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Quake is 10

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shaky-decade dept.

cyclomedia writes "Late on 22nd June 1996 Quake was uploaded to cdrom.com's archives in the form of 7 1.44MB floppy disk images. Though it wasn't until the 23rd that everyone realised (or at least, that's my excuse for being a day late with the news submission). Cue much aggravation on the newsgroups as eager downloaders experienced glorious 2 FPS gameplay."

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  1. 10 years! by uberjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Insert Ob "My God, now I feel old" comment.

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  2. ah the memories by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a 486 Dx2/80 with a Diamond Stealth 64 2120
    > video card and I get 6.2 fps in the start. While in Duke 3D, I get well
    > over 30+ fps. Why is Quake so slow compared to Duke 3D?


    Ahh... the last time anything besides Windows Vista got compared to Duke Nukem.

  3. Your excuse by aborchers · · Score: 5, Funny

    (or at least, that's my excuse for being a day late with the news submission)

    I thought it was because you were using that Procrastnatr calendar thingy...

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  4. Still have flashbacks ... by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like to think of the original Quake as my own personal Vietnam

  5. 3.25" floppies by artemis67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Basically, you had to buy some 3.5" floppies and then trim .25" off of one edge with the scissors before they would fit in the vending machine.

  6. Re:The Size was incredible by rblum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Times haven't really changed - quake091.zip is still 9 MB in size.

  7. Descent. by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

    I grew up on Descent instead of Quake. Now I'm immune to motion sickness.

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