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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. Dancing Bear by Markus+Registrada · · Score: 3, Insightful
    When you see a dancing bear, you don't evaluate how well it dances, you marvel that it dances at all.

    I suppose next we'll be asked if scooters are the future of personal transportation, or talentless teen-age models are the future of pop music, or invading countries that have oil is the future of world commerce. (Oops!)