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== Games ==
In many PC-based computer games in the US and UK, the {{key press|`}} key is used to open the [[Console (video game CLI)|console]] so the user can execute script commands via its [[command line interface|CLI]]. {{citation needed|date=February 2016}} This is true for games such as ''[[Factorio]]'', ''[[Battlefield 3]]'', ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo CE]]'', ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'', ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', ''[[Blockland (video game)|Blockland]]'', ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]'', ''[[Unreal (1998 video game)|Unreal]]'', ''[[Counter-Strike]]'', ''[[Crysis]]'', ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]]'', ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]'', ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Console_Commands#General_Information |title=Skyrim:Console |website=UESPWiki |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref> ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', ''[[Fallout 3]]'', ''[[Fallout 4]]'', ''[[RuneScape]]'', and games based on the [[Quake engine]] or [[Source (game engine)|Source engine]].  {{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
While not necessarily the original progenitor of the console key concept, ''Quake'' is still widely associated with any usage of the {{key press|`}} key as a toggle for a drop-down console, often being referred to as the "Quake Key". In 2021, [[Windows Terminal]] introduced a "Quake Mode" which enables a global shortcut of {{key_press|Win}}+{{key press|`}} that opens a terminal window pinned to the top half of the screen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cinnamon |first1=Kayla |title=Windows Terminal Preview 1.9 Release |url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-9-release/ |website=devblogs.microsoft.com |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>