Players all over the world fell in love with Quake as a revolutionary FPP shooter, so they didn't let her get dusty as the years went by and new contenders for the throne appeared. Although the protophile himself has been continued, the prototype still remains in the hearts and minds, and thanks to the efforts of the fans does not have to look bad in the present day. The DarkPlaces Engine streamlines the cult hit.

Immediately after the Quake source code was released to the public, many ambitious enthusiasts started to restore it. DarkPlaces is one of the most popular and frequently updated modifications to the title engine, which, in addition to a number of bug fixes and higher resolutions, focuses mainly on improving the smoothness of the game while improving the graphics. Here you can see, among other things, advanced options of scene smoothing or anisotropic filtering.

In addition, there is support for fan packages, with textures or e.g. play modes. In addition, in the effects settings, as well as lighting, you will find a number of interesting functions to change, so some will be able to bring the modified game closer to the classic version, while others will try to make it even more beautiful.

Naturally, the control has been adapted to the current standards, with a full look around plus an appropriate speed of action. The smoothness of the movement of enemies is also better. In this version you don't need DOSBox to have fun, because everything works, among others, under Windows.

However, the ID1 directory must be lost to the PAK files containing Quake data in the root directory of the DarkPlaces Engine. Also supported are the files from the free edition of the shareware hit, so the whole first episode of the classic.