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What should I get, and from where, to be able to play first and second Quake, on Linux, in single-player mode?

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You can play Quake 1 using the DOSBox emulator (it's compatible). That's probably the closest you will come to the original experience, compared to the source ports.

DOSBox emulation usually works really well, particularly for the more popular titles, which get a lot of testing. And any even remotely modern PC should have the performance to emulate it easily. You'll probably even be able to do multiplayer (DOSBox has IPX/SPX emulation).

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Why use DOSBox if you can run native? – hiena Jun 3 '11 at 21:10
@hiena If you mean by native that you still have a machine that can really boot into DOS, has all the drivers (sound, network, etc.) installed, then that's even better of course. If you're talking about DOS emulation in Windows, that's usually pretty weak. You just avoid all these sound/network problems by using DOSBox. Also, I think Windows x64 doesn't even have the DOS emulation layer anymore. – Cort Jun 4 '11 at 18:47
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http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/quake-flash/

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I couldn't use mouse for control, and had serious audio-video desynchronization. – depesz Dec 24 '10 at 11:41
You can use mouse controls only while holding down the left mouse button, from what I can tell (which means you have to use keyboard to fire). – keithjgrant Feb 22 '11 at 0:04
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Quakespasm is a great fork of Fitzquake, the best (faithful) Singleplayer engine there is: http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm

If you cannot use a OpenGL engine, maybe give Tyrquake a try.

Enjoy!

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Since Quake 1 and 2 are GPL, they were probably included with your Linux distribution. You would just need to install them, and (most likely) provide the data files from either the commercial or the shareware versions.

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ubuntu doesn't have them :( or - I can't find them – depesz Dec 24 '10 at 11:37
The code is GPL -- the game data quite likely aren't. – badp♦ Dec 24 '10 at 15:50
@badp: Yeah... that's what I meant by "data files". – YellowMegaMan Dec 25 '10 at 11:46
@depesz: I found this via Google. Does it help at all? help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/Quake2 – YellowMegaMan Dec 25 '10 at 11:50

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