Quake 96
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Quake from 1996 used very basic 3D graphics with low polygon counts, low resolution textures, and no advanced lighting effects. In contrast, Quake 4 from 2005 featured significantly improved textures, lighting that interacted with characters and environments, and over 2,500 polygons. The document compares the basic graphics of the original 1996 Quake to the major graphical improvements in Quake 4 from 2005, noting the rapid graphics advances between the nine years separating the two games.
Quake 96
- 1. Quake - 1996 Quake has a very low polygon count 200 polygons with 1 320X200 8bit texture using predefined palette. No shadows or dynamic environmental lighting The projectile blood is of a very low quality, they appear square-like and are only one single colour. The lighting is very basic the level is lit by the game only. The in game lamps and over head lighting add no effects they are just bright coloured textures. The texture is of a very low quality, the floor is essentially a brown mesh, itʼs trying to have this 3D texture but it failed and it just looks squashed. The gun is a little better with itʼs texture especially the barrel the grey has been excellently designed. The only issue with this is that there isn't enough detail to make it look smooth. Quake 4 - 2005 Comparing the original quake with the last made you can see an amazing progression, the texture of the game is so much better, the lighting is interacting with the characters and the environment, and there is 2,500 polygons is this game. There is nine years difference between these games and it has been nine years since quake 4, and time has won the graphics of games is far better and more capable of the extraordinary, in games today we have building fall from in game interactions and about 4 million polygons in a single character.