Quake III Source Code Released
id Software has released the source code for Quake III under the GNU General Public License. At the time of its release in 1999, the game was immensely popular, and many considered it to be at the forefront of gaming technology; indeed, its engine was widely licensed for use in games such as American McGee’s Alice and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The package released by id Software today contains the complete source code for the Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of Quake III, including a Project Builder/Xcode file for the Mac code. While the Quake III engine is obviously no longer state-of-the-art, the release of its source code gives developers an opportunity to see the code behind a major AAA title by one of the most popular and respected game developers around, and if projects such as Doom Legacy and Aleph One are any indication, it may even give the game a new life in the open source community. (It should be noted that this release contains only the source code for the Quake III executable, not any game data files; it is still necessary to own a commercial copy of Quake III to actually play the game.)
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