Everyone knows you use CSS to create and style beautiful websites. But did you know that you can also use it to play classic video games? That’s precisely what have achieved with , a port of that uses the library to render 3D visuals as an actual inspectable website.
cssQuake is built around the 3D DOM rendering engine. This turns Quake geometry into real HTML elements: world faces are positioned with CSS
matrix3d(...)transforms, textured with pixelated CSS backgrounds, and grouped into meshes instead of being drawn on a<canvas>.
That may seem really technical, but all you really need to know is that you can play a mid-’90s video game in your browser without needing to download or install any plugins or extensions. cssQuake runs completely native in-browser, which is pretty impressive, as is the fact that creator is continually adding new features and updates. Also, to really set the mood, be sure to listen to Nine Inch Nails’ original soundtrack, which can be found on and other platforms.