When did you get Quake?

[Baker]

Continued from another thread ...

....maybe 7 yrs? how long has Quake been out? you got my thinking cap on now...

Quake was released as the full version on July 22nd 1996, the shareware was June 22nd and Qtest was February 27th, I think...
Ive been playing since Christmas morning 1996 myself.

Nice sig.

I first downloaded the Quake demo in October 1996 and got it for Christmas in 1996. I was keyboarding it because I had Doom and Doom II, was kind of intimidated by it and didn't finish it because I thought it was scary.

In 1999, I finally learned the mouse and then gave Quake another try and started playing on the internet from that point forward.

[Monster]

My Dad borrowed Quake from some guy he new at work, and installed it on my computer in 1996, when I was 6 or something around there.

[Bank]

I've had quake since it's release, ever since Doom, I've had a tendency to buy id games on their opening day, with the exception of Doom 3 on.

[scar3crow]

Dammit now I cant actually respond to this thread.

[Canadian*Sniper]

I got the pak files from my bro's friend who had the cd. Take that Cheapo!

[scar3crow]

Canadian*Sniper - I own 3 copies legally and 2 copies of the missionpacks. So nyagh.

[Canadian*Sniper]

neener neener neeeeeeeneeeerrrrrr

[CheapAlert]

September 1996

[John_Stryker]

December 25th, '96. I played with a joystick

[Mindf!3ldzX]

While the Quake Demo was out , there was pre-release full versions trickled out here and there,and luckily the department manager at wal-mart had a copy,and he loaded it onto the "Display PC's" in the Electronic's deptartment.

When Brian wasnt hogging the mother fucker,I spent nearly all of my free time in Electronic's at walmart playing episode1 trying to beat it.

Does anyone recall ever seeing a version of Quake1 that ,instead of having Map START to pick your episode and difficulty level , there was a version prior to that one we know and love today,that had you choose your difficulty and which episode you played using a Menu style operation?I remember it vividly because when I got my own copy of Quake,it was missing this menu style operation and I thought I got ripped off somehow.

I actually was able to own the full version in late 1996 , for an early christmas present.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Canadian*Sniper - I own 3 copies legally and 2 copies of the missionpacks. So nyagh.

I know where all of that can be readily downloaded on the WWW ;O Clan??? serves them up daily,like clockwork

[CheapAlert]

get out warez monkey

[scar3crow]

Mind - Oh you can download it, sure, but the case is cool as is holding the manual. And one of them is signed by Romero =)

[Canadian*Sniper]

wow... that's cool... have fun with that...

[scar3crow]

If you cant appreciate that then I dont see why you particularly like Quake. If you like something you should appreciate who it was made by and thus appreciate a commemoration of it from them.

And I do have fun with it, more fun than downloading it from someones ftp.