Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full(fabiensanglard.net)
459 points by shdon | 200 comments
Fabien Sanglard blog post about the 1996 Quake shareware CD-ROM, how id Software distributed it, and why the disc was nearly too full.
#id-software on Hacker News
8 stories tagged id-software, newest first.
Quake – 30th Anniversary Update(slayersclub.bethesda.net)
348 points by dsubburam | 170 comments
Bethesda Slayers Club news post from id Software announcing a 30th anniversary update for the classic shooter Quake.
Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software(gamefromscratch.com)
538 points by bauc | 493 comments
GameFromScratch news article reporting that Microsoft has laid off most or all of the idTech engine team at id Software.
There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days(twitter.com)
507 points by shadowtree | 252 comments
John Carmack's X post reflecting on early id Software mistakes: Quake's overambition, pushing staff too hard, and a flawed founder stock arrangement.
CSSQuake(cssquake.com)
475 points by msalsas | 101 comments
CSSQuake is a browser-based recreation of id Software's Quake built with CSS, shown here at its main menu with single player, options and help.
How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack(fabiensanglard.net)
457 points by billiob | 118 comments
Fabien Sanglard article explaining how Quake.exe, a DOS game from 1996, gained TCP/IP networking support amid the shift from DOS to Windows.
Source code for Quake 2 rerelease(github.com)
517 points by steveklabnik | 203 comments
GitHub repository from id Software containing the game DLL source code for the Quake 2 rerelease, licensed under GPL-2.0.
Commander Keen's adaptive tile refresh(fabiensanglard.net)
369 points by atan2 | 135 comments
Fabien Sanglard article explaining how Commander Keen's Adaptive Tile Refresh scrolling technique worked on EGA hardware, and what the second trilogy used instead.