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Id Software and Activision Wolfenstein Source

Posted by timothy on from the surely-great-education-games-will-result dept.

An enthusiastic Anonymous Coward writes: "Id Software and Activision released the sources of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Single-player and multiplayer included. Unbelievable! Another great surprise from Id Software!" Update: 04/14 15:19 GMT by T : Note: don't get your hopes up -- these are the sources for the game code, not the engine.

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  1. Re:true, however... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I agree. I think it's awesome that they have opened up _all_ the source for their older games, so enthusiasts can port them to other platforms and/or make modifications and additions.

    It's a common sense idea that I wish more companies would follow. Old products do not make the company any significant money (if at all), and releasing them gives the community a big bonus. Of course, most folks will still want the latest and greatest when it does come out. I suppose some companies might consider such an action impacting sales of their current products.

    I'm glad that id is willing to take that risk,

    I don't like id games, nor do I play them, but I like the idea of a company that doesn't bury obsolote code for no good reason.

    Now, if Microsoft would only release the source to Windows 3.1....

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