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Re: Quake 1 help! - grappling hook mod - anyone have it?

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From: rjdriver
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 13:17
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"Myrmidon" <ImNot@home.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> I'm looking for the old file
> GRAPV111.ZIP (214kb?) 27.9.1997 QuakeC: MORNING STAR v1.11 weapon.
>
> The really cool old grappling hook mod.  Sadly it seems every site I
> find that mentions it linked to Stomped (Man I miss that site) or
> ftp.cdrom.com - both of which no long have the old Quake stuff they once
> did. :(
>
> If anyone has it - I would be grateful if you'd post it here, or (if
> you're willing) email it to me - junkmail007(at)woh.rr.com
>
> I've got a load of friends coming over for an 'old skool' gaming LAN
> party and I'd really really love to have this mod.
>
> Back in the day I had TONS of old Quake1 DM & SP maps and mods.  Mind
> you this was back in the day when 100 meg Zip Disks were first coming.
> Sadly when I had harddrive problems (Damn you Seagate!  Damn you to
> hell! ;) I erased all my Q1 stuff to backup other things.  Who knew that
> years later I'd be kicking myself.  Ah well - at least I found one of my
> all time favorite old maps DM Ledges.  I don't know why I like it so
> much, I just found it addictively fun to play on.   I'll also gladly
> take pointers to still surviving map and mod sites if anyone has them.
> (I've been searching planetquake's Q1 section, which is where I found
> some of my maps - but many of their links are broken and the selection
> on file planet is rather meager when it comes to mods and maps.)
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Myrmidon
>

You'll need a dedicated server for your lan, but I did find the server
version of the grapple here:
http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/DOS/104/39.html
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