/vr/ - Retro Games

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That thread is dead now but I actually saw someone mention that Ranger didn't have an official name until Quake III. I could've swore that he was called Ranger in the Quake 1 manual and so I looked into it and I'll be damned if that anon wasn't correct. Shows how there was even LESS lore for Quake 1 than it appears.

Here is an interesting piece that illustrates this. John Romero made a Quake 20th anniversary post on his official website (highly recommended, lined below) and one of the things he shared was a fan made Quake set of collectible trading cards. The one featuring the then unnamed Ranger simply says "Hero".

So the fans didn't even have a fucking name to call him (I suppose the same could be said for Doomguy though) on top of having the briefest and most vague of backstories/lore.

>Romero's Quake 20th Anniversary post:
https://rome.ro/news/2016/6/22/happy-20th-birthday-quake

>He also shared in said post a massive text file called QUAKETALK95, from 10/22/95, which was a fanmade newsletter/ever expanding usenet post to keep fans informed about the development of Quake. Really interesting:
http://rome.ro/s/qtalk400.txt