mr_daemon
I was miffed that my Big Box copy of Quake 3 Arena for Linux (which was a metal cookie box, basically) was basically developing rust or some kind of corrosion, but this was offset by how hilariously quaint the System Requirements read in 2026
Mar 14 at 12:52amWeb
Show threadVissMar 14
@mr_daemon four megs!
Show threadmr_daemonMar 14
@Viss And an OSS compatible sound card, from a Pre ALSA world!
Show threadVissMar 14
@mr_daemon get them irq jumpers right!
Show threadGusMar 14
@mr_daemon Memories! I wonder if it's easier to get this to run on modern Linux or modern Windows...
Show threadJustified Ancient of MoominMar 14
@projectgus @mr_daemon apparently you can run `Q3Lite` (an embedded ARM-optimised version of the `ioquake3` engine) on hardware as slow as an original Raspberry Pi:
https://github.com/cdev-tux/q3lite
GitHub - cdev-tux/q3lite: Q3lite, an OpenGL ES port of Quake III Arena for embedded Linux systems.

Q3lite, an OpenGL ES port of Quake III Arena for embedded Linux systems. - cdev-tux/q3lite

GitHub
Show threadmr_daemonMar 14
@ThermiteBeGiants @projectgus Nice yes, ioquake3 is generally a really solid port
Show threadGusMar 14

@mr_daemon @ThermiteBeGiants Oh, yes! I wasn't clear, was thinking of literally the binaries from that CD.

Windows tries pretty hard not to break backwards compatibility a long way back, so I suspect they'd have the edge at first. But on Linux you can compile new builds of random old dependencies which might be necessary...

Show threadJustified Ancient of MoominMar 14
@projectgus @mr_daemon ah, I see yes. Might have some kernel difficulties possibly?
Show threadGusMar 14
@ThermiteBeGiants @mr_daemon Linus is pretty religious about not making breaking userspace changes, but I don't know if that applies over a quarter century... I figure library breakage is almost certain, too.
Show threadAMSMar 14
@ThermiteBeGiants @projectgus @mr_daemon ioquake3 ran fine in my n900 at stock clocking. Pi1 is way faster.
Show threadpost-Gundam cryptographyMar 14
@mr_daemon those were great! i found two of them in a dollar store once and that was the only way i could afford Q3A as a kid. i never got Linux working but they were 100% compatible with the Mac and Windows binaries if you grabbed those off id's update site
Show threadmr_daemonMar 14
@vyr Hah, I did the same to play it on windows, I had completely forgotten the core memory of getting the point release and fetching the pk3 files from the cd
Show threadhackbyte #antifa #friendica 13HB1Mar 14

"Internet play requires a 28.8Kbps (or faster) modem"

Yay .. goot old POTS (Dialup) ;)