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Deathmatch Classic

Deathmatch Classic is Quake deathmatch with a dash of Half-Life thrown in.

Unused HUD Item Images#

HUD images for the Pentagram of Protection, Invisibility and Quad Damage powerups are in the game's files, but are never used in-game.

Unused Models#

Large Battery#

Why wasn't this used? We'll never know.

An unused model for a large battery for the Lightning Gun, which holds 12 cells as opposed to normal battery's 6. Large batteries in-game use the same model as regular batteries.

Shotgun Shell#

A model for a spent shotgun shell is in the game's files, but the game never uses it when a shotgun is firing.

Half-Life Sprites#

All of Half-Life's sprites are in the game's files, and most of them are unused.

Biosuit#

The Biosuit from Quake can be found in the level editor and placed in custom levels, but is never used in any of the official levels. It uses the Half-Life HEV Suit model, but has its own unique sounds.

Monster Yell#

A strange-sounding monster yell named "sight1" exists in the game's files. There are no monsters in DMC.

Unused Text#

Some unused text can be found in the "titles.txt" file.

Teams#

Team_Menu_Join

Please Select a Team:

1. Red
2. Blue
5. Auto-Team

It looks like there was supposed to be a team-based mode in DMC at one time.

Secret Area Text#

SECRETAREA

You Found A Secret Area!

This message appears in Quake if you find a secret area. There are no marked secret areas in DMC, so this never appears.

Bonus Powers#

Bonus_Power

%s attains bonus powers!!!

Text about "bonus powers". There is no way to get a "bonus power" in the game.

10 Health#

Additional_Health

10 addition(sic) health

Unused text about getting 10 health points. No items give you just 10 health points in the game.

Revisional Differences#

The menu and console were changed to be like the Steam version of Half-Life when it was ported to Steam. For the main menu, the main graphic was changed to an image of a guy in an HEV Suit holding a double barrel shotgun with a sci-fi like background behind him and the removal of the Quake-like font used for menu options. In addition, the console window was given an update, much like the other GoldSrc WON-to-Steam revisions.

Pre-Steam version

Steam version

Pre-Steam version

Steam version

References#


  1. Steam↩︎