Quake Game Ports

The cluster focuses on discussions about porting and running Quake games (especially Quake III, II, and QuakeWorld) on various platforms, including exotic hardware, web browsers, and embedded systems, often noting existing implementations and sharing nostalgia for the engine's innovations.

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Sample Comments

brundolf Apr 26, 2021 View on HN

Quake III already has been ;)https://immunant.com/blog/2020/01/quake3/

bitwize Jan 10, 2026 View on HN

You can play Quake on 'em.

friend_and_foe Aug 19, 2023 View on HN

You could play quake based games like openarena or xonotic.

jfoster Jan 25, 2013 View on HN

Id software did that with Quake 3.

gnarbarian Mar 1, 2017 View on HN

Could do that now with quake 3.

eropple Dec 11, 2023 View on HN

Yup - mostly Quake, some QuakeWorld, some Quake II.

throwawaymylife Apr 11, 2015 View on HN

Seems to be this (Quake 2, not 3, and still in development): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDXSMgW-r5M&index=1&list=PLN...

partiallypro Mar 8, 2024 View on HN

The Quake 3 engine was incredibly popular in the early 2000s.

walrus01 Feb 26, 2018 View on HN

well, we can play Quake 1 across it...

iamevn Dec 7, 2022 View on HN

Looks like Quake 3 and Super Tux Kart