id games added to Steam

By Tom Bramwell Published 3 August, 2007

All of them. Now.

id Software's back catalogue of games will be made available through Valve's Steam digital distribution system after the QuakeCon conference tonight.

That's 24 titles from Commander Keen right up to Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and they'll all work on modern operating systems.

id's also offering an "id Superpack" containing all of them.

What's more, conference attendees get a free copy of Quake 1, and a USD 10 coupon to put toward them.

CEO Todd Hollenshead said Steam was "a credit to Valve" and "the future of distribution for games".

Games cost from USD 4.95 to USD 19.95, with packages in the USD 17.95 to USD 35.95 range. The "super pack", containing every id title available on Steam, is USD 62.95.

The full register looks like this:

Individual games:

  • Commander Keen, Episodes 1 through 5
  • Wolfenstein 3D
  • Spear of Destiny
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • Ultimate DOOM
  • DOOM II
  • Master Levels for DOOM II
  • Final DOOM
  • DOOM3
  • DOOM3: Resurrection of Evil
  • QUAKE
  • QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
  • QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
  • QUAKE II
  • QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
  • QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
  • QUAKE III Arena
  • QUAKE III: Team Arena
  • Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
  • HeXen
  • HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
  • HeXen II

Packages:

  • DOOM 3 Pack: Includes DOOM 3 and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
  • QUAKE III Pack: Includes QUAKE III Arena and QUAKE III: Team Arena
  • Wolf Pack: Includes Wolf 3D, Spear of Destiny and Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • DOOM Pack Complete: Includes all DOOM games released by id
  • QUAKE Pack: Includes all 8 QUAKE Titles available on Steam
  • Heretic\HeXen Pack: Includes Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, HeXen, HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, HeXen II
  • id Super Pack: Every id game on Steam
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Comments (20) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • smelly #1 5 years ago

    Oooooooooohh..

    hopefully it'll be cheap.. worth it for commander keen alone :-)

  • DUFFKING #2 5 years ago

    The super pack is $62.95

  • James173 #3 5 years ago

    Hehe, looks like steam nearly has a monopoly on blockbuster FPSs.

  • Tomo #4 5 years ago

    Jesus. That is some seriously good gaming there.

  • Turambar #5 5 years ago

    hmmm no quake 4 :(

  • JediMasterMalik #6 5 years ago

    You're not missing much Turambar.

  • squeakyg #7 5 years ago

    Pretty sweet. My only worry is that the older games won't run at decent resolutions. Looking at the downloadable manual for Doom, for example, shows that it uses the Doom 95 version, with a max resolution of 640x480. Most Doom fans should be aware there are open source versions that provide high resolutions and better graphics (provided you have the legally-owned WAD files).

    That's a point -- I don't know much about Steam -- do games purchased from Steam work the same way as Half-Life 2, totally integrated into Steam and requiring login? Or do games like these install and operate outside of Steam?
    Edited by 1 at 04/08/07 @ 01:40

  • spongebob #8 5 years ago

    I tried to purchase the Keen pack, but it tells me "Specified subscribtion is invalid". Anyone else getting this? Is the game available for Europeans?

  • Tyronne #9 5 years ago

    I am almost tempted by the all game package even though I have most of them just for the sake that to have the lot would cost about 35 quid.

  • Errol #10 5 years ago

    OMG. QUAKE II DM.

    The BEST DM game ever made.

  • Waffleaber #11 5 years ago

    I bought the ID Anthology years ago which contained all the games they'd made up until Quake (and a free t-shirt!)

    Never really liked Commander Keen, it was a really odd selection of games, they all seemed really different but that may be my memory playing up.

    The true old skool gem missing from this line up is Dangerous Dave which was bloody amazing.

  • Shanucore #12 5 years ago

    £30 for the lot... that's bargainous.

  • Ginger #13 5 years ago

    30 quid for all the games - that's a proper bargain.

    /me waits for his new laptop to be delivered

  • sickpuppysoftware #14 5 years ago

    Anybody know if they all work under vista? I can't find anything on compatibility.

    Very tempted even though I own most of them already.

  • Verwandlung #15 5 years ago

    This is a great initiative!

  • NegativeZero #16 5 years ago

    Heretic and Hexen? Interesting, those were Raven games, not id. I think all that id did was publish them.

  • samadriel #17 5 years ago

    Ditto RtCW, if I remember rightly. Quite a good game though, at any rate; it's a shame more modern FPSes can't provide viable stealth/action options like RtCW did. You could run-and-gun through almost any of the stages without a care, but the challenge of sneaking through them undetected, carving up any potential witnesses with a knife was great fun.

  • Duds2k #18 5 years ago

    "Most Doom fans should be aware there are open source versions that provide high resolutions and better graphics (provided you have the legally-owned WAD files)."

    True, can you think of a better way to get said WADs? ;)

    You should also bare in mind that the games with CD soundtracks, most notably Quake 1 and 2 are missing them in this pack and that Keen 6 and Keen Dreams are missing because ID do not own the rights.

  • Azazel #19 5 years ago

    OMG. QUAKE I DM.

    The BEST DM game ever made.

  • Azazel #20 5 years ago

    Of course what I really need to see is Quakeworld on Steam.

    /picard

    MAKE IT SO