taylor of Crack Dot Com, Inc.
Thanks to Sean Martin of Redwood's Quake Page for dropping me a line to keep me in the loop (he predicted the release date a week ago).

From the readme:

	A NOTE FROM DAVE TAYLOR

	Crack is out of time. We are doing full-time development of our next game and have plenty on our plates. We can merge in one or two more versions of Quake (if necessary) and release them, but we will not be fixing bugs unless they're trivial.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/august96.html

Links:

Archive content:

-rw-rw-rw-  0 ddt    staff    4705  9 Aug  1996 README.intel_linux
-rwxr-xr-x  0 ddt    staff     182  9 Aug  1996 runme
-rwxrwxrwx  0 ddt    staff  348812  9 Aug  1996 xquake
-rwxrwxrwx  0 ddt    staff  354864  9 Aug  1996 xf86quake

Readme snippet:

                         A NOTE FROM DAVE TAYLOR

  Crack is out of time.  We are doing full-time development of our next
  game and have plenty on our plates.  We can merge in one or two
  more versions of Quake (if necessary) and release them, but we
  will not be fixing bugs unless they're trivial.

  On the bright side, our next game will be a lot of fun and will
  come out sooner if we're not distracted.  This was written
  on 8/7/96.  Crack should have a new web site up in a couple
  weeks to show what we're up to.

  id Software is focusing on the next technology.  Don't bug 'em
  about the Linux ports!  For the latest information on what they're
  up to, finger [email protected] or check out their web site.
...

Locations:

squake-linux-0.99.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch / Greg Alexander)

Announcements:

February 6, 1997
SVGA Linux Quake
Zoid has completed a "late beta" of SVGA Linux Quake, which is available on Threewave. This is an unsupported release. Also congrats to Zoid in his new job.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/feb97-1.html

February 9, 1997
Ooops, I accidentally forgot to mention that Zoid has an SVGALinux Quake .99 out. To read more, see the Threewave page. In other Linux news, McAfee announced the first Linux virus has been found.

-- http://redwood.gatsbyhouse.com/quake/297.html (archived)

Links:

ANNOUNCEMENT: SVGAlib Quake is out!
Bryson Borg
10 Feb 1997

hello.
a month or two ago there was a rather lengthly thread going on about the
linux port of quake for X. i hope it's not inappropriate now to use this
space to mention that a port of quake for SVGAlib has been released. it
rocks. my framerate (as measured by the TIMEREFRESH command) is almost
twice what it was with xf86quake, and a good 25% faster than in DOS
(FWIW, 100MHz P5, 32MB 70ns RAM, crappy monitor). it is available at
ftp.cdrom.com/.11/idgames2/more_idstuff as squake-linux-0.99.tar.gz.

and a big, gruesome salute goes to Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch for doing the drudge
work of porting this fine application to the finest of all operating
systems, linux, and giving another connotation to the phrase "a hacker's OS."


------------------------------------------------------------------

Bryson Borg := [email protected]

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

- Ambrose Bierce

-- comp.os.linux.development.apps

Archive content:

-rwsr-xr-x  0 root   root   361388  7 Feb  1997 squake
-rw-r--r--  0 root   root     3982 28 Jan  1997 readme.squake

Readme snippet:

README for Linux SVGALib Quake
------------------------------

...

End Notes
---------

Linux SVGALib Quake is *NOT* an officially supported product.  Mail about it
will be deleted.  Do not email id about this product.  If you are having
technical difficultly, you can email me, but make sure you have the correct
kernel, libc, svgalib and other software versions before you email me.

Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch
[email protected]
Official Quake Unix Port Administrator

Acks
----

Greg Alexander <[email protected]> for initial work in SVGALib
support.
Dave Taylor <[email protected]> for basic Linux support.
id Software for Quake and making me port it. :)

Lots of people on #linux, #quake for testing.

squake-0.991-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Archive content:

-rwsr-xr-x  0 root   root   370188 14 Mar  1997 squake-i386-unknown-linux2.0
-rw-r--r--  0 root   root     4035 14 Mar  1997 readme.squake

Locations:

squake-0.992-i385-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Announcement:

April 10, 1997

...
Linux SVGALib Quake squake-0.992-i385-unknown-linux2.0
...

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/april97-1.html

Links:

Archive content:

-rwx------  0 zoid   users    4035 10 Apr  1997 readme.squake
-rwsr-xr-x  0 root   root   370460 10 Apr  1997 squake

Locations:

squake-1.0-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Announcements:

May 1, 1997
Quake/QuakeWorld Unix Ports
Thanks Bounty Hunter (Xenocide Flag Academy) for pointing out that there are a whole bunch of new ports up on Threewave (you may need to shift-click):
...
squake-1_0-i386-unknown-linux2_0_tar.gz	(163 KB)	Regular Quake SVGALib Client for Linux 2.0

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/april97-4.html

Links:

Archive content:

-rwx------  0 zoid   users    4035  1 May  1997 readme.squake
-rwsr-xr-x  0 root   root   362908  1 May  1997 squake

Locations:

squake-1.1-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Announcement:

Sunday, August 10, 1997

New GLQuake GLQuakeWorld, QW Server
Okay, the problems abated, here are the missing goodies: the full QuakeWorld 2.0 client install (1.4 MB) which includes QuakeSpy 5.3 and the GL QuakeWorld client, the new GLQuake (269 KB), which, like the GLQW client, uses 8 bit textures for greatly enhanced performance, the QuakeWorld server (221 KB): it should be noted that only version 2.0 clients can connect to 2.0 servers, though the new client can still connect to older servers. Finally, for the UNIX aficionados, here's the Linux client (163 KB) the Linux server (200KB), and the new SVGALib Quake (200 KB).

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/aug97-2.html

Links:

Archive content:

-rwxrw----  0 zoid   zoid     4096  8 Aug  1997 readme.squake
-rwxrwxr-x  0 zoid   zoid   438376  8 Aug  1997 squake

Locations:

quake.x11-1.0-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Archive content:

-rwxrwxr-x  0 zoid   zoid   443624 14 Oct  1997 quake.x11
-rwxrw----  0 zoid   zoid     3429 14 Oct  1997 readme.x11

Readme snippet:

...
This is a windowed version that is generic for X11.  It runs in a window
and can be resized.  You can specify a starting window size with:
	-width <width>
	-height <height>
	-winsize <width> <height>
Default is 320x200. It works in 16bit modes, but it's slower (twice as many
bytes to copy).
...

Locations:

glquake-0.97-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz (Dave Kirsch)

Announcement:

Friday, November 14, 1997
New GLQuake Releases
Zoid sent along word that some new GLQuake releases are available: GLQuake 0.97 (393 KB) fixes the sprite bug from the previous version, and adds independent console sizing (such as a 320x200 scaled console when running at 640x480) and support for SGI Multitexture extensions for high-end Voodoo (Obsidian) and other 3D cards. Also newly released is GLQuake for Linux (449 KB) which requires a 3DFX Voodoo Graphics card (not Voodoo RUSH) and Linux 2.0, and finally, GLQuakeWorld for Linux (412 KB), which again requires 3DFX Voodoo Graphics (not Voodoo RUSH) and Linux 2.0. Also available on id's ftp.site.

-- https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/nov97-2.html

Links:

Archive content:

-rwxrwxr-x  0 zoid   zoid   405412 14 Nov  1997 glquake
-rwxr-xr-x  0 zoid   zoid   791544 14 Nov  1997 libMesaGL.so.2.5
-rw-rw-r--  0 zoid   zoid     6608 14 Nov  1997 readme.glquake

Readme snippet:

Linux Glquake v0.97, Quake v1.09 release notes

Linux GLQuake requires a 3DFX VooDoo based hardware 3D acceleration card.
...

Locations: