Quake 3 on OS4 Classic

[rvo_nl]

Hello sirs! I have a funny subject that is bound to cause some controversy. Or at least thats what I hope, coz I cant get answers anywhere else.. Here we go:
 
Is it possible to run Quake 3 on an Classic Amiga running OS4.0 classic?
 
I mean, I tried.. but it crashed. and before I dive into OS4 (have barely touched it since I have this machine) I need to know whether it can be done at all.
 
What do I need for this to work? (Obviously Q3 + patch, as stated in the readme, but I've got those)

[rvo_nl]

Understood.. But what would I need at minimum to play Q3? I have just OS4.0 and the last update for it. Havent even installed AHI, MiniGL or whatever. In fact I dont even know if I have to. Isnt there a list of basic stuff every OS4 install should have? (Something like AmigaSys would be nice for OS4)

[rvo_nl]

Even if you get it working (and I doubt it) it'll be slower than an snail I reckon...so why the bother?

Because its pretty fun to do? Seriously, just making it run is what Im aiming for. Im not interested in playing the game.

[rvo_nl]

Thanks Crumb. Thats what I wanted to know..

[rvo_nl]

Hello rvo! You may be interested to know you can get this game running if you open the cfg file and set fullscreen to '0' instead of '1'. And, if you tweak the settings a little, it does around 5pfs!

[rvo_nl]

very interesting utri! but does it run on a classic?

[rvo_nl]

thanks, need to check that one out, too. how many ports are there? and where can I find them? its hard to find stuff for os4. it seems os4depot is not by far what aminet used to be for 68k, or am I wrong?

[rvo_nl]

Well, Ive tried out ioQuake3 tonight and with some further tweaking and lowered window size its just about playable. Ofcourse it didnt look very pretty at this point but at least my goal was reached.
 
Funny, I remember, when I got my first pc around 2000 Quake 3 was one of the games I first ran on it and I remember thinking my Amiga would never be able to play that, not its prequel. Ofcourse I was very wrong, that same Amiga now runs Quake 1, 2 and 3.

[rvo_nl]

"that same Amiga now runs Quake 1, 2 and 3. "
 
Yes but it only cost you 10x the price of a 10 year old pc to be able to do that.
 
:quickdraw:

if money was an issue I would not be in the amiga scene

fact is I would have been able to do this already in 2000, if the port existed back then. not something I could ever have imagined.

[rvo_nl]

huh this thread's a year old, had it running a few days later

[rvo_nl]

not sure what your question is, but quake 3 on ppc/bvision is slow as hell. dont bother.