TWENTY YEARS AGO, ID SOFTWARE
RELEASED QUAKE. YOU’VE PROBABLY
HEARD OF IT.
WHAT’S LESS KNOWN IS THAT QUAKE
WAS AN IDEA THAT HAD BEEN
GESTATING SINCE ID’S EARLY DAYS,
BACK IN THE ERA WHEN IT WAS BEST
KNOWN FOR THE SIDE-SCROLLING
COMMANDER KEEN SERIES.
THE FIRST KEEN PROMISED THAT
COMING SOON AS THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE, AN EPIC RPG STARRING
QUAKE – “THE STRONGEST, MOST
DANGEROUS PERSON ON THE
CONTINENT” – WHO WOULD EXPLORE
AN EPIC RPG WORLD ARMED WITH A
HAMMER IN WHAT ID WAS ALREADY
CALLING “THE FINEST PC GAME YET.”
INSTEAD, IT WOULD TAKE HALF A
DECADE BEFORE QUAKE’S ADVENTURE
CAME OUT, BREAKING BOTH
TECHNICAL LIMITS AND ID
SOFTWARE ITSELF.
FEATURE