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Quake/Doom and Internet

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From: umba... Brian Bagnall
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:52
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I am very intrigued by the possibility of using Quake as a browser over the 
internet.  For example, we all know you can use Mosaic/Netscape to use the 
WWW.  What about using Quake?

In WWW all you do is put  .html files in your directory, so with Quake (or 
Doom for that matter) you would use .wad.  The code would need to be altered 
so you could see gifs on the walls, and maybe click on things to download them 
from the Quake world to your directory.  (it would be like a software shopping 
mall, just walk around and when you see something you want, click it).

You could also walk through doors that would lead to other .wads on the 
internet set up on other servers.  I don't know if multiplayer virtual worlds 
could be made, but it would be cool if it was possible.  I think phone lines 
and modems are too slow right now for multiplayers.

You could put, say, Darkforces up for people but they would have to defeat 
several demons before they could get the program.  Or they would have to solve 
a puzzle in order to get, shall we say... PICTURES.

This could be a lot of fun.
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From: umba...@cc.umanitoba.ca (Brian Bagnall)
Newsgroups: alt.games.quake
Subject: Quake/Doom and Internet
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:52:12
Organization: University of Manitoba
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