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"Myrmidon" <ImNot@home.com> wrote in message
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> It's been a long long time since I've played Q1 and I'm looking
> for pointers to web sites with the updated versions of the old Quake 1
> engine if there's some reasonable differences and folks have a strong
> preference for one particular flavor of the updated stuff.  I'm asking
> as I'm looking at hosting an 'old school' LAN party in the near future
> and would like some pointers from folks in the know about the current
> state of things in Q1.  It's been so long I'm not sure if there'll be
> problems with trying to run Q1 on a much newer system - like will the
> game run so fast it's unplayable, etc?  (I can remember getting a
> 'screaming' Pentium 133 and a 4 meg Dimond Monster video card just to
> play Q1.)

http://equake.quakeworld.nu/

This is a package that includes a number of useful utilities and add-ons as
well as some popular DM maps, on top of probably the best and most
up-to-date still-in-development QW replacement, FuhQuake (which also works
for single player)

http://www.fuhquake.net/

> Also - I long ago lost my collection of Q1 maps - is there
> anyplace that has a decent archive? (I miss Stomped.com - they had some
> damn cool maps and mods.)  In fact pretty much all the old map review
> sites (like Talon's) I knew are long gone.   Any suggestions and
> pointers in this area will also be appreciated.

http://www.planetquake.com/peek/
http://www.planetquake.com/gonzo/
http://www.planetquake.com/gonzomatic/
http://maps.quakeworld.nu/maps/