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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on April 02, 2010, 03:16:13 pm

Title: Quake II in a browser?
Post by: Nemesis on April 02, 2010, 03:16:13 pm

Not my type of game but interesting as a concept.

Link to full article (http://kotaku.com/5507640/google-gets-quake-ii-running-in-html5-just-for-fun)

Quote

A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software's gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of.

Unlike other browser based games, like Quake Live, no plug-in is required to play this version of Quake. Of course, you'll need a "bleeding edge browser" that supports the HTML5 spec, like Google's own Chrome, but we'll all get there someday. (Check out Gizmodo's helpful "Giz Explains" feature on HTML5 for more.)

Now if only SFC could be ported too . . .

Title: Re: Quake II in a browser?
Post by: Sirgod on April 03, 2010, 08:41:17 pm

That is interesting. Not a huge fan of First person shooters, but I may have to check that out.

Stephen

Title: Re: Quake II in a browser?
Post by: Nemesis on April 04, 2010, 11:30:28 pm

Here is another link (http://www.osnews.com/story/23097/Quake_II_Ported_to_HTML5) on the topic.