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WilHarris · 23rd Nov 2005, 14:07

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/11...ake_2_evolved/

Gunsmith · 23rd Nov 2005, 14:09

Quake 2 was the best damn single player experiance i ever played, and yes it was the 1st game i had running on 3dfx. you gotta give credit to Raven for doing a cracking job of Q4 but you just cant beat the original, im going to be keeping a watchful eye on this.

tm36usa · 23rd Nov 2005, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Gunsmith

Quake 2 was the best damn single player experiance i ever played.

Ditto. But for some reason i dont like quake 4 at all, i just cant get into it like i got into 2 and 3

hitman012 · 23rd Nov 2005, 14:29

Quake 2 was amazing. I can't wait for this

RTT · 23rd Nov 2005, 15:02

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Originally Posted by Gunsmith

Quake 2 was the best damn single player experience i ever played.

sadffffff · 23rd Nov 2005, 15:20

quake2 was the worst game ever made. *shudders* i can still hear those ever-repeating-looping-over-and-over-again ambient sound effects...sooooo baaad. and those levels, ack!

but projects adding new graphics to old games is always fun. maybe i'll install it when its ready just to have a looksie. maybe if i mute it, and dont try to play it, it wont send me into a fit of insanity.. just enjoy it as a conceptual piece.

Nature · 23rd Nov 2005, 15:30

Me, I was 9 years old and just received a small package from my grandfather. The contents read Doom 2, a small cd with a ragged marine firing a 12 gauge in the direction of a cybernetic horned Demon with a silver arm cannon standing twice as tall. I played it untill I had beat the game, along with doom 1, ultimate Doom, Final Doom (TnT & Plutonia) and all of them.... Every single level on "Ultra-Violence". Only a true fan will recall the difficulty setting and only a true fan understands that some levels in the series are mathematically impossible to beat on nightmare. Any way....

Doom was the best game in the world to me... old Doom. Feilds of demons lay waste and sprawled out before the mighty shaft of my "boom-chick-chick" shot gun. Seeing a Cacodemons intestines belch out of it's jaws and actually having flashes of panic in the night as child. Seeing myself gunning down soul hungry things in the dark running at me for blood when I close my eyes yes, I would like to have that experience again and with updated technology for the realism in the simulation. Give it to me id, give it to me unchanged, only updated.

Nature · 23rd Nov 2005, 16:54

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Originally Posted by sadffffff

quake2 was the worst game ever made. *shudders* i can still hear those ever-repeating-looping-over-and-over-again ambient sound effects...sooooo baaad. and those levels, ack!

Anybody thinks Quake 2 is the worst game ever made deffinitly never played it through. And deffinitly never played "Pool of Radiance" And the sound affex? Please. Radio transmitions like: 'Marines we are at 5% groung force operational status" while hearing the hyperblaster wind down after the wall breaks apart with cyber organic frog dogs spearing you with retractable toungs and bow legged abominations with hook arms and rail guns... Again, did you play first person shooters in 97'? I ran that **** on software mode at an unspeakable resolution and found it amazing. Given that I was twelve at the time, I recently beat the game again before Q4 was released and still think of it as a stepping stone for 3d games in general.

P.S. You didn't think the levels where the marines are being fed to the dismantling machines and being torn apart for their limbs to make cybernetic things were (for lack of a better word) cool?!!? What is Cool>?!?!

MG Man · 23rd Nov 2005, 17:09

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I really remember installing my first 3DFX card and playing it in accelerated OpenGL for the first time. Holy Moly!

I was about half way through Q2 when I got my VooDoo2.... I still remember the lighting effects after shooting one of the energy based rifles (OK, I can't remember the name of the gun....

) down a long tubular corridor and watching the glow follow the bolts along the walls.

I was totally blown away!

I'll definitely be having a go with this

ChromeX · 23rd Nov 2005, 17:34

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Originally Posted by MG Man

I was about half way through Q2 when I got my VooDoo2.... I still remember the lighting effects after shooting one of the energy based rifles (OK, I can't remember the name of the gun....

) down a long tubular corridor and watching the glow follow the bolts along the walls.

I was totally blown away!

I'll definitely be having a go with this

Yeah I too first remember playing this game half way through then getting a VooDoo2 and being so impresed by what I was seeing! But in a way im jealous as hell, me and a few friends started on a doom 1 to unreal port! Was looking alright too. But we got bored evenutally. Good on these guys for sticking with it!

hitman012 · 23rd Nov 2005, 18:03

Just broke this out to play it for old times' sake. It's still pretty good, although the graphics are obviously rather primitive... superb at the time, though. I remember getting an Orchid Righteous 3D accelerator waaay back and playing this on it

valium · 23rd Nov 2005, 20:50

q2ctf was the pinnacle of my gaming experience as a young boy, graphics really went somewhere else after I got my voodoo stacked onto my matrox card. Those were the days, and GRAPLING HOOK FOREVER!

Constructacon · 23rd Nov 2005, 21:03

This what the firsxt fps game I played all the way through. I loved it to death and like others played it again recently. Level design and puzzles were great. Better gfx?? Hella yeah. This one will sell like hotcakes with free porn attached!

Sam0r · 23rd Nov 2005, 21:57

Needs a mac/linux port

But yeah, it looks really really nice!

BioSniper · 23rd Nov 2005, 22:00

Ahh, the good old days

Remember playing this on my voodoo banshee (I was late on the uptake) would love to play it again in lovley high res and stuffs

FIBRE+ · 24th Nov 2005, 00:25

Quake 2 was the nuts, really good game in either single player (if you play it through) or multi player, anyone play the Action Quake mod?

To be perfectly honest, it's gonna shite all over Q4 if they do this properly and it sounds like they are making an effort.

Need to fire Quake 2 up again really, must be going for a couple o quid on ebay, il av a l@@k

calking13 · 24th Nov 2005, 00:25

Do you need the original Doom 2 to play, because I don't have D2 and D2e won't start up.

BurntKona · 24th Nov 2005, 09:51

It's just a pity this project is taking so long, as Odium is so particular about the look of the new graphics. I've seen some great replacement models done by talented artists turned down as they didn't look 'just right'

hitman012 · 24th Nov 2005, 10:01

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Originally Posted by BurntKona

It's just a pity this project is taking so long, as Odium is so particular about the look of the new graphics. I've seen some great replacement models done by talented artists turned down as they didn't look 'just right'

I guess we're the winners at the end of it, though.

[USRF]Obiwan · 24th Nov 2005, 10:23

aahh sentimental memories..... when i first played pong in 1976....

eh.. euh oops?

aahh sentimental memories.... when i first played quake2 mp online.. i was the supreme ruler on dm6 running perfect on the orchid 3dfx

23rd Nov 2005, 14:07	#1
WilHarris Just another nobody Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Oxford Posts: 2,671	Quake 2 Evolved brings old-skool to new hardware http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/11...ake_2_evolved/

23rd Nov 2005, 14:29	#4
hitman012 What is a Dremel!? Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bristol / London Posts: 4,811	Quake 2 was amazing. I can't wait for this __________________ "Nothing is more practical than a good theory" - Kurt Lewin

23rd Nov 2005, 15:30	#7
Nature Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jinan, China Posts: 417	Me, I was 9 years old and just received a small package from my grandfather. The contents read Doom 2, a small cd with a ragged marine firing a 12 gauge in the direction of a cybernetic horned Demon with a silver arm cannon standing twice as tall. I played it untill I had beat the game, along with doom 1, ultimate Doom, Final Doom (TnT & Plutonia) and all of them.... Every single level on "Ultra-Violence". Only a true fan will recall the difficulty setting and only a true fan understands that some levels in the series are mathematically impossible to beat on nightmare. Any way.... Doom was the best game in the world to me... old Doom. Feilds of demons lay waste and sprawled out before the mighty shaft of my "boom-chick-chick" shot gun. Seeing a Cacodemons intestines belch out of it's jaws and actually having flashes of panic in the night as child. Seeing myself gunning down soul hungry things in the dark running at me for blood when I close my eyes yes, I would like to have that experience again and with updated technology for the realism in the simulation. Give it to me id, give it to me unchanged, only updated. __________________ Peace, Love, Empathy, Respect, Generosity, Smiles, and Hugs

23rd Nov 2005, 18:03	#11
hitman012 What is a Dremel!? Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bristol / London Posts: 4,811	Just broke this out to play it for old times' sake. It's still pretty good, although the graphics are obviously rather primitive... superb at the time, though. I remember getting an Orchid Righteous 3D accelerator waaay back and playing this on it __________________ "Nothing is more practical than a good theory" - Kurt Lewin

23rd Nov 2005, 20:50	#12
valium Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: USA, TX Posts: 288	q2ctf was the pinnacle of my gaming experience as a young boy, graphics really went somewhere else after I got my voodoo stacked onto my matrox card. Those were the days, and GRAPLING HOOK FOREVER! __________________ V2 - AMD 4400+ x2, Geforce 7800 GTX, 2x512 Corsair PC3200XL, 2x74gb Raptors (Raid 0)

23rd Nov 2005, 14:09	#2
Gunsmith my supersonic radar will help me! Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,388	Quake 2 was the best damn single player experiance i ever played, and yes it was the 1st game i had running on 3dfx. you gotta give credit to Raven for doing a cracking job of Q4 but you just cant beat the original, im going to be keeping a watchful eye on this.

23rd Nov 2005, 15:20	#6
sadffffff Hypermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: sadffffff Posts: 676	quake2 was the worst game ever made. shudders i can still hear those ever-repeating-looping-over-and-over-again ambient sound effects...sooooo baaad. and those levels, ack! but projects adding new graphics to old games is always fun. maybe i'll install it when its ready just to have a looksie. maybe if i mute it, and dont try to play it, it wont send me into a fit of insanity.. just enjoy it as a conceptual piece.

23rd Nov 2005, 21:03	#13
Constructacon Constructing since 1978 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 1,839	This what the firsxt fps game I played all the way through. I loved it to death and like others played it again recently. Level design and puzzles were great. Better gfx?? Hella yeah. This one will sell like hotcakes with free porn attached! __________________ Remember - for every silver lining there is a cloud. "Of course, overclocking doesn't normally involve a tank of acetylene large enough to blow a house off its foundation." - zackbass MAME Over - Custom built arcade cabinet. This season's mod - The New Black Also modded - "Got Milk?"

23rd Nov 2005, 21:57	#14
Sam0r Hater of Seagate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,894	Needs a mac/linux port But yeah, it looks really really nice! __________________ Lenovo 3000 N200 - C2D 1.6 - 2gb DDR533 - 120gb HD Xbox Live Gamertag: Sam00r \| My Blog Type Thing

23rd Nov 2005, 22:00	#15
BioSniper I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere in the south Posts: 3,454	Ahh, the good old days Remember playing this on my voodoo banshee (I was late on the uptake) would love to play it again in lovley high res and stuffs

24th Nov 2005, 00:25	#16
FIBRE+ Ultramodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford Posts: 1,306	Quake 2 was the nuts, really good game in either single player (if you play it through) or multi player, anyone play the Action Quake mod? To be perfectly honest, it's gonna shite all over Q4 if they do this properly and it sounds like they are making an effort. Need to fire Quake 2 up again really, must be going for a couple o quid on ebay, il av a l@@k __________________ ++ASUS SLI Premium \| X2 3800 @ 2.6ghz \| XP-120 \| 2GB Mushkin \| 8800 GT \| XFI Music \| Seagate 320GB \ Samsung F1 1TB \| 520W Corsair HX \| 23" Dell S2309W ++ ++Zotac 9300 Mini ITX \| Intel E5200 \| Scythe Shuriken \| 2GB Corsair \| 8600 GTS (Passive) \| WD Black 2.5" 320GB \ Samsung F2 Eco 1TB \| Corsair VX 450W \| 42" Panasonic Viera++ ++Canon 400D \| Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 \| Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 \| Sandisk Extreme III 4GB++My Ebay++

24th Nov 2005, 00:25	#17
calking13 Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA Posts: 122	Do you need the original Doom 2 to play, because I don't have D2 and D2e won't start up.

24th Nov 2005, 09:51	#18
BurntKona What's a Dremel? Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 15	It's just a pity this project is taking so long, as Odium is so particular about the look of the new graphics. I've seen some great replacement models done by talented artists turned down as they didn't look 'just right'

24th Nov 2005, 10:23	#20
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,218	aahh sentimental memories..... when i first played pong in 1976.... eh.. euh oops? aahh sentimental memories.... when i first played quake2 mp online.. i was the supreme ruler on dm6 running perfect on the orchid 3dfx __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.