quake

一篇关于软件渲染的个人技术博文，作者阐述为何偏爱 DOS 时代游戏的软件渲染效果——锐利的纹理、颗粒感的色带，以及这才是游戏最初的构建方式——并讨论现代硬件如何让这些游戏在当年无法企及的高分辨率下运行。

Quake 被移植到安全 Rust 并可通过浏览器直接游玩，作者以 Show HN 形式发布了该项目及在线演示。

AsciiQuake is a tool or project that renders the game Quake in ASCII art, likely for text-based play or retro computing applications.

The article recounts id Software's experiment with selling encrypted games on the Quake Shareware CD-ROM in the 1990s, which was quickly hacked, leading to a disastrous retail failure.

MachineGames has released a free 30th anniversary mission pack for the Quake remaster, adding new maps, time-looping mechanics, and persistent upgrades for the classic shooter.

Quake celebrates its 30th anniversary with a free update featuring a new MachineGames-developed episode, Dawn of the Machine, adding 19 maps, new enemies, weapon variants, and more.

An exploration of how the game Quake was compressed into just 13 kilobytes, showcasing extreme technical optimization.

John Carmack reflects on the key mistakes in Quake's development that led to the decline of id Software, including technical overambition, overworking staff, and poor corporate structure.

Analysis showing that Michael Abrash's hand-crafted assembly optimizations nearly doubled Quake's framerate compared to pure C compilation.

A detailed guide on recreating the process of compiling Quake's win32 binaries using vintage tools like Windows NT 4 and Visual C++ 6, as done in 1997.

A developer recounts building a retro PC with a 3dfx Voodoo card to benchmark GLQuake, discussing hardware quirks and performance impressions.

A detailed retrospective on building a 1997-era Quake PC and benchmarking the VQuake hardware-accelerated version of Quake, focusing on the Rendition Verite 1000 graphics card and its unique features including bilinear filtering and fullbright support.

A detailed technical analysis of Quake performance on various 1990s CPUs and configurations, comparing Intel, Cyrix, AMD chips, and memory types under DOS and Windows 95.

The author documents the process of building a vintage PC from 1997-1998 to play all versions of Quake, covering hardware choices like the Pentium MMX, 3dfx Voodoo2, and Socket 7 motherboards.

A technical deep-dive into the historical reasons for creating WinQuake, a Windows-native version of Quake, and how it achieved performance close to the DOS version on Windows 95 and NT.

Technical documentation of four hidden diagnostic indicators (TURTLE, RAM, DISC, NET) in the Quake engine, explaining their purpose and how they help developers diagnose performance issues.

This article details how id Software engineered Quake's executable to run on both DOS and Windows 95 by utilizing the Windows 95 DPMI server and TCP/IP stack, enabling better multiplayer networking.