14 years of Quake Engine: The famous games with id Technology

On the 22nd of June, id Software's Quake Engine has its 14th birthday. Because of this PC Games Hardware gathered a collection of games based on the different versions of the id Tech Engine.

14 years of Quake Engine: The most famous games with id Technology [Source: view picture gallery]

Roughly 14 years ago the first game based o the Quake Engine was released. Actually it was called just the same as the engine. On June 22, 1996 id Software and GT Interactive introduced the shooter to the market.

The Quake Engine was the first 3D game engine that used three dimensional figures instead of two dimensional sprites. The whole gameworld based on the Quake Engine consists of three dimensional sprites. Furthermore Lightmaps and dynamic light sources are used instead of static lighting.

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