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vsp · 05-22-2002, 08:57 PM

Yet another reason that I have newfound love for my Dreamcast:

The Dreamcast, as you may know, works with Windows CE (which made PC ports a bit easier to translate over). Some demented soul out there in Internet-land thought "The DC runs a form of Windows. Quake has a Windows-native .exe. I wonder if I can port this over?"

And so, QuakeDC was born. The fact that I'm playing it at all is rather choice. (It uses the .pak files from shareware/registered Quake, so as to keep the lawyerbots from id happy.)

I twiddled with it for a while tonight, and worked out that the audio tracks (as .wav files) could be replaced without harm to the product.

I am now playing Quake on my DC with Sifl & Olly's "United States of Whatever" merrily blaring away in the background.

Life is good.

05-22-2002, 08:57 PM	#144
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	DEMENTIA STRIKES. Yet another reason that I have newfound love for my Dreamcast: The Dreamcast, as you may know, works with Windows CE (which made PC ports a bit easier to translate over). Some demented soul out there in Internet-land thought "The DC runs a form of Windows. Quake has a Windows-native .exe. I wonder if I can port this over?" And so, QuakeDC was born. The fact that I'm playing it at all is rather choice. (It uses the .pak files from shareware/registered Quake, so as to keep the lawyerbots from id happy.) I twiddled with it for a while tonight, and worked out that the audio tracks (as .wav files) could be replaced without harm to the product. I am now playing Quake on my DC with Sifl & Olly's "United States of Whatever" merrily blaring away in the background. Life is good.