This NeXT iteration of awe did not only excel at the conceptual technical level but also in the way it was implemented on "contemporary machinery" - the Pentium. In early 1996, when id software was still king of the hill, most of the PC Scene was seething with anticipation of what "the next big thing" would be.
Only a few select offerings by gifted individuals can lastingly influence whole genres, or even create new ones, and Quake, alongside Doom, was perfectly matching multiple tough criteria in their relevant "eon" - render-ing them timeless classics. Quake represented a paradigm shifter in multiple aspects.
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