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A rather elaborate and detailed April Fool’s joke perpetrated on the Newton community in 1998. NewtonQuake consisted of a (link: /terms/package text: package) that supposedly ran on a Newton device allowing the user to “play” the infamous [Quake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game)) video game. It also came with a Windows application that allegedly could convert Quake .pak archives into Newton packages.
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In reality, the NewtonQuake package was nothing more than a large file containing mostly random blocks of characters, except for two phrases. _“Newton Quake by Ravenous and KrystalMeph”_ appears at the beginning of the file. _“April Fools!”_ appears at the end of the file.
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In reality, the NewtonQuake package was nothing more than a large file containing mostly random blocks of characters and could not actually be installed on a Newton device.
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Notably, two clear phrases appear within the content of the file.
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_“Newton Quake by Ravenous and KrystalMeph”_ and _“April Fools!”_
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Also referred to as (link: /terms/newtquake text: NewtQuake).
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Related:
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