The Many Mods Available for Quake

Released on the 22^nd June 1996 by id Software, Quake, a FPS game, was the very first PC game from the Quake series. Players assume the role of an unknown protagonist who is tasked to fight ‘Quake’, the enemy in the game. The undeniable success of the Quake game series pave the way for various game mods that can now be easily downloaded online.

This game series has been heavily altered, from graphics, scripting up to music. Solid followers of the game have introduced a number of game alterations that made the game all the more interesting.  The initial mod for the game included tiny fixes and patches on the gameplay. This includes weapon enhancement and introduction of new foes. Later on, modders became more ambitious thus giving rise to an entirely different version of the game that is completely different from the original Quake game.

Team Fortress
The very first and perhaps most successful game mod released for Quake is the Team Fortress. Dubbed as the ultimate game mod, Team Fortress introduced a game play called as ‘Capture the Flag’, along with a player class system. Each class has its own set of restrictions when it comes to the selection of armors and weapons available to a certain player. Players in each class are also granted with unique abilities, like for example the Soldier class is given a well-rounded grenade and weapon selection, moderate speed and medium armor. The new game play introduced by Team Fortress allowed the defense tactics to be shifted to a new direction.  For over many years now, Team Fortress still is the most played game mod for Quake.

Three Wave Capture Flag (CTF)

Authored by Dave Kirsh, also known as ‘Zoid’, Three Wave Capture the Flag is yet another well-known game mod for the game Quake. Unlike the Team Fortress, which is a total conversion, CTF is only made to be a partial conversion of the game. It consists of power ups, new game rules, new game maps, and a new weapon known as the grappling hook. Thanks to Team Fortress, Capture the Flag became a staple game mode in many multi-player games that were launched after Quake.

Small fixes and game patches have been created by Quake fans, most of which included the use of custom maps. Though the game has been released years back, new custom maps are still being created up to this day, and the majority is easily playable by simply loading the maps to the original Quake game. There are thousands of custom game maps that have been created for almost all types of game plays but most of them are made for death match and single player genres.