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I play it here usually - https://www.freecivweb.org/

Looks like they also have 3D version but I haven't tried it

Thank god I did a control+F "web" before asking if there's a version one can play in a browser. What a time to be alive. Time for someone to make a proper, no-plugin-required Quake multiplayer game. Quake Live could've been it but the tech wasn't ready.

if anyone at id Software is reading this: do it. DO IT

There's some issues with it but I've played multiplayer Quake III Arena here: http://www.quakejs.com

There's also several other ports to js. Most of them run amazingly well for being in a browser. At the very least it's nostalgic trying them out.

Thank you. Guess mods (like OSP/CPMA) don't work but still. Quake 3 on the web.

Forgive me for asking but judging from your nickname, you're likely from Bulgaria. If that's true, then it's amazing we don't know each other as the Quake community (now long dead) is rather tiny.

Edit: Well, it does not work in Firefox but I'll check out later in chromium. CPMA is the default I see. Truly amazing.

Edit 2: I am getting rock solid 120 fps on a Ryzen 5800H. On battery. This really made my day

I'm still amazed when I play quake in a browser. This really shows the conjunction of decades of little things coming together. And it frustrates me a bit more when I see simple things lagging and being slow.

Full blown multiplayer 3d shooter rendered at 120 FPS vs a lagging infinite scroll. Same browser, different tabs.

Glad you like it. No worries about asking, you're correct about the country but I'm just a casual gamer by choice and never put that many hours into Quake. Love the game but my main appreciation of it comes from the id history, Doom and even it's influences on UT.

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