The violent scenes in "Quake" were "by today's standards neither as detailed nor as realistic / realistically be classified," the judge BPjM now. Although the game was "still undoubtedly influenced by the countless battles with various enemies and thus of violence", but their presentation was "by today's standards no longer be realistic and not to be considered in detail." Therefore, "a brutalizing effect may not be extended '.

"Because of the technically outdated mode of representation" have "Quake" only "historical-documentary value." Because the game itself "unrealistic, futuristic," whether it be achieved "in spite of the continuing affirmation inherent in killing no longer the degree of risk youth."

I remember that most of the younger SK members (Kane, Speed, Kila) weren't even officially allowed to play the game back then, while they were winning tournaments and making money of it. What tits are to Americans is violence to Germans.

Quake was never forbidden like that. Being on the index just meant that it could not be advertised or sold (directly) to minors. It was always perfectly legal to play it and also for parents to buy it for their kids.