Quake 2 & 3 for DROID!

[dtrb]

Yes, it's true! Quake 2 & 3 has been ported to the Android platform. From androidandme.com:
Disclaimer

Quake and Quake2 are trademarks of Id Software.
News

21 feb 2010 : *** going open source ***

I decided to release the source code here : quake2android - Project Hosting on Google Code

Want to start hacking right now ? try this :
svn checkout quake2android - Revision 7: /trunk quake2android

31 jan 2010 : *** new release 1.8 ***

changelist 1.8 :
- corrected crash in video menu
- extract players directory from demo file
- fixed download bug
- tested multiplayer game : working OK !

full change list here : ChangeList
Install the APK into your Android phone

click here : quake2-android-1.8.apk

IMPORTANT NOTE : if you have problem upgrading, uninstall previous version before installing new version.

How to control Quake 2 using your Android phone ? see instructions here : HowtoControlsAndroid
Install the Data File

To use the Quake2 APK you need either the data files from the original game or from the demo version that is available for download from idsoftware.com .

Launch Quake2 application > press Menu > then Tools > then Download data file

You can select Id Software FTP or some other mirror as download source

.. or use manual download , see instructions here : ManualDownload

Tested

emulator : very slow, < 5 fps
HTC G1 with CyanogenMod (Android 1.5 custom ROM) : OK
HTC G2 : OK
Samsung Galaxy : OK, 10-15 fps
Motorola Droid / Milestone (Android 2.0.1) : OK, 35-40 fps
T-Mobile Pulse ( Android 1.5, Huawei HU8220 ) : OK
HTC Tatoo : OK, 5 fps (too slow ...)
Google Nexus One : NOK - Hi Google, if you want to donate me a Nexus One, please contact me ;-)

Other phone : report me if it works !

What's in

3D graphics : hardware acceleration OK
Audio : OK
Controls : OK
Basic UI, automatic download of data file
stability improvement
accelerometer control
multiplayer
What's next

performance improvement
support more phones : Nexus One, ...



Android Bounty: Fully working Quake 2 and 3 ported to Droid – Android and Me

 

[nphil]

works fine on my droid, around 20-30 fps only though. I'm not sure if this is fpu optimized, I got a higher framerate on my old N95 with fpu.

trying out quake 3 now Downloads - kwaak3 - Project Hosting on Google Code
you need to find a .pak file from somewhere for it though.

 

[miamidroid]

im getting 38-48 fps

 

[schertz7]

awesome, uber hard to control from what it looks like in the video

 

[kellex]

here are the files and instructions for quake 3

download and install quake 3 on your motorola droid | droid life: a motorola droid blog

 

[takeshi]

awesome, uber hard to control from what it looks like in the video

Q2 is pretty hard to control IMO. Q3 is nearly impossible. I can't even beat Crash. They both seem to run well though.

Why isn't this thread in Driod Games?

 

[Snaekster]

Thanks to dtrb for the info on installing kwaak3, I had no issues loading that bad boy up.

LOL, and I thought I sucked at first-person shooters before...

But seriously, the rendering of the game is super nice and looks amazing. So glad we have developers out there helping us make the best use of our phones.

Snaekster