Quake 2 was written in GW BASIC on an IBM XT !

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From: Brian Raab
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:46

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That's the truth, it's a game written in BASIC and the original
version works at 50 frames per second on an IBM XT with 5.25" drive
and 4.77 Mhz in CGA mode.

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