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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By: robosextoid x Show Full Post

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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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  By: spongeh x Show Full Post
  
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  This is pure JavaScript. No plugin required. WebGL is a standard that will eventually be included and enabled by default in all modern browsers. It is available in Chrome Dev channel with a command line needed to turn it on, available in Safari nightly builds, and available in Firefox trunk builds with an about:config flag.
  
  Completely different goal than Quake Live. Plugins are still very necessary for the polished, speedy experience that a released product needs.
  
  Apr 02, 2010 4:53pm PDT
  
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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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