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2-29-0 A new version 3 of the Elite HUD for Quake III Arena is now available on Equims Emporium. "Features include a new mini-scoreboard (don't need to press 'tab' to see) and the ability to 'hold' your weapon in multiple positions (e.g. in your left hand, your right hand or in the centre, Quake 1 style)." Beta 2 of WinZip version 8.0 is now available 2-28-0 A comment by John Carmack to a thread titled Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch Leaving id Software on SlashDot discusses the reasons behind the Zoid's recently announced departure, starting off saying: "I had talked with Zoid about it a few times over the years, and I think he is making a pretty good decision," and concluding: "We are parting on the best of terms (leaving right AFTER a project completes is the considerate way to go). He is going to finish up the Quake2 Linux updates (better X/GLX support), even if he has to complete the work from his new job." There is a new UT Weapon Guide on Unreal Tournament Center. 2-27-0 You are lucky to be getting this big update today as I barely got home a few hours ago from work and an now on my way back to work after two days of inventory fun. A new version of /\/\atchMod for Quake II is now available. This is a server-only mod that boasts "the most advanced, multi-optioned, -=Bot Crusher=- mod ever made in multiple flavors all over the Internet without having to download or configure a thing." The features page offers a full rundown on the mod, which, in addition to the anti-cheating functions, adds saved player info that restores your frags and other stats upon reconnecting after a disconnect, and a load of configurable options, including a default mode that supports standard OGL rules. If you are the type that likes to shake gifts to guess at their contents before opening, you may be interested in the list of fixes included in the upcoming Unreal Tournament version 406 patch on Unreal Universe sent along by Epic's Steve Polge. The list finally includes a fix for the obscure GeForce startup problem that a few folks experience. As promised, Epic has released the Unreal Tournament Bonus Pack for download at Gamecenter. It comes in PC and Mac versions as a 13.8 MB download (that are actually the same file though, so no need to get them both), and contains 11 new multiplayer levels, 3 new character meshes, and the Relics, special items that imbue a player with certain powers. A new version 1.23 of Q3Post is now available at its new home. Q3Post is a utility that posts a server's IP address and description to IRC when you jump into a Quake III Arena game, and the new version offers additional customization features and fixes a couple of bugs. Electronic Arts sent me seven images from The World is Not Enough, their upcoming Quake III Arena engine James Bond title for the PC and Playstation 2. There are two in-game shots, two shots of early maps in Q3Radiant, two composite shots with a mixture of in-game and concept renders, and of course, that spiffy logo. Several of these appeared in Next-Generation Magazine, although these are the first time they're appearing in high-resolution form online. Check 'em all out. 2-26-0 There's a new GeForce Cooling and Overclocking guide on Tweak3D.net. For those who crave a bloody game, 53 New Soldier of Fortune Shots on PC.IGN.Com offer a deck of cards' (plus a joker) worth of stomach-turning shots from Raven Software's upcoming Quake II-engine mercenary shooter. Also, there's a new Soldier of Fortune preview on Alloygaming.com, that in addition to offering a look ahead at Soldier of Fortune, offers three more new high resolutions screenshots showing off gameplay. Cinematix has released a version 1.2e patch for Revenant. There is no information available on what changes the patch brings to this isometric role-playing game. 2-25-0 There's a new GeForce-TNT tweak guide on 3D Spotlight. Hardware One Experiments With Different Slockets and their impact on overclocking the FCPGA Pentium III. Fragstomp has released the source code for Reload Be Gone! and Bloodlust, their Quake III Arena modifications. The first release of the Quake III Bot Designer is now available. As can be surmised from the name, this is a program designed to assist modelers in the addition of bot support to their models for Quake III Arena. The program allows you to give a bot weapon preferences and other skills, without having to crack open the Q3A source code. A new version 1.01 patch for Assimilation 2 is now available, updating this teamplay mod for Quake III Arena. Assimilation 2 supports up to seven teams (except in CTF, which is still only two teams), the mod features a unique scoring system, and what they modestly describe as "the best looking grappling hook to date." 2-24-0 This Netscape FTP directory has Netscape version 4.72 for Windows, Mac, and Unix. 2-22-0 The newly relocated Fragstomp, home of the Reload be Gone mod for Q3A has a new version 1.00 of their Bloodlust mod for Quake III Arena, a client-side mod that causes players to throw body parts and blood trails as they are shot, and makes gibs very much bloodier just in case you are just not getting the kind of sick gratification you seek disintegrating your friends under the current system. On ShellShock's Crater there's a new version 00.02.19.00 of the Q3Offline mod. The new release fixes some bugs, and adds a few new features, such as map list drag and drop. Elsa Erazor X2 GeForce DDR is reviewed on HotHardware. Dell to Get Exclusive 64MB GeForce reports Gamecenter. The Support.Dell.Com File Library has new Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 512V, Windows 2000, English, Multi System, v. 5.0.0.3026, A09 drivers. 2-21-0 The Q3A release is FightClub version 00.03.02 patch. A new version 2.08 of the Servarena Quake III Arena dedicated server launcher is now available, fixing a few bugs. TennMax Lasagna GeForce video card cooler is reviewed on BoomGames Interactive. Aureal Vortex sound cards are reviewed on Maximum3D.2-20-0 Q3Center's strategy guides section has been updated with a new guide to Quake III Arena configs and bindings. ASUS DIMM Riser is reviewed at Gamers Depot. 2-19-0 A new version of QStat, a command-line server query and statistics program for a multitude of games, has been released, and is available for download on its official site in both Windows and Unix flavors. This new version adds support for Soldier of Fortune in addition to other changes. Creative Labs Latest Files page has new version 1.03 Win2K drivers for 3D Blaster GeForce Pro, 3D Blaster GeForce, 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 Ultra, 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2, Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value, and Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT accelerators. Microsoft has released a Compatibility Update for Windows 2000 on their Windows Update site. The download, which takes about a minute on even the slowest connection, adds compatibility for a ton of applications and games, including Heretic II, Aliens vs. Predator, Myth II, Drakkan, Tomb Raider III and more. 2-18-0 There's a Windows 9x/Millennium Tweak Guide on Tweak3D.net. CPU Review's Athlon/Pentium3 Price Comparison has been updated. 2-17-0 The Xian interview on Mean Arena is a Q&A with id Software designer Christian "Disruptor" Antkow. The conversation covers Disruptor's background, what it's like working at id, and a few bits on level design, including a step-by-step rundown on the map creation process. 2-16-0 A new version 1.1 of the S.H.U.D. modification for Quake III Arena is now available. This mod replaces the game's normal heads-up display (HUD) with one that offers real-time display of your number of shots fired, hits, hit percentage, and more. The new version adds in the scoreboard as well as accuracy info on your number of consecutive hits and maximum consecutive hits. The Winamp homepage has a new version 2.60 of the Winamp player. Sierra, Valve, and Sega have formally announced that they are working with Gearbox Software (the developers of the Half-Life mission pack Opposing Force) and Captivation Digital Labs to port Half-Life to the Sega Dreamcast. Version 1.13 of The Unofficial GLQuake Project's version of GLQuake has been released, and is available for download on their homepage. This new version adds bump mapping and slipgate mirrors to their already impressive feature set. ATI has released new drivers for their Rage 128 and 128 Pro based video cards, which fix a ton of problems, including game-specific problems with the Messiah compatibility test, SpecOps 2, Revenant, and others. Epic's Tim Sweeney made an update to the Unreal Technology Page with a detailed explanation of their plans for licensing the Unreal Tournament engine for Playstation 2 games. 2-15-0 Court Rules for Software Maker announces that Connectix' Sony emulation software did not violate Sony's copyright, according to a federal appeals court. PIII 500E/550E Overclocking Problems, Solutions, & Results on Hardware News Net. According to this story on ZDNet, Windows 2000, which ships next Thursday the 17th, contains 63,000 bugs in this initial release. Their source on the story is an internal Microsoft memo, which says that 28,000 of these are likely to be "real" problems. Microsoft was quick to defend the OS, saying that 750,000 testers agreed that it was ready for prime time, but knowing previous releases from the company, you may want to wait before upgrading. Aureal has released new drivers for A3D based cards (thanks Groltz). These drivers feature support for A3D 3.0, and there are also A2D drivers available for enabling A3D 3.0 audio support on non-3D cards as well. 2-14-0 Happy Saint Valentine's Day ;-) 2-13-0 The Quake Wedding website has word on one of the most unusual Quake-related human interest stories I can recall, as BadBoyBubba, and db_High intend to tie the knot on a public Quake II server. The ceremony will take place in a custom map & mod at 7:00 PM South African Time (GMT+2) on February 14, the always romantic Saint Valentine's Day. 2-11-0 3dfx has released new drivers for their Voodoo 3 3500 TV video card (thanks [Montella] Dennis Claesson). These drivers fix a ton of issues related to the card's video capture features, and there are now localized versions for each region. A new version 1.0.32 of the Q3AControl remote admin console is now available. Q3AControl can govern Quake, QuakeWorld, and Quake II servers in addition to Q3A servers, and the new release fixes some bugs, and adds several new features, including the ability to create a custom cVar file for each server. 2-10-0 Version 1.00 of ProQuake, a modification to the Quake source code, has been released. ProQuake is an enhancement to the Quake source code, and is 100% compatible with both regular Quake servers and clients. The changes range from minor fixes, such as fixed backscrolling in the console, to welcome additions like the addition of multiple connections from a single IP address. According to this press release, AMD has demonstrated a new version of their Athlon processor, running at the ungodly speed of a 1.1 GHz (1100 MHz). The processor was made at their Fab 30 facility in Germany, and utilizes the .18 micron process to reduce heat. Ingava's Q3A Strategy Guide #1 covers strategies on Q3DM0, Q3DM1, and Q3DM2. 2-9-0 Version 1.0 of S.H.U.D. for Quake III Arena is now available. S.H.U.D. stands for Stats Head-Up Display, and it adds some very cool enhancements to the Q3A HUD, including real-time stats on your shots, hits, and hit percentage (optionally can be separated for each weapon), display of rewards (impressive, excellent etc.), a frags per hour tally, a "new and improved scoreboard," and more. All the HUD's options can be turned on or off separately. Q3Center's Q3A One-on-One Strategy guide offers some general tips on Quake III Arena tournament play. 2-8-0 Thanks for all the e-mails wishing me well and yes I will with some luck OK by Friday. The first beta release of Capture the Gunz (CTG) for Quake III Arena is now available. CTG is a teamplay mod that gives all members of a team access to a type of weapon when your team is the last to control its spawn point, while none of the opposition will have that weapon until regaining control, which likewise deprives their opponents. In addition to control of the arms race, these captures are a significant part of the mod's scoring, as grabbing a weapon nets you three frags and two more for each of your teammates. 2-7-0 Sorry for the lateness of today's update as I was in the hospital most of today. ShellShock's Crater has a new version 00.02.05.00 of Q3Offline for Quake III Arena, a front-end specifically designed for setting up offline games against bots. In the new release the number of bots and human players can be automatically adjusted on the fly to maintain the same number of players throughout a game, and improved support for mods has been added, including Domination, InstaGib, and Excessive Overkill. 2-6-0 The Half-Life 1.0.1.6 patch which should be released next week. A beta version (v0.8) of Q3 Clan Arena, a Quake III Arena remake of the Quake 1 Clan Arena mod has been released, and is available for download at its homepage. 2-5-0 According to a story on AVault, DirectX 8 will be incorporating Battlefield Communicator's real-time voice technology. Microsoft bought ShadowFactor (the company that owns the product) last year, and plans to make the current version available as a free download on February 18th. A new version 1.41 of the Weapon Mod for Quake III Arena is now available on the Weapon Mod page. Weapon Mod allows you to adjust many different aspects of gameplay, allowing for easily customized servers. 2-4-0 A new version of Reload Be Gone (RBG) for Quake III Arena is now available on Quakeheads.Com. The mod alters the properties of some of the weapons. 2-3-0 The Quake3mods.Net Developer's FAQ attempts to answer the most frequently asked questions about making your own maps, skins, and modifications for Quake III Arena. Cold Storage Online has version 0.8 of K-stats, described as a pre-alpha "Gaming and Lan party Tournament / League Organiser Thingy." The program creates a database of gamers, allowing them to be assigned to different tournaments, keeping track of wins, losses, and other statistics. The program is part of an ongoing school project, so feedback is especially appreciated, and an unusually firm deadline of March 31, 2000 for version 1.0 has been set. The debut release of Advanced UI for Quake III Arena is now available on Spine Design Projects. As the name implies, this is not a gameplay mod, but rather an enhanced user interface (completely client-side) for Quake III Arena offering improved skin and model management. There's a new Quake III Tournament Mode (1v1) Modem Guide on The Technocracy with strategies geared specifically for the needs of high-ping modem players. loonygames presents Game Networking 101, a new article by Jake Simpson where the Raven programmer delves into some of the mysteries of network gaming, attempting to solve some riddles like why your ping is better in some games than others. 2-2-0 The Digital Paint page has a new version 1.6 client update for Digital Paint's Paintball mod for Quake II. The new release doesn't really alter gameplay, but rather adds several new maps, one of which, Psychosity, has its own disclaimer warning about side-effects. ShellShock's Crater has a new version of the Q3Offline utility that enables offline games of Quake III Arena to be quickly set up with fully configurable map rotation and bots. The new release adds a "bot editor" for creating new bots from existing models and skins. Word on Quake 2000 is they've begun a port of Quake to the BeOS. They also now have a UBB up to share knowledge and experiences with the Quake source code. 2-1-0 Sega to Publish Quake 3 for Dreamcast on dreamcast.ign.com is a report that quotes Sega PR as confirming plans to do a port of Quake III Arena for the Dreamcast. Thanks Jeremy Morgan. Here's a little of what's known and a bit of speculation from the report:
3D Game Force has posted an article on how to make your own fan switches. The official version of the Final Fantasy VIII demo has been released in the downloads section of the Final Fantasy VIII site. GameSurge has posted a strategy index for Half-Life: Opposing Force. 1-31-0 GameSpy.com has posted an article by id Software's Graeme Devine, where he examines the state of persistant world online gaming, looking at the pros and cons of games like Ultima Online, Everquest, and Asheron's Call. 1-30-0 iXBT NVIDIA GeForce 256 Graphics Cards Comparison. Part 2 is online. PC Cooling on Fast Graphics looks at the art of keeping your machine cool. Skinning 101 has the latest release of the Skinlinker utility for Quake III Arena that creates the .skin files needed to link the skin image files to the models in Quake III Arena. 1-29-0 Here's a basic tutorial on creating weapons for Q3A on Quake3Mods.Net. Challenge website has a new Quake III Arena modification called Challenge. 1-28-0 3dfx has released new MacOS drivers for their Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3 based cards. These new drivers fix problems with Rainbow Six and Quake III Arena. 1-27-0 The eagerly-anticipated Soldier of Fortune demo has been released on GameSpot. Weighing in at a hefty 95 MB, the demo contains two single-player and two deathmatch levels, as well as a tutorial and a cinematic level. Soldier of Fortune is Raven Software's mercenary action shooter built on the Quake II engine. 1-26-0 Pentium III 750 MHz is reviewed on t-break.Quake III: Arena Noise (soundtrack) is reviewed on Damage Gaming. 1-25-0 A new version of the unofficial Quake III Arena FAQ by SilverStream is now available, bringing the info in sync with the final point release, adding links to new mods, and updating many areas with more tips. And while I'm at it, there were also a few minor updates to this Unreal Tournament FAQ. A new version 0.5 of the D3DQuake conversion of the Quake source code modified to use Direct3D 7.0 instead of OpenGL is now available. Thanks Ryan Stotts. D3D Quake is GPL, just like Quake, so the source code is also available. Current issues with D3D Quake include requiring 32-bpp textures, an NVIDIA Beta Driver bug makes gun models invisible on GeForce cards, and it crashes on Voodoo3 accelerators after about 60 seconds of play. 1-24-0 IcarusWeb has posted a brief interview with ION Storm's John Romero, talking to him about one of his favorite subjects, the original Doom. Epic's Stephen Polge made a post to the Unreal Technology Page with word that he's updated the Unreal resources on the site, including a new version of the guide to running a server, and a new performance tweaks guide. 1-23-0 The Q3Logger Homepage has the beta 4 version 1.1 release of the Q3Logger log parser that offers several forms of HTML output to help analyze the results of games played on a Quake III Arena server. Version 0.3 of Requiem for Quake III Arena is now available, with both Win32 and Linux versions of this Q3A update of the popular QuakeWorld/Quake II mod. Requiem offers a bunch of features, including an off-hand grappling hook, and supports single player, FFA, team DM, or CTF. A new version 1.6 of the Hand of Quad, "the click 'n' go Quake launcher" is now available. Hand of Quad allows you to join a Quake III Arena, Quake II, or Half-Life server simply by clicking a link on a webpage. The small update addresses a few bug including "the elusive 'shutdown' bug." 1-22-0 Planet GeForce's GeForce DDR Reference card overclocking guide has been updated with Quake III Arena benchmarks. Last Man Standing for Q3A page has the debut version of a Quake III Arena modification that offers classic last man standing competition where players who are fragged must sit out the remainder of the match until one combatant remains to be declared the winner. The QuickTime Download page has the release of version 4.1 of QuickTime, Apple's "complete technology for handling video, sound, animation, graphics, text, music, and even 360-degree virtual reality (VR) scenes." 1-21-0 Raven's Rick Johnson updated his .plan with a status report on the Soldier of Fortune demo, which is sounding pretty imminent:
The latest update to ION Storm's Daily Informant has a rundown of the Daikatana team, with each person detailing what they've been working on as the game wraps up. Most of them seem to be working on crushing those last few bugs, and Romero says he's been working on finalizing the multiplayer game. WinFast GeForce Driver page has updated Win9X & WinNT Drivers. Thanks Placid. Planet GeForce's Overclocking NVIDIA GeForce DDR Reference video card guide is online. ZDNet, ZDNet (second article), cnet, and Slashdot.org all have stories up analyzing the announcement that the next release of BeOS, codenamed Maui, will Be free for personal and non-commercial use. 1-20-0 PC Top Games now has over 500 game-related desktop wallpapers for download and The MeBot Pages has got seven Unreal Tournament wallpapers and three more from Half-Life, all in various resolutions and oGL rules has a Quake screensaver with the Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena logos. Microsoft IntelliMouse with IntelliEye is reviewed on Tech Arena. The Playing Fields CPL qualifier will fly the winner of this UK tourney to the US to compete in the upcoming $100,000 Razer/CPL tournament in addition to their own £1,000 first prize. Also, the Savage UK Q3ctf league is now accepting clan sign-ups. In addition to the registration, there is a survey to fill out to express preferences as to how the league will be run. Finally, Artificial Intelligence-Bot Challenges will offer weekly challenges in Unreal Tournament offering specified objectives under various scenarios on different game types, with the best time to complete each challenge to win. GameSpy 2.19 Shareware on FilePlanet is the shareware release of version 2.19 of this server browser, for which the registered version came out last week. New to the new version is full Quake III Arena support and full BattleZone II support. 1-19-0 id Software has released a set of editing documents for the bots in Quake III Arena. Written by id's Mr Elusive, the HTML docs come as a 19 KB zip-file for download from their ftp server, and include information on bot characteristics, the chat system, item and weapon specs, the creation of new arenas and bot characters, and more. PC Top Games now has over 500 game-related desktop wallpapers for download and The MeBot Pages has got seven Unreal Tournament wallpapers and three more from Half-Life, all in various resolutions. While we're at it, oGL rules has a Quake screensaver with the Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena logos. 1-18-0 The I.Am.Q3A Quake3Arena Q3A Console Guide has been completely revised and updated to include the 100 new commands and variables included in the retail version of the game. Here's their description: "Each command or variable's purpose and use is explained, along with examples where appropriate, and they are all available in one complete alphabetical list, or in handy categorized lists." The unofficial gameplay FAQ for Quake III Arena by Jim Mazurek has been updated again, adding a new power-up analysis section, tips and info on Q3DM15, and various other changes. The carnageNet Quake 3 page has the first release of their InstaGib modification for Quake III Arena, that looks to sincerely flatter the Unreal Tournament game type by altering Q3A so that each player is given a railgun, and each shot is lethal. All game modes are supported, including FFA, tourney, single player, and CTF. 1-17-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed on PC Gameworld. 3D Wars ASUS AGP-V6600D vs. Elsa Erazor X compares both GeForce 256 cards and their accompanying stereo glasses. 1-16-0 Two more Q3A wallpapers on www.q3a.de of Klesk and Crash, both at 1280x1024. nV News' Creative Labs Annihilator Giveaway offers a US resident the opportunity to win a GeForce 256 accelerator by answering a sole bit of GeForce trivia. According to Gone Gold, the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII has gone gold, and will be shipping to stores on the 26th. So get ready, and be warned - as those of you who played the Playstation version know, it's addicting. IGN Guides has posted their guide to Quake III Arena. The guide, which is available either online, or via a downloadable PDF file, features maps for every level, as well as multiplayer strategies, weapon lists, and more. Free registration is required to view or download the guide. id Software has released the final Point Release patch for Quake III Arena (Win32) on their ftp server (1.1 MB). NVIDIA has posted new Detonator drivers (version 3.68) for their various chipsets (GeForce 256, TNT, TNT2, RIVA 128, etc.). Thanks to Kevin Sparks for the tip. You can snag the drivers on their site (after accepting the license agreement). 1-15-0 id Software has released a new beta 2 version of the Point Release patch for Quake III Arena on their ftp server (1.1 MB). Version 2.19 of GameSpy has been released exclusively to registered users. This new version adds full support for Quake III Arena (including a player profile to select skins and models), as well as improved support for Unreal Tournament and Battlezone II. If you're a registered user, you can download it at FilePlanet. A new version 405B patch for Unreal Tournament has been released by Epic. The Unreal Technology page has a complete list of what's new. The unofficial Quake III Arena FAQ by SilverStream has been updated, sporting yet more information and help on id's game of deathmatch extravaganza. And on a related note, Activision has opened their technical support page for Quake III Arena for Macintosh, addressing various problems one might experience with this recently released version of the game. A new version of Quake 3 Control is now available on its relocated site. Quake 3 Control is a remote admin tool for Quake-series servers, and the new 1.0.31 beta release includes the first implementation of QuakeWorld support (carrying the "still experimental!" warning), as well as ban list support and a couple of other options. 1-14-0 This Daily Telegraph article describes a four-year Australian government-sponsored report on the effects of computer games that found "There is little reason to believe that the activity itself should be a cause for concern and little evidence that it is a major source of anxiety within the community." The Planet GeForce Quake III Arena Combat Guide has been updated with some new tidbits like ammo respawn times. t-break has posted details on how to enable true 3D environmental audio in Quake III Arena on SBLive! based cards. Q3A uses A3D 2.0, but by downloading the A2D files from Aureal (which were created to allow A3D audio to play via DirectSound 3D on non-A3D cards) you can get full EAX output. Directions as well as a direct download link can be found on t-break. 1-13-0 The Savage UK - Quake TV website has the debut release of this set of programs that promises to allow the viewing of Quake II and Quake III Arena matches nearly live as they are played on the Internet. Quake TV consists of a RocCam program that sends a demo as it is recorded and sends it to a high-bandwidth server running the RocRelay program which will distribute it real-time to viewers who connect using the RocStream client to view a live game. The program is described as very useful for competitions or tournaments, and a demonstration is promised next week. A new version of the FightClub Quake III Arena game configuration utility is now available as a full 3+ MB download and a smaller upgrade for users of the previous version. This useful utility can allow you to launch a dedicated or listen server (with map rotations, user-defined or random bot lists, auto-kick of bots when humans join, configurable client and rcon passwords, and more), connect to a server using a built-in highly-configurable server browser, plus the ability to automate the running of timedemos in any combination of video/sound configs and demo files for easy benchmarking. Painful Detail has posted five new custom voices for Unreal Tournament, as well as a tutorial on how to create your own. 1-12-0 The Sonic Mayhem website has the release of a new map for Quake III Arena deathmatch by Zoid and Sonic Mayhem called Anti-Logic that features a new music track by the Sonic Mayhem folk, who are of course, responsible for half of the music in Quake III Arena. 1-11-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed by Games Domain Review, Aureal A3D, Game Authority, and MSNBC. Screaming3D has posted a Javascript applet that calculates your CPU's heat output. If you're interested in beta testing DirectX 8 like me, Microsoft is actively recruiting both developers and game enthusiasts to help out. You can fill out an application on their DirectX page. 1-10-0 There's a GLClock 5.26 beta on DemoNews.com that offers a benchmark program called "glclock Mark" that measures the detailed OpenGL performance at VGA/SVGA/XGA window size. There's a new version of the Voodoo3 Overclocker on TweakFiles. Legowhore has released Q3ServerKit, a Java-based server administration program for Quake III Arena. 1-9-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed on DeadAlfs 2000, Gamers Central, and Sniper's Alley. nV News has posted a tune-up guide for Quake III Arena. The guide presents a plethora of options for tweaking the game to run its best on GeForce 256 cards, and features benchmark numbers using Creative Labs' Annihilator and Annihilator Pro cards. Activision has announced that the Mac version of Quake III Arena will be going into retail distribution this week. 1-8-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed on Gaming Age and Happy Puppy. QWare Software News has a new version 0.85 of QBind Free Edition, the key binding program that supports the Quake family of games. The new release fixes some bugs, and adds support for the latest versions of Quake III Arena and the Q3A Demo. The unofficial Quake III Arena gameplay FAQ received a big update to version 2.5, adding tips and hints for survival in levels Q3TOURNEY4, Q3DM13 and Q3DM14, expanding the weapons analysis section, and adding and updating bits of info throughout the document. 1-7-0 Tritin Films' Quad God, a Quake III Arena movie that was made using the demo/test version of the game, has been released, and is available for download at its official site (as well as Damage Gaming). The movie is available in low and high bandwidth versions, and is in the Windows Media Player's ASF format. RIVA Station has posted an endless timedemo loop for Quake III Arena to stress test your system 1-6-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed on Digital Clips and Aussiegamer.com. A new version 1.0.9 of Q3 Build on Rust offers the first non-beta release of this program described as the "first and best compiler front end for Quake3 level design." Savage 4 VS. Tnt2 Ultra on Savage Daily News. 1-5-0 Another $100,000 Event for the CPL is the announcement that in addition to their upcoming tournament in Los Angeles that will offer 100 grand in cash prizes, the FRAG4 is going to offer $100,000 in cash prizes as well. FRAG 4 is scheduled to take place at Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel on October 27-29, 2000 and the online registration site will be located at www.frag4.com. The Ultimate Hard Drive Cooler is reviewed on Overclockers Australia. Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT Unified Drivers page has an updated version of these drivers that allow Glide on Creative's cards that use NVIDIA chipsets that now will work for GeForce256-based cards. 1-4-0 A new version 2.6 of the PowerStrip video card/monitor control utility is now available. A new version 2.09 patch for BattleCruiser 3000 is available from the Galcom News Network. 1-3-0 Quake III Arena is reviewed on GameWire.Org and PCGN. Thanks for all the mail but I already know that my single digit date is not Y2K+10 compliant. So what... 1-2-0 According to www.news.com, Gateway has sold the Amiga trademark and leftover computer systems to Amino Development for an undisclosed amount. President Bill McEwen (formely of Amiga), said the sale offers the chance to “finish the job that was started 15 years ago." The only question is, what job was started 15 years ago? 1-1-0 Well, the world has not ended so there is nothing else to do but to Quake on and frag, frag, frag until the real millennium starts a year from today, then frag some more. The Game Name Builder Official Homepage has a new version 1.82 of this program that can add colored and/or animated player names to Quake (1), QuakeWorld, Quake II, Hexen II, HexenWorld, NetStorm, and any other game which uses ASCII characters. The new version adds support for Quake III Arena and the Q3A Demo. |
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