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| Game Title: |
Quake III Arena |
| Developer: |
id Software |
| Publisher: |
Activision |
| Release Date: |
1999-12-05 |
| Review Date: |
2000-12-18 |
| Reviewed By: |
hachiroku |
| Multiplayer Co-Op |
no |
| Platform(s): |
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Windows 9X/2000/XP |
| MacOS 8.6/OS X |
| Linux |
| Server Guide: |
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Quake 3 Dedicated Server Setup Guide |
| Expansion Pack(s): |
Team Arena |
|
 Quake 3 Arena (even though it has been out since 1999) has been reborn in the LANage Bunker. I am sure that billions of reviews have been written on Quake 3 but I wanted to highlight why.
The gameplay in Q3 is faster paced than any other FPS I have
played. The weapons is Quake 3 are all speed weapons (rockets, rail, BFG). Gameplay
in Quake 3 is always a blistering mach 1 with your hair on fire!>
CTF matches really increase the playability of Q3 because it
allows for a little strategy. Which is nice for players like me who are not
nearly as wicked as some of the LANage guys like Tobycat, Kanuck and Jman.
DM maps are just plain fun. But they can get a little boring.
But having said that, Q3 is played at every single lan that LANage ever hosts...so
there you go!
Multiplayer (the stuff that matters):
Quake 3 is the game
(IMHO) that defined multiplayer, although Quake II and Unreal should be considered
as the pioneers. Q3 took it to a whole new level, speed, good graphics and ROCK
SOLID network support. Many other games leave you with something to be desired
when it comes to network support and ease of setting up servers. Q3 server setup
is a no brainer, due largely in part to the massive amount of info online. Playing
with up to 32 players with out massive problems is a hallmark of Q3 and any
other game made with it's engine (ala Medal of Honor and RTCW, ET, CoD).
System Requirements
PC
- Windows 95/98/NT4(SP3)/2K/XP
- Pentium® 233 Mhz MMX®processor with 8 MB Video Card
Or Pentium II 266 Mhz processor with 4 MB Video Card
Or AMD® 350 Mhz K6®-2 processor with 4 MB Video Card
- 64 MB RAM
- 4 MB OpenGL-compliant
3D accelerator
- DirectX-compatible
sound card
- 25 MB hard-disk
space
- 4x CD-ROM drive
MAC
- G3 266Mhz
- 64MB RAM
- 3D card with 6MB VRAM and OpenGL support
- 40MB Hardrive space
- MacOS 8.6 or later (MacOS X native with a Patch)
Linux
- 233 MHz Pentium processor with 8 MB video card, 266 MHz Pentium
II with 4 MB video card, or AMD K6-350 MHz with 4 MB video card
- Linux Kernel 2.2.9 or later
- GNU C Libraries (glibc) 2.0 or 2.1
- 64 MB RAM
- 20 MB hard disk space (480 MB if you do not want to use the live file system from the CD)
- 4x CD-ROM drive
- Sound OSS compatible sound card
- Internet or LAN (TCP/IP) for multiplayer option
- 28.8 Kbps or faster modem for Internet play
Multiplayer
- Supports up to 32 players over TCP/IP on LAN
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