It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?
Pentium 133MHz days!
The Story of Rendition: A Pioneer in 3D Graphics
30+ years ago, PC gamers could choose GPUs from over 10 different makers. The story of Rendition is a fascinating tale of engineering brilliance and lost opportunities from the golden age of graphics. Plus, some easter egg content about TechSpot's history and how it all relates.
Cyrix 5x86 and Cyrix 6x86: Gone But Not Forgotten
#TBT Precursor chipmaker Cyrix made personal computing accessible to millions with its affordable budget PCs, only to be killed by its best product and its inability to run a popular game.
New Quake map pack remixes multiplayer levels from Doom, Mario Kart, and more
Enjoy 30 new Quake single-player maps
The History of the Modern Graphics Processor
3D graphics transformed a somewhat dull PC industry into a spectacle of light and magic after generations of innovative endeavor. TechSpot's look at the history of the GPU goes from the early days of 3D, to game-changing hardware and beyond.
QuakeCon special: Doom and Quake bundles are up to 75 percent off for a limited time
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50 Years of Video Games, Part 2: The Rise of 3D, the Gaming PC, and Online Multiplayer
From the mid-90s to the early years of the millennium, video games underwent a paradigm shift in graphics, treating us to some of the most classic titles of all time.
What Ever Happened to GameSpy?
#TBT Today, multiplayer gaming is easy. But in the 90s, it was cumbersome and not exactly user friendly until an app called GameSpy hit the scene which made browsing for servers and connecting with players a far more intuitive process. It was a game-changer.
Quake 1 receives a ray tracing mod
Cool stuff: After Nvidia added ray tracing to Quake II, many wondered why no one brought the feature to its predecessor. A prolific modder has now released a conversion to fill that gap, while asking fans to wait a little longer for another highly-anticipated project.
Quake adds accessibility features 26 years after its original release
New horde levels, balance adjustments, and modding source code
Quake remaster's second update adds horde mode and new maps
MachineGames keeps adding more to Quake
This Quake clone is just 13 kilobytes and plays right in your browser
This mini version of Quake is just 13 kilobytes
"Revitalized Quake" spotted in QuakeCon 2021 schedule
Mentions of additions to Quake scrubbed from Bethesda's website
Nvidia now supports Vulkan ray tracing extensions in Quake II RTX
The latest GeForce drivers (460.89) add support for the new Vulkan ray tracing extensions, enabling you to experience Quake II RTX in all its path-traced glory.
You can now play the Quake arcade game on PC
Someone finally cracked the copy protection
Quake 2 is free to keep on the Bethesda launcher for a limited time
Quake 3 will be free next week
Download your free copy of Quake 1 this weekend courtesy of Bethesda
Grab the first game in the Quake series for free
Nvidia releases RTX driver for Wolfenstein, Quake II RTX update
The new GeForce driver 441.87 adds performance optimizations, profiles, bug fixes and ray tracing for Wolfenstein: Youngblood. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Bright Memory: Infinite, and Quake II RTX have also been catered to.
Quake II RTX update adds new textures, improved rendering and more
Quake II has never looked this good
Quake II has received an RTX makeover, now available to download
Look at all the pretty lights!
AI doesn't just beat humans in Quake III, it's more cooperative, too
After chess, Go and StarCraft II, Google's DeepMind AI takes on the first-person shooter genre