From: apothegm AT softcom DOT net (Nathan Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Quake and Allegro
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 15:45:45 GMT
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>> > id software did not use allegro. All of there code is their own i think
You know, this begs the question: /Could/ Allegro have been used to
make a Quake-alike game?  I haven't heard of any Quake clones coming
out under the GPL, but are Allegro's graphic routines (the 3D routines
in particular) fast enough to handle a Quake environment?  I'd like to
think they are...

Nathan Thompson - apothegm AT softcom DOT net