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Quakespasm

Name: Quakespasm
Author: Quakespasm contributors

A modern port of the original Quake engine

by Quakespasm contributors

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Official site: flathub.org

About Quakespasm

Quakespasm is a *Nix friendly Quake Engine based on the SDL port of the popular FitzQuake.

It includes some new features, important fixes, and aims for portability and 64 bit correctness.

Features:

Supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, other unices.

Well tested on both 32 bit and 64 bit platforms.

Well tested on both little endian and big endian platforms.

OpenGL improvements. In-game resolution changing.

Widescreen FOV (field of view) support and automatic Hor+ FOV scaling.

Improved sound support. Support for OGG, MP3, Opus and WAV external music files.

Improved game controller support using SDL2.

Countless bug fixes, security fixes and other improvements.

Support for playing the 'Quake 2021 re-release' content

Quakespasm requires a copy of the Quake game data, at the least in the form of the shareware data file

pak0.pak. In order to set this up, open (and if necessary create) the directory

~/.var/app/net.sourceforge.quakespasm.Quakespasm/data on your computer and copy the id1 directory

from a copy of Quake there. Quakespasm will notify you on startup if it cannot find or access the game data.

How to install Quakespasm

Click Download — the developer's official website opens in a new tab.
Download the latest version there and run it. Choose Custom/Advanced where offered, and skip any bundled extras.
Prefer the command line? With Flatpak you can install and update it with: flatpak install flathub net.sourceforge.quakespasm.Quakespasm
Open Quakespasm once it finishes installing.

How to install Linux apps with Flatpak

Frequently asked questions

Is Quakespasm free to download?

Yes. The Download button sends you to flathub.org, the developer's official site, where Quakespasm is available to download. Flatnic doesn't host or modify any files.

How do I install Quakespasm from the command line?

With Flatpak, run: flatpak install flathub net.sourceforge.quakespasm.Quakespasm. This installs it from the official source and keeps it updated.

Is Quakespasm safe?

Quakespasm downloads directly from the developer. As always, scan the installer with your antivirus and choose Custom setup to skip any bundled extras.