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Explore the Unofficial Quake FAQ. Find details on installation, controls, game basics, and how to get the registered version.

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Explore the Unofficial Quake FAQ. Find details on installation, controls, game basics, and how to get the registered version.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Review the Introduction section for forewords, FAQ details, and how to obtain the FAQ via Usenet, WWW, FTP, or BBS. Learn about submitting content and acknowledgements.
  2. 2
    Explore the "Quake - the game" subsection to find out how and where to get Quake, including the registered version (US and rest of world), how to install it, and where to discuss it (newsgroups, IRC). Discover Quake WWW pages and system requirements (including non-Intel processors).
  3. 3
    Understand "What's new?" with sections on the fully three-dimensional environment, head movement, jumping, the absence of an action button and map, improved network play, internet play, multiplayer over modem, traps, swimming, AI, and new weapons.
  4. 4
    Learn "Quake basics" including the story, aim of the game, selecting skill level and dimension, movement controls (mouse, joystick, walking, running, shooting, jumping, looking up/down, swimming, using items, picking up items, killing yourself), finding things (switches, floorplates, doors, secret doors, platforms, lifts, pressure plates, motion detectors), environmental hazards (explosions, water, slime, lava, traps, teleporters), default controls, screen layout (view area, inventory bar, status bar, score bar), changing screen resolution, messages, and ending levels/episodes.
  5. 5
    Navigate "The Main Menu" covering Single Player (New Game, Load, Save), Multiplayer (Join a Game via Modem, Direct Connect, IPX, TCP/IP; New Game via Modem, Direct Connect, IPX, TCP/IP with options like Maximum Players, Game Type, Teamplay, Skill, Frag Limit, Time Limit, Episode, Level; Setup), and Options (Customise keys, Go to Console, Reset to defaults, Screen Size, Brightness, Mouse Speed, CD Music Volume, Sound Effects Volume, Always Run, Invert Mouse up/down, Lookspring, Lookstrafe, Video Options).
  6. 6
    Find information in "Help/Ordering".
Tips
  • Check section [1-3] for various methods to download the FAQ.
  • Section [1-16] details Quake's system requirements.
  • Section [3-5] provides a comprehensive guide to in-game movement and actions.
  • Section [3-8] lists the default Quake controls.
  • Section [3-9] explains the elements of the in-game screen.
  • Section [4-2-2-5] details the various settings for starting a new multiplayer game.

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