* **1994?** First announcement of the title "Quake" on some screen in some Commander Keen

  * **24.2.1996** Qtest released 

  * **22.6.1996** Quake shareware released

  * **5.7.1996** Linux shareware version released

  * **22.7.1996** the full release was shipped to people who ordered directly from id Software 

  * **23.7.1996** id Software releases first "bug fix" for Quake to allow modem play

  * **25.7.1996** Quake C source and compiler is released

  * **30.8.1996** Quake full retail version hits USA store shelves

  * **17.12.1996** Quakeworld released

  * **22.1.1997** GLQuake released in beta

  * **27.2.1997** Quake Mission Pack: Scourge Of Armagon hits stores

  * **11.3.1997** WinQuake v1.0 officially released

  * **26.3.1997** Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution Of Eternity released

  * **4.4.1997** Transparent water in GLQuake released (patch? official?)  

  * **25.8.1997** DM7 released by id  

  * **28.8.1998** Quakeworld v2.3 released, final "official" version 

  * **19.3.1999** id's Tim Willits releases a Quake 1 conversion of Q2DM1 (The Edge) map

  * **13.5.1999** [[http://happypenguin.org/html/qlinux.html | Quake: The Offering is released.]]

  * **11.10.2006** [[http://rome.ro/2006/10/quake-map-sources-released.html | Release of the map sources.]]


Main source: http://methosq.com/newsjuly01.htm

TODO: all the releases, beta version, announcements, important press things, etc