From: Roberto Henriquez Laurent <shl24634 AT alumnos DOT inf-cr DOT uclm DOT es>
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Subject: Re: "Are Allegro's routines fast enough to write Quake-like games?" - No. HUH?
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 11:07:22 +0200
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Jeffrey Drake wrote:

> being that the previous message was about Quake, has anybody gotten
> quake
> to work on 486DX2/66 w/16Meg ram? I have, but haven't found anyone
> else who
> has.
>
    I have too (shareware versions 1.01-1.06). But when I upgraded to a
GUS-supporting version it became impossible to play. (It almost was,
already). Even the FX where played sluggishly :-(    However I didn't
need any boot-disk.

    Another question: I know the Quake engine is good. But, what are the
big differences between Quake's and Descent's engines? Because Descent
gave real 3D just as Quake does, but at a decent speed in my 486... Why
is Quake's engine so superior? (that would explain the CPU time it
costs)

        Thanks...

> Allegros routines would be depending on the processor and speed.
> --
>
> Jeffrey Drake
> jdrake AT lonet DOT ca
> www.lonet.ca/res/jdrake