Quantum Axcess was a software publishing firm based in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

. They published value-priced games and educational software

Educational software

Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...

. Their two biggest titles were total conversion mods

Mod (computer gaming)

Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...

 for the popular game Quake, named Shrak

Shrak

Shrak is an unofficial total conversion mod developed for id Software's Quake by Quantum Axcess.Shraks environments tend to be more abandoned-looking than Quakes, with a greater emphasis on post-apocalyptic themes and puzzles. The provided Red Book Audio soundtrack is ambient electronica by Bonetribe...

and Malice

Malice (computer game)

Malice is a total conversion for Quake, developed jointly by Team Epochalypse and Quantum Axcess. Malice was published by Quantum Axcess in October 1997 and sold as a stand alone item...

. Quantum Axcess never fully met their financial obligations in the production of these titles, spawning lawsuits from the games' developers. Quantum Axcess is now defunct.

External links

• mirror - From before the site went down.