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Quake 2 Ported to HTML5 with Multiplayer

by Brian Leahy, Apr 02, 2010 11:20am PDT

Related Topics – Quake 2, Chrome, Quake 2, PC, Google

Our own Arctic Fox spotted Google Code-hosted port of id Software's legendary first-person shooter Quake 2 to HTML5, which contains numerous enhancements over HTML 4.01 and is largely regarded as the biggest competitor to Adobe's Flash platform.

HTML5 is currently supported in Google's own Chrome web browser and Apple's Safari browser. HTML5 is also useful for streaming video. YouTube has an open beta you can participate in to view supported videos through the HTML5 player.

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So any chance Shack will ditch Flash Video for HTML5?

Apr 02, 2010 12:19pm PDT

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So any chance Shack will ditch Flash Video for HTML5? : DANNERx0
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- that is a good question : ECO
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  Not enough browser support yet and the players aren't very good (look at YouTube's one). Give it a year. : Smurfy12

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The frames per second makes it look barely playable... and iD already showed us Quake 3 running flawlessly in a browser... so I ask you, gentleman, what's the big deal?

Apr 02, 2010 3:40pm PDT

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The frames per second makes it look barely playable... and iD already showed us Quake 3 running flawlessl... : robosextoid
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  Gotta love the UP TO 60 SECONDS text popping up right when it's running at about 15-20 fps and you're thi... : frib
  - Up to 60 fps.... sigh... haven't had my second cup of coffee yet. : frib
  - Maybe it's how they recorded it that made it seem low fps? : socom8271
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  This is pure JavaScript. No plugin required. WebGL is a standard that will eventually be included and ena... : spongeh
  - The big deal is that HTML 4 wouldn't be able to even come close to converting 3d games. So from a HTML s... : agentboolen
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    WebGL is a standard that will eventually be included and enabled by default in all modern browsers "Ev... : zehh
    - It's available in all major browsers but IE series in their dev versions. That means you are looking at ~... : Neech

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so how do i play?

Apr 02, 2010 2:05pm PDT

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so how do i play? : jarek99
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- with mouse and keyboard? : DarthStank

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not as cool as this

http://www.mike65.ukfsn.org/main/uploads/files/QuakeFlash.swf

Apr 02, 2010 12:31pm PDT

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not as cool as this http://www.mike65.ukfsn.org/main/uploads/files/QuakeFlash.swf : simonfrance
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Ah, I remember back then Quake would barely run on my PC and now its just a web game.

Oh the days of setting IRQs and DMA channels, how I miss thee (NOT).

Apr 02, 2010 1:25pm PDT

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Ah, I remember back then Quake would barely run on my PC and now its just a web game. Oh the days of s... : dlr(2)
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- Looks like it's running about the same (~12fps). : capt tripps
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  I actually bought a voodoo 2 card just to enjoy smooth colours in quake 2 :) expensive shit back then : Jockiboy
  - yeah me too lol : d-sided

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HTML 5 is awesome, because it will replace HTML 4.

Apr 02, 2010 12:16pm PDT

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HTML 5 is awesome, because it will replace HTML 4. : JackAxe
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Is this even planned to be released to the public in non-build-it-yourself form? I'm assuming that's a no since this article's author made mo mention of a possible proper release. Not even a generic "no word on release date or price was given"?

Apr 02, 2010 11:33am PDT

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Is this even planned to be released to the public in non-build-it-yourself form? I'm assuming that's a no... : SabinRaijin
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- It's probably more of a proof of concept. : melkore
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  There isn't a release date or price. While the engine code is GPL'd and available for great experiments ... : tbradshaw
  - I believe the original version let players put there .pak files in a certain folder for it to work, other... : Grayman222

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Looks to me as one of the first steps towards cloud computing with games. Not to sure I like that idea, what happens when I deploy and donâ€™t have internet accessâ€¦

Apr 02, 2010 11:39am PDT

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Looks to me as one of the first steps towards cloud computing with games. Not to sure I like that idea, ... : squeakmyers
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not as cool as this

http://www.mike65.ukfsn.org/main/uploads/files/QuakeFlash.swf

Apr 02, 2010 12:31pm PDT

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not as cool as this http://www.mike65.ukfsn.org/main/uploads/files/QuakeFlash.swf : simonfrance
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- Actually, I think this is actually quite a bit cooler than the Flash port. With the modern Flash VM, you... : tbradshaw
- Or this - http://necromanthus.com/Games/ShockWave/deusex.html Not including what that tbradshaw guy sa... : st4rdog

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Um, this is a google code project, not a google project.

Apr 02, 2010 11:44am PDT

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Um, this is a google code project, not a google project. : watcherxp
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uh what? I just bought that game 2 days ago?!

Apr 02, 2010 11:58am PDT

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uh what? I just bought that game 2 days ago?! : Frush81
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- for the third time.. : Frush81

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holy shit.

Apr 02, 2010 11:33am PDT

holy shit. : busydoinnothin

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