The DOS version isn't included in what Steam gives you. All of the Steam Quake executables are Windows-based. The Steam stuff does include the necessary data files (pak0.pak and pak1.pak) that you can use to run the DOS version though. You can get the DOS version from.

I think you would want to get quake106.zip from there, and then also get quake108.zip as a replacement for the quake.exe file. I took a quick look at what's inside quake106.zip, and it looks like an installer setup that may or may not work in current Windows. But you can ignore the installer and just yank all the files out of the 'resource.1' archive yourself; I posted some details about how to do that here: There may be easier ways to get the DOS Quake files.:-) The important thing is that once you have a DOS Quake distribution, you can run it by using the pak0.pak and pak1.pak files that you get from Steam. Put the pak files in a folder named 'id1', under the folder where quake.exe is. If the DOS Quake distribution that you get already comes with a pak0.pak file in its id1 directory (like quake106.zip does), then replace that pak0.pak with the pak0.pak you got from Steam.

(And also put pak1.pak in there.) The trickier part is going to be getting DOSBox set up just right to run it -- not rocket science, but it look like there are a few tweaks to get sound working right. Google is your friend there I guess. Never tried it myself. If you can't get the DOS version working, you might want to try some of the other modern Quake engines that give you options for making things look as faithful as possible. Engoo, for example. Or maybe the latest experimental builds of FTE, which have added some faithful-graphics presets options.

You should now have Quake installed. Let's call the directory where Quake is installed the 'Quake directory' from now on.

Pak0.pak has start and e1m1-e1m8 pak1.pak has end, e2m1-e4m8 and dm maps.

So for example your Quake directory is 'C: Quake ' or '/home/ranger/ games/quake/'. If you do not know where it is, try searching for a file called pak0.pak. It should be inside a directory called id1 which itself is inside your Quake directory. Inside the Quake directory there might be some files, these will not be needed. However there must be a directory 'id1' and inside that directory must be at least a file called pak0.pak and if you own the full version of Quake also a file called pak1.pak. Filename Size md5sum pak0.pak 17M (that is 18689235 bytes) 5906e5998fc3d896ddaf5e6a62e03abb pak1.pak 33M (that is 34257856 bytes) d76b3e5678f0b64ac74ce5e340e6a685 Is that the case?

If not, go find the pak0.pak and pak1.pak files on your media and create a file structure like that. If you cannot find them, start from the beginning or ask in the. If you want to learn a bit about the directory and file structure of Quake then read on. If not, skip to the next step: The file/directory structure. A raw Quake installation consists of two elements: The executable (we call it ) and the game data.

The executable (usually) expects the game data to be in a directory on the same level as itself. In the case of the original game you need to have some.exe file in your Quake directory and a directory called id1.

This is the game directory. Inside the id1 directory there are the.pak files. These contain the game data (levels, sounds, models, etc.). Think of them as archives, like but uncompressed). By default Quake tries to load game data from the id1 directory when it launches.

Some mods do not bother with putting their data into pak files, they instead dump all their files straight into their game directory.