Quake - On Modern PCs

[Torr]

I just recently obtained the Original Quake and both Expansion Packs, something I've wanted for a long time, being a big fan of the original Quake, and wanting the Trent Reznor soundtrack to add to my NIN collection.

However, I'm having minor difficulties with it.

 

1. When running in DOSBox, I get jittery/stuttery music, and it's not that the CDs are scratched, because they play fine in a CD Player.

2. Even running as low as 800x600 and having CYCLES=MAX, I still get a pretty choppy framerate.

 

Basically, I'd like a front end/client/whatever to run these games that DOESN'T turn the game into something completely graphically different.

 

I'll admit I've only done about an hours search, but I thought why look anymore when I'm sure some kinda A-Ager can help me here!, but so far everything points me towards (what I'll call a 'mod') Dark Places.

Now I will admit that what Dark Places does is pretty cool, but at the same time I don't like it... it's just not the same. I want to see the big chunky pixels when I blow something/someone up. I don't really want all these advanced lighting mechanics that weren't there originally. I don't want my HUD floating there, see-through and hovering OVER my weapon graphics. And a big want is, I want to run the Soundtrack directly from the CDs as opposed to downloading these *.PK3 files that have the soundtrack on them. If necessary I'll make my own MP3 rips, but I don't want to download these files because a) I don't download music and b) I want to know exactly HOW the music is being ripped/compressed.

 

Can anyone help me out here?

Edited October 31, 2014 by Torr

[Rybags]

Didn't they release it as open source not long ago? Chances are there's been rewrites to allow it to run native without those problems.

 

One way to help with CD issues - just copy them into images and mount on a virtual CD drive, e.g. via Daemon Tools. That allows much quicker access and might eliminate some audio issues.

[R.Bear]

http://www.dosgamers.com/dos/dos-games/quake

 

Try that guide, allows you to set up a modern source port of Quake to work with the original game data.

[Austin]

Or buy it on Steam. Plays in software by default and runs great.

 

Dark Places is great. You should be able to get that to display the old chunky, pixelated look.

[Torr]

http://www.dosgamers.com/dos/dos-games/quake

 

Try that guide, allows you to set up a modern source port of Quake to work with the original game data.

 

That's the Dark Places mod I was talking about...

 

And maybe it CAN be configured to look like Quake originally looked... but there's a million settings to go through...

I'd rather fiddle with DOSBox settings to try and get it running smoother, which is what I guess I'm gonna have to do.

 

Gonna try making images and mounting them rather than run 'truely' from the CDs.