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Quake II X goes Universal
Thanks to an independent developer, Quake II has perhaps become the oldest game to have been updated as a Universal Binary on Mac OS X. In order to use this software to play Quake II, you will still need a full copy of the game to grab some of the core game files, and I think the full source from id Software themselves (scroll down about two thirds of the way) might do the trick. While the source code there is listed as a PC version, I think the core game files you need to use this UB enabler for Mac OS X will work just fine. If anyone else knows better, feel free to sound off and list a link, if you could be so kind.
Either way, it sounds like setting up this software is pretty simple, and in no time you too could be fragging aliens circa 1997!
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Jesper said 10:34AM on 5-12-2006
The source code will not do the trick, since it is just that: source code. It contains no game data files. You'll need either a purchased copy of the game or the demo version to play.
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oldman said 10:41AM on 5-12-2006
definitely _not_ the oldest game to be made into a Universal binary.
Quake 1 has been available as a Universal binary for some time at Fruitz of Dojo http://www.fruitz-of-dojo.de/ and the EZQuake (http://ezquake.sf.net/) QuakeWorld client has also been available as a Universal binary for some time.
No doubt there have also been even older games made Universal.
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Michael said 11:40AM on 5-12-2006
Please, don't use latin words if you don't know what they mean. :)
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Liquidmark said 2:34PM on 5-12-2006
The latin wasn't misused. The game was made around that period of time. Just because you can play it now, doesn't mean that the game isn't "Circa 1997".
circa |?s?rk?| preposition (often preceding a date) approximately : built circa 1935. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: Latin.
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Matt Fitzsimmons said 5:03PM on 5-12-2006
But he didn't say the game was circa 1997, he said you'd be fragging aliens circa 1997. You'd have to travel in time for that.
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Liquidmark said 9:06PM on 5-12-2006
Touch
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