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Article #3Re: * Help! Quake won't run.
From: PropheT ]1ms[
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:00
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Where: 3dfx.games.glquake
When: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:55:30 +0000
Who: Pete Row
> All you need to do is download the Quake GL patch from the net which
> replace the original Quake.exe. Quake will then run through Windows
> instead using Open GL.
>
Absolutely correct.
For the people that don't have a 3d-accelerator card that supports OpenGL,
they should download WinQuake.
> However, Quake and Quake 2 suck big time, Jedi Knight/Unreal/Half-Life
> kick there butts big time, Half-Life especially.
>
Jedi Knight and Unreal are complete failures at the genre.
Half-Life however is an extremely good game.
You'd be surprised to learn that it's built on the Quake 1 engine ;)
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