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Java Technology Demo Showcases Quake

Posted by simoniker on from the earth-shaking-or-cereally-boring? dept.

solarisguy writes "I saw earlier today on JavaGaming.org that Reality Interactive released a non-playable demo of Quake in Windows or Linux flavors, implemented entirely in Java. It runs natively on Linux, 1280x1024 at 60fps on my box with around 65% cpu. Could this be the future of games on Linux?" This ties in neatly to our recent posting on Sun promoting Java for higher-end games development.

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  1. Re:*Shrug* by Thing+1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    There also needs to be the equivalent of DirectSound, DirectPlay, and another Direct component that I'm having difficulty remembering of right now.

    Maybe it's the sixth beer, but I think that other component is "Direct-suck-my-balls". I know I'd pay for it...

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