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Textmode Quake 2

Posted by michael on from the we-will-be-getting-duplicate-submissions-of-this-for-weeks dept.

Artemis writes: "Following the Quake 2 source code release under the GPL, here's the follow-up of the famous ttyquake, it's a text mode Quake II called aaquake2 which has just been released. Time for more 3d text mode gaming fun! The site includes screenshots for those of you who haven't seen Quake-turned-Text before."

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  1. Forget it. by Matt2000 · · Score: 5, Funny


    This is such bullshit, I've seen this kind of hoax before. All they do is have a bunch of guys sitting at their computer and as each move request come in, they just type out the screen on their keyboard and send it back to your viewer. When they get tired, it's called "lag."

    Wake up slashdot and check out your stories before you post them!

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  2. Allright! by Hercynium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can really test the pixel output of my brand-new geForceRS232vt220turbo!!!

    Imagine a beowulf clus... ah nevermind.

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  3. It could work by Chazmati · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, with sufficiently small characters, it should look fine. In fact, as you approach a 1-pixel font it should look quite nice. Add color and you're there. Oh, wait...

    1. Re:It could work by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

      "In fact, as you approach a 1-pixel font it should look quite nice. Add color and you're there."

      Approximate with just a constant brown font. This is Quake after all, no one'll know.

  4. [OT] Textmode Quake 2 by pgilman · · Score: 5, Funny


    from the we-will-be-getting-duplicate-submissions-of-this-f or-weeks dept.

    and given your recent track record i guess you'll post it a couple more times as well &nbsp ;-)

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  5. That's it! I'm not human!! by erroneus · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is just something wrong and inhuman about my ability to perceive in a way that is similiar to all other humans. Here is a short list of things I cannot read:

    1. Music
    2. Prenatal sonograms
    3. tty Quake and Quake2

    Now, I've been able to see those "optical illusions" in the Sunday funnies. I can even read hiragana, katakana and a few Kanji characters as well. But those three things and probable a few others I can't think of right now escape me entirely!

    I can't "see" the sound it's [music] supposed to make. I can't "see" the baby and I certainly can't tell if it has a penis or not. I can't tell where I'm going on those screens!!!

    Am I alone in this?!

  6. Oh, I get it by eyeball · · Score: 5, Funny
    I thought they meant something like this:

    QUAKE II
    Copyright (c) 1991-2001. All rights reserved.

    West of steaming pit of hell
    You are standing in an open room west of a steaming pit of hell leading down.
    There is a gun here.

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    2B1ASK1