Man, Doom blew everyone's mind when it showed up at work. Total productivity killer. FPS on PCs, Apples and Macs were pretty crappy prior to that. Hexen was creepier and improved the game play. Descent (non ID) was a great multiplayer and had better 3D. Finally everyone was itchin' for Quake because NIN was blowing up huge in 1995. Too bad the last level at it hard. Quake 2 had a great objective with cool bosses and much better level editing than Doom. ... And then, too many goddamn games to keep up! 1996 + Diablo I is about when I just got overwhelmed...

Is quake live still alive? I used to play actively when it launched in 2008 but then the entire player base basically disappeared over night when StarCraft 2 launched for some reason.

I tried playing year or two ago but they 1) removed the original q3 audio assets (wtf?) And introduced auto-strafing...

Maybe people moved to Quake Champions? Quake live was a great game. Also is used to be browser based when it started!!

Quake Live is basically Quake 3.

After Quake 3 came Quake 4, Enemy Territory: Quake wars, and Quake champions.

If you’re looking for the purest multiplayer shooter, it’s Quake. I spent so much time plying Quake in crappy online lobbies when I was younger, it was the best shooter around, and had a player base that held onto it for a very long time. Descent and Warcraft 2 were also pretty popular back then.

The latest iteration is Quake Champions.