Archiving the history of the video game Quake 2: created by id Software; customized by the Quake 2 community.
October 14th, 1999 — glitter's Q2GUNFRENZY!, released today in version 1.0 under the >RIL_ banner, is the first ever lightgun enabled First-Person-Shooter game. Written specifically for the ACT LABS Gun System - PC lightgun system, it features a finely tuned and highly stylized Quake 2 single-player 'Arcade Mode', as well as standard Quake 2 gameplay with GS lightgun support and 'Stress Relief' mode.
This video explores how the open code 3D engines of the Quake videogames became a new medium for artists.
The FPS Gaming Community in Australia: Excerpted from the book Virtual Nation, The Internet in Australia by Gerard Goggin The online FPS community is in many ways international; however, gaming cultures have developed slightly differently in different countries. While it can be seen that Australians have contributed significantly to the development of FPS games, mods …
Quake 2 Theory Guide By Peter ‘Myrmidon’ Briggs © original link provided by Tastyspleen.net forum post: http://forum.tastyspleen.net/quake/index.php?topic=21637.0
"On frame rate and player performance in first person shooter games," by Kajal T. Claypool and Mark Claypool, 2007 Banter by housefly and me on this AcmeCTF thread: http://www.acmectf.com/forum/index.php/topic,4462.0.html "I didn't really get good until I got 1000 frames per second." -Housefly "After taking the weekend (and a small trip to outer space) to think about …
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