New poll: Do you own a legit copy of Quake?

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## New poll: Do you own a legit copy of Quake?

When I added some info about how to buy Quake to the Quake Wiki some days ago, a question manifested in my brain: How many of you actually own a legit copy of Quake?

I myself have 5 copies of Quake… Did you expect anything less? Two original big boxes (german text though), one big box for Mac, Quake: The Offering for Linux and Ultimate Quake (includes 1-3). Except Ultimate Quake those all come from Ebay. Ultimate Quake was a different story: Back in ~2001 I really wanted to have a legit copy of Quake but there were two obstacles. First of all my parents must not know. Secondly Quake is banned (from being sold to minors or publically) in Germany so one had to order from a foreign country. The country of choice was Austria and a good friend with *COOL* parents got it for me. As this was the beginning of the downfall, maybe my parents had the right intentions after all. ;-)

So, see the poll on the left and leave your vote. If you are a loonie like me, please mention how many copies you have. I sincerely hope that someone else will claim the title of QCOotAU (Quake Copy Owner of the Arcane Underworld).

Update: Added “No, I lost mine. ;(((” option for loosers and souls crushed by terrible traumatic incidents.

30.05.2009 in quaddicted.com | 24 Comments »

### 24 Responses to “New poll: Do you own a legit copy of Quake?”

1. Anonymous Says:
   31.05.2009 02:43

   I have a legit copy if Quake which I downloaded from the Id Software website for about £10. Infact I have copys of the (non DRM) installer now backed up on many hard drive and USB stick! Very convenient :) I did have an original boxed copy of Quake (which I bought about 1999 second hand from a pawn shop (cash converters)) and SoA. But I lost it dude :P

   When Tronyn gonna review Starkmon? :DDDD

2. RickyT23 Says:
   31.05.2009 02:43

   me ^^^

3. RickyT23 Says:
   31.05.2009 02:46

   Thinking about it, having the downloadable copy doesnt really fit anywhere in the poll answers! But I checked the “Yes, I bought a used copy” box anyway, cause I did at one point

4. Spirit Says:
   31.05.2009 09:34

   Oh, I forgot about that option. Added it. Once again I prove that I am too stoopid for polls… ;)

5. JPL Says:
   31.05.2009 14:08

   It is not a question of stupidity, it is a question of foreseeing the potential answers…
   As example, I’ve stolen the CD of a guy I hated at this time… niek niek niek ( <- diabolic laugh)
   Did you thought about this option ?

   PS: I was joking about the fact I’m a robber: please don’t call the police ;)

6. Drew Says:
   31.05.2009 15:48

   I have one. from 99.

7. negke Says:
   31.05.2009 16:22

   Note to those who clicked “illegal copy”: your IP addresses will be logged and submitted to the local authorities.

8. Spirit Says:
   31.05.2009 18:08

   Yes, the German police is very eager to hear about copyright infringement from all over the world. :P

   Don’t worry, I am fairly sure that I disabled all detailed IP logs (the last byte is pruned from server logs and WordPress shouldn’t log them anyways). Also, I doubt anyone would care.

9. scar3crow Says:
   03.06.2009 16:42

   I received one copy for Christmas in 96, purchased another copy new in 1999 since my original was a bit scratched up and I wanted to rip the cd tracks, won a copy singed by Romero in 04(?), and received another copy as a gift in 07.

   I wonder how many people legally own both mission packs…

10. quakis Says:
    03.06.2009 20:17

    Back around ’97 or so, my Dad bought Quake and it’s been my favourite game since. God know’s what happened to the box but I still have that very CD still in great condition.

    Years later I eventually find a copy of Dissolution of Eternity cheap (just jewelcased) And more years later a box copy of “Quake Ressurection” with Malice + Quake in it.

    I also some few months back bought Quake & Mission Pack 1 both boxed (along with some Quake2 stuff) Quake is so awesome, I can’t “not own it” XD

11. thecaptainemo Says:
    03.06.2009 22:22

    I have my original version of quake on cd at home, I also have my original Doom 3.25 floppys, from ID somwhere,Doom2 cd, two different QuakeII cd’s(windoze and Linux), Quake III, arena, DoomIII and Quake4 cd’s, yep got the whole set.

12. stevenaaus Says:
    06.06.2009 13:40

    i have the q1 and q2 mission packs too. They’re f-in cool.

    Have a few Linux games.. Q3A, Heretic2, and i’m keeping an eye out to get the Postal fudge pack… Just tried to buy it from running with scissors, but they only ship to US/Canada ^&$!*

13. stevenaaus Says:
    06.06.2009 13:41

    yeah, i have the q1 and q2 mission packs too. They’re f-in cool.

    Have a few Linux games.. Q3A, Heretic2, and i’m keeping an eye out to get the Postal fudge pack… Just tried to buy it from running with scissors, but they only ship to US/Canada ^&$!*

14. stevenaaus Says:
    06.06.2009 13:43

    ha ha… laugh. f-in eediot

15. Ron Says:
    10.06.2009 09:49

    Now that we are talking about Quake here, and I don’t know where else to post it, I have a question.
    Once upon a time I could play all the custom engines that there are. Now, after a clean Quake install with Darkplaces on it as engine, I can’t get any of the others to work. Every time I try another engine, the screen gets full of lines. I can sort of see the demo playing, but the picture is totally messed up. I can’t remember how I used to get it working proper. In the old days I had to remove a .dll file to get 3DFX working. Do I need to do something like that ? Is there a guide somewhere ? Now I have an ATI X1600 card, by the way.

    Thanks.

16. Spirit Says:
    10.06.2009 10:55

    It won’t be the opengl32.dll, you would get “A required .DLL file, Glide2x.dll, was not found” in that case.

    It probably is a recent screwup of ATI’s drivers, try if adding “-bpp 32″ to the commandline fixes it.
    http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=60306&start=113&end=121

17. negke Says:
    10.06.2009 13:48

    With an X1600 card, you wouldn’t want to use the latest drivers anyway. In fact, I got the best performance out of my X1650 pro with the modified NGO drivers.

18. Ron Says:
    12.06.2009 08:15

    Thanks for your help. It had to do with the Ati drivers. I searched for the NGO drivers as you suggested and now I can use the Fitz, Tomaz and aguirRe’s Gl quake engines.

    To Negke:

    I just finished playing Travail.
    What a fantastic pack, it’s right up there with the best of what Quake has to offer ! I really like your maps too. The first is great for running true and have the monsters fighting each other. You can get 20 kills easy without firing a shot ! The second, dark, map had me running around clueless at times, man, it’s dark ! The car with the dead bodies on it really made me laugh ! It reminded me of the Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie: “Bring out your dead !” Great work !

19. negke Says:
    12.06.2009 10:02

    Thanks :)

20. Stevo Sanders Says:
    12.06.2009 17:12

    I owned quake 1 2 3 and all expansions back in the day. having moved many times durning college. I have lost all but a few disks.

21. King Albert Says:
    14.06.2009 13:12

    I bought the “Replay” re-release of Quake in 1998 and since then I was hooked. Also have both of the Official Mission Packs in the “Double Pack” Edition (looks great!), as well as the “Malice” and “X-Men Apocalypse” Mission Packs. Indeed I believe that one must buy the games he or she truly loves!

22. Vanity Vertigo Says:
    26.06.2009 07:01

    My dad purchased it when it came out. I stumbled on it years later and I’ve been playing ever since. I’m not actually sure where the disk is though, I’ve just been copying the id1 from one os install to another.

23. dfsp_spirit Says:
    11.06.2010 10:47

    I own a used copy but I never installed from it. I’ve had id1/ on my server for ages and I d/l it from there whenever I need it for another box.

24. vIE888 Says:
    11.06.2010 23:38

    My friend did bought the original quake and I had borrowed it from him :-)

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