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Re: Out Of Production?

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From: ixnei
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 01:49
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:17:33 -0500, Praying Mantis wrote:

> Get a copy of Quake III Gold.  I tried getting a copy of Quake III and that's
> what I had to resort to.  Might as well... it's like getting two titles for the
> same price you'd pay for Quake III.
> 
> "David Parker" <dparker...@attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:jRq6a.244250$be.226469@rwcrnsc53...
>> I can't believe it...but I have been trying for weeks to buy a new copy of
>> Q3 with no luck.
>>
>> No local stores stock it (Best Buy, CompUSA, Target, etc.) and everywhere I
>> have looked on-line (Amazon, Buy.com, Id Software, etc.) show it as
>> unavailable from manufacturer.
>>
>> Can they really have stopped production?  Anybody know of a source for a new
>> Q3?

I picked up the Q3 collectors tin (Linux), still shrinkwrapped with the
yellow sticker, for $8.95 shipped to my house via eBay.

It works on Windozer also, all you have to do is copy the pak0.pk3 file
from the CDROM, and download the 1.32 patch.

It doesn't have Team Arena, and I don't want it anyways.

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