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To: tuomas.airaksinen@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, steve ng <ngsteve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Is there a similar effort for games like doom or counterstrike or any 3D games?
From: Jules Bean <jules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:10:32 +0000

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:11:43PM +0200, Tuomas Airaksinen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:22:44PM +0000, Ben Webb wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, steve ng wrote:
> > 
> > > I was quite surprised that there was a free version of
> > > civilisation(freediv) available on the net.
> > 
> > That's, er, Freeciv. ;)
> > 
> > > I would like to know if any of you have ever come across a free version
> > > of doom or counterstrike or anything similar in 3D simulation or
> > > shootemup games.
> > 
> >     Sure. id released the source code to DOOM (also Wolfenstein 3D
> > and Quake I) some time ago, so you don't need to get a "free version" -
> > get the real thing. Try http://www.google.com/search?q=doom+source+code
> 
> Actually, they are all commercial in contrary to Freeciv - you need either 
> demo or 
> full version of the original game to get it running.

This is (a) off-topic and (b) FUD.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openquartz/

Jules



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