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"Advanced Primate" <primate@primate.com> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Stephen Howe" <sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> wrote in message
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>>>> We were speaking to the thrill of some of the original Quake, also
>>>> called QuakeC or Quake Classic.
>>>
>>> Good game. Played it on "Nightmare mode" (unlike Doom, Nightmare is
>>> playable - the Shamblers go absolutely crazy and Grunts & Enforcers
>>> fire 3 times a second. But they stay dead) a few times. Also played
>>> Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity on Nightmare mode.
>>> Both boss monsters are easy to beat if you resort to sniper tactics
>>> and skulking, otherwise they are absolute murder.
>>>
>>> I still have questions on this game - like what causes the 4 scrags
>>> (wizards) on E2M5 near the Quad Damage in the acid to activate? And
>>> the ogre near the silver key door on E1M3 - never activates? And a
>>> spore on E4M5 - never activates?
>>> And a hidden lift on E2M3 near the start - can you enter it? I
>>> recently worked out how to legimately score the 4th secret on E4M5.
>>> It is shame that the RotFish counting bug is still present and other
>>> minor level flaws.
>>
>> I'll have to get it running again and play those levels and tell ya
>> whats up with em.  I recall that if you DO it right, you can get the
>> rotfish count right.  In Elder Gods Shrine you can get too many
>> Fiends right at the beginning :)  I think it ends up ALL the fiend
>> count from the level will drop for you there, yet also respawn in
>> their norm triggers.
>>>
>>> Architectually levels like Tim Willits E3M5 - Wind Tunnels are
>>> stunning. Romero's E2M4 ("Ebon Fortress"), E2M5 ("Wizards Manse")
>>> and E2M6 ("Dismal Ouiblette") are architectually good as well.
>>> Imaginative use of 3D.
>>
>> Palace of Hate :)
>>
>> There are some outstanding maps in Quake.  Dismal Obliette was an
>> outstanding multiplayer map too :)  Grisly Grotto.  Gee, how many
>> times have I played THAT map?  I've forgotten the names of so many
>> of them I loved playing.  One CTF map that was just a blast with a
>> good crowd: Dysphoria.  That one and McKinley Base are two I
>> remember having so much fun with....I'd realize it's daylight and I
>> was late for work a couple times :)
>>
>>>
>>> And Rogue's levels are in a class of their own. I was awed by the
>>> boats on R1M1.
>>> "Curse of Osiris", R2M4 was a incredible level, absolutely huge -
>>> detail like the boat was amazing.
>>>
>>> Yup - fond memories of Quake.
>>>
>>> SH
>>
>> Dammit.  Now I'm gonna have to dig out my old CD's and also get this
>> thing to work with my current rig.  SO FAR, I haven't liked any of
>> the "things" like FuhQuake.  they changed playability completely. It 
>> RUNS, but they modded it so that none of the old console commands
>> work.  There is not enough documentation to show me how to replace
>> any of that. Also, No hook. Fooey.  I do Quake with hook and that's
>> final :) I don't care if I gotta build an older box to play it on. 
>> But I'd
>> rather have it working right on THIS rig.
>> McG.
>>
> I have it up and running on XP 64bit.  Works fine with Winquake,
> which you can find quite easily.
>
>
> Advanced Primate
> XP Pro 64 Bit O/S

Thanks, lookin for it!
McG.