A quarter of a century later though, how does its brand of fast-paced FPS action hold up? As it turns out, spectacularly well.
Quake was truly ground-breaking stuff, to the extent that its ripple effect can still be felt in the most modern of first person shooters. What is there left to say about Quake at this stage really? Arriving on the FPS scene some 25 years ago as a successor to iD Software's phenomenal DOOM, it single-handedly revolutionised a genre with its real-time 3D rendering ushering in a new era of immersion that left its storied predecessor feeling resolutely old-school by comparison.