New Life for a Classic?
Some games take the gaming world by storm. Some element in their design fascinates players and encourages them to create hundreds of mods to breathe new life into a favorite game. Quake III: Arena is one such game. Quake III is almost 11 years old and it is still much loved by some gamers. There are both active servers and mods that make this first person shooter an enduring classic. Its continuing popularity is due to both nostalgia and simple economics. Many gamers can’t afford to get the latest gaming computer to play today’s newest games. Quake III is old enough that it can be played on just about any system in operation today. It was originally designed to run on Pentium 233 MHz with Windows 95/98.
Quake III Arena has a simple story and it might have partly inspired Russell Crowe’s Gladiator. You take the role of a gladiator in the Arena Eternal. You face tougher and tougher opponents until you must face and defeat the ultimate warrior - Xaero. If you meet defeat, it is not over. Autodocs quickly repair you to fight again. Quake III offers a simple strategy - Shoot everything that is not you. The various arenas make this a bit difficult. Teleporters, Lava, Fog, Slime, bounce and acceleration pads and many other devices make each arena as hazardous as your opponents. You will face 32 different opponents in Quake III Arena. Each has a detailed history and a unique fighting style. Like most first person shooters, Quake Arena features many power ups, weapons and armors which are scattered throughout the arenas. These, like the aforementioned arenas, can easily change the tide of battle.
Recently it was announced that iPhone will translate Quake III Arena to make it compatible. A large part of Quake III Arena continuing popularity is its multi-player mode. By Quake III being ported to the iPhone, the game gets to use the phone’s awesome networking abilities for multi-player battles. Quake III Arena will use the iPhone’s accelerometer to control direction and tapping the touch screen controls shooting. These simple controls will give iPhone gamers a reason to cheer. An exact release date has yet to be announced.
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