Quake Turns 15, Frag On!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 27, 2011

“You can get the source for QuakeSpasm, but why? It comes in a
handy dandy binary that seems to work just fine on every distro
I’ve tried. So, extract your pak files and stick them into a
directory somewhere. Then download and decompress QuakeSpasm then
stick it into the same directory. Then execute quakespasm, adjust
the options to taste, and immerse yourself in some top flight old
school shoot-anything-that-moves action.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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