<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>One discussion that came up last night was the Proprietary companies locking out community developers and hence forth missing out on increased popularity etc..</div>
<div><br></div><div>eg. games companies kill off game mods, instead of embracing the modding community and increasing there popularity. </div><div><br></div><div>this kinda reminded me of that. the fact that id software released the source code to quake 2 & 3 and hence its been ported to almost any platform. </div>
<div><br></div><div>quake 3 on android phone. </div><div><br></div>You should by now be well aware that there's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/50-android-games-demonstrated-in-one-video-who-says-android-c/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">no shortage</a> of games one can play on one's beloved Droid, but just for the FPS old schoolers out there, how's about a nice <em>Quake 3</em> port to pass the time with? Yup, the game that defined the term multiplayer before <em>World of Warcraft</em> came around has been enabled on the Android OS, finally finding another mobile home after residing on <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/nokia-quake-iii-gains-on-phone-server-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Nokia handsets</a> for so long. For its short development time, this looks a very well refined translation of the software and offers you customizable controls to go with thoroughly playable frame rates. And if you have an older Android phone, don't despair -- Quake 2 has also been ported over, so once you've had an eyeful of the Droid, why not hit the source link to find out how to get in on the action? <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/quake-3-ported-to-android-shows-off-droids-graphical-prowess/">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/quake-3-ported-to-android-shows-off-droids-graphical-prowess/</a></span>