Download It
 
Download Qonquer by clicking here.
 
Install It
 
Copy the “qonquer” directory into your Quake directory at the same level as the “id1” directory.  So if your Quake directory is “c:\quake”, copy the qonquer folder so that you have a “c:\quake\qonquer” folder.
 
Play It
 
Start up Quake with this command line:
 
quake -game qonquer
 
That’s it!  Once it loads up, type “map qstart” in the console to get started selecting your skill level.  Alternately, you can use this command line to automate things:
 
quake -game qonquer +map qstart
 
The Rules
 
When you enter an arena, you will see a glowing backpack in the middle of the arena.  Picking up that backpack will give you your weapon load out and will start the game.  Until you pick up the backpack, you are free to explore the arena and get your bearings.
 
Once the game starts, Qonquer will throw enemies at you in waves.  When all enemies in a wave are dead, there is a brief rest period where you can run around and re-supply yourself.
 
Health
 
Your health slowly ticks upward towards 100 so if you can catch a break you might be able to regen a few points to keep yourself in the game.  Also, Qonquer awards you bonus health points for every enemy you gib.
 
Arenas
 
Arenas are self contained combat areas.  Level designers are free to do whatever they want in their arenas, including trigger special events between rounds, so be on the look out for things that might have changed in your arena as you progress in rounds.
 
Minions
 
Qonquer knows what you're up against so you'll be getting a little help.  Each arena will spawn in minions that will fight FOR you.  These creatures are different from the ones who are attacking you so you should be able to figure out who is friendly.  Oh, and they glow.
 
Minions fight to the death and aren't scared of anything.  Well, except for zombies.  They won't attack zombies.  Those are up to you to kill.
 
You can't hurt your minions so don't be afraid of shooting into crowds.  They may bleed when you shoot them but you aren't hurting them.
 
Winning
 
You can't.  Qonquer will eventually overcome you no matter how good you are.  But see how many monsters you can take down before they get you!
 
Have fun!