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Article #93216Re: Doom 3 Hell: Remind you of Quake?
From: McGrandpa
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 22:13
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 22:13
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"Stephen Howe" <sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> wrote in message news:42768b67$0$328$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com >> He said which one. "Quake". > > More times than I can count I have seen people mention "Quake" when > they mean Quake 2 and Quake 3. > "Quake 1" is unambigious. > >> If you insist on putting a number after it, >> I guess you'd call it "Quake 1", although that is not an accurate >> name. It was the original Quake, and that's what it was called (and >> still is). > > Well that is true. But it is rather like Kings in the UK. > There was once a "William". > But the moment there is a "William II", the previous "William" is now > referred to as "William I". > Since there exists Quake's 2 & 3 (and soon Quake 4), for the sake of > disambiguity, "Quake 1" fits > > SH Ok. QuakeC. For "Classic" :) McG.
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