Modern Machines, Ancient Fragging – Quake 3 in 2025 (contains flashing images)
18Contains some flashing imagery
This week I’m finally getting to know Quake III Arena—not just as a benchmark tool, but as the fast-paced, skill-driven FPS classic it truly is. After years of only using it to test hardware (especially Raspberry Pis!), I’ve taken the time to dive into the gameplay, mechanics, and timeless feel. I also go over some compatibility issues I ran into with the vanilla version on modern systems—and how I got everything running smoothly.
Solving the resolution issue:
🔗 https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/steam-quake-iii-hd-resolution.html
Discussion on lightmap vs vertex:
🔗 https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/quake3-vertex-or-lightmap-which-is-better-visual-quality.545756/
Additional launch option to fix brightness when recording:
+set r_ignorehwgamma "1"
Quake 3 story from the wiki:
🔗 https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Quake_III_Arena#The_Story
The video that connects all of Quake and Doom:
• DOOM & QUAKE are in the same dimensio...
All Quake 3 cinematics (also contains flashing imagery):
• Quake 3 Arena - All Cinematics
Quake 3: Ray Traced video (from 2004):
• Quake 3: Ray Traced (2004) - First Ra...
Quake 3 Ray Traced historical paper:
🔗 https://annals-csis.org/Volume_21/drp/pdf/3.pdf
Looks like there is some work being done for Q3 RTX:
🔗 https://github.com/fknfilewalker/Quake-III-Arena-R
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