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Quake2 Ported to Java, Play Via the Web

Posted by Hemos on from the keepin-it-old-school dept.

casemon writes "Quake2 fans unite! Thanks to German software developer ByTonic software, you can now play Quake2 via the web with Jake2 a java port of ID Softwares seminal Quake2. ByTonic claims performance is similar to original C version. From the Jake2 website; "Jake2 is a Java 3D game engine. It is a port of the GPL'd Quake2 game engine from idSoftware. To use the Jake2 engine you need either the data files from the original game or from the demo version available for download from ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com." You actually don't need to get the data files, they've set it up to automatically download the 38Mb demo assets using WebStart. Just click the Play Now button and away you go. Most features supported, even multiplayer server!"

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  1. Erm, link: by medgooroo · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.bytonic.de/html/jake2.html just thought it might be, you know, handy?

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  2. Works pretty well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw it at swing sightings. I tried it with the original game files and didn't notice any difference in speed with the original binaries.
    And this with a not so fast computer: PIII 800, TNT 2, 384 MB RAM.
    Anyway if you wanna see benchmarks with older computers look at their web.

  3. Re:"...performance is similar to original C versio by steevc · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out the benchmarks. Similar frame rates to the C version on the same hardware.

    I've not tried it myself yet. Might get in trouble at work.