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If you are new to the site, hello and welcome! This is the archive for MPQ, a Quake deathmatch level review site that ran from 1996 to 2002. You'll find nearly 500 reviews with most of the maps available for download.

If you require any help then please read the About & FAQ page.

The last incarnation of the site is browsable, but note that it's provided as is. Feel free to browse the site and if you have any comments or feedback, please let me know.

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MPQ Archive Update in 2025! ^

by Paul - Saturday 19 July 2025 @ 02:05

Hello there! Quick news update. You shouldn't notice any changes as such but this is now a static HTML site. Main reason is make the hosting easier to manage.

Amazingly the site I cobbled together in 2006 ran, pretty much error free, until 2023. My hosting removed support for PHP 5, understandly. So errors were appearing on pages mainly due to the deprecation of various old PHP and MySQL functions. To keep the site running, I refactored the site to PHP 8. I wasn't really happy with the results code wise but it was running again.

Anyhoo (I still like to ramble), a couple of years later in 2025, I wanted to ditch my current hosting because you can host this kind of site much cheaper now so I decided to bin the PHP and MySQL and convert the site to static HTML. To make it much easier to host indefinitely. So I used that as an excuse to learn Rust to write a console app to do it. And here we are! This complete site is in a git repo that is automatically published. And there's another repo with the Rust code and assets that can quickly rebuild it. I've tried my best to fix various dead links and brought back the old old MPQ site.

As part of the changes, the account registration and comments logic have been removed. In my PHP 8 refactoring it was an open issue that I didn't think was worth the effort implementing and part of the prompt to go static. The search page functionality is still there but more basic but there are the archive listings if you need them.

My intention is still to keep the site running as an archive. So, enjoy!

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MPQ Archive now live ^

by Paul - Thursday 31 August 2006 @ 03:39

The title for this post pretty much sums things up :). The welcome box above explains everything you need to know.

I'd just like to say thanks to Vondur, RPG, DaZ and Biff for feedback in developing the site. If anyone is interested in reviewing the maps on the pending list, or has any suggestions, then drop me an email.

Cheers, Paul.

P.S. First person to find Dopefish wins a cookie.

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Maps missing downloads ^

by Paul - Thursday 24 August 2006 @ 05:59

Below is a list of maps we currently do not have downloads for. If you happen to have them, then please let me know.

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Cardo loves those cows ^

by DaZ - Monday 20 May 2002 @ 05:27

But he still prefers sheep. Anyway thats beside the point, Cardo has lovingly provided us with a new review! Bovine Intervention by laerth.

Enjoy....

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Reviews ^

by Paul - Saturday 18 May 2002 @ 03:02

Right, here is a list of who is doing what.

Paul... err me
Aghast
Purple Haze (drazdm7)
Bruce Lee (pinion3)
GomDM5 - Herzblut

xen
PlPak (all of them)
War for Territory (territory)
Violence 2: Dark Cello (v2dc)

Tronyn
Body Count (matdm2)
Full Metal Contact (fmc)

scampie
spiteos
Return of the MasterMind (mmdm4d)

CardO
Bovine Intervention (bovine)
Fall of the acrid core (klzdazdm1)

The other maps are free for people to pick and if you put a note on here I'll upate the list of who is doing what.

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5 to go ^

by Paul - Monday 13 May 2002 @ 04:03

xen and Gom Jabbar have written these 5 reviews. A mixed batch of stinkers and good 'uns.
Evil spacehamsters and pink jellyfish by MutantBunny
Hatebreeder by QurneL
WerdDM2 - Cranial Dismemberment by E- werd
Unnamed (remix of yellow snow) by KrimZon
The Limbo Of Broken Ecstasies by Kim Vidal

The really odd one in the bunch is The Limbo Of Broken Ecstasies which is 5 years old, and is one of the few maps I refused to review (about 3 years ago).

If you have trouble downloading any of the maps thats because I've been unable to get proper FTP access to upload them. They will be sorted shortly.

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4 weeks to go ^

by Paul - Tuesday 07 May 2002 @ 03:41

xen has very kindly chipped in with some of the reviews.
MisDM12 - Terra Nova by MisYu
The Ravage II by ParboiL
Old Crater by ParboiL
Just a quick note regarding The Ravage II. It's a remake (retexturing to be more precise) of The Ravage which is a year older. I'm little bemused as to why ParboiL did it.

I now have my own personal website set up thanks to Sleepy and Vondur. There is some news on my Quake Frontend which will be out this decade. Also the #terrafusion stats have moved there.

The move to PQ is slow going. I have alot of work to do at my end before I put it on there. There is a huge amount of stuff to sort out.

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Thank you ^

by Paul - Monday 22 April 2002 @ 02:25

Thank you everyone for your kind words on here and on Qmap. It makes me feel warm and gooey (in a good way).

The state of play is as follows. The MPQ archive will be going on PlanetQuake. There is quite a bit to sort out so it'll take a while. I do intend though on correcting any broken links for maps (since I have them all, yes even the bad ones), and they'll most likely be going on FilePlanet.

Since #tf stats are of the utmost importance, all 3 of you will be glad to know SleepwalkR has very kindly provided me with hosting for my own site, so that’s where they will go.

Reviews wise, Drannerz need not worry. There will be some midweek. If anyone is interested in writing a review for a map on the pending list, so that the site can close with nothing pending, then just drop me an email.

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Hello…Goodbye. ^

by Paul - Wednesday 17 April 2002 @ 02:56

I'm closing the site… for the final time :). Everything will disappear on May 30th. I'm looking into putting it somewhere permanent, but I’m not sure what will happen.

The reason? A lack of interest on my part. If I was being totally honest I've never really got back the enthusiasm I had when I was running the site first time around. Time wasn't really an issue; if I'd had the interest then there would have been more updates. I've found I spent more time away from my PC, which doesn't seem so odd when I spent 8 hours a day in front of one at work.

I must thank DaZ and Fat Controller (again) for their help. Shambler should probably get thanks too since he helped getting the site up and running a second time. As for the pending reviews, I'll see what I can do, but I make no promises. On the Quake coverage front, Religion Quake will be back soon so you'll not miss anything.

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Quickie ^

by Paul - Monday 15 April 2002 @ 02:37

Expect some interesting news later on in the week.

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