Quake 2 was written in GW BASIC on an IBM XT !

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That's the truth, it's a game written in BASIC and the original
version works at 50 frames per second on an IBM XT with 5.25" drive
and 4.77 Mhz in CGA mode.
 
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it worked OK on my Etch-A-Sketch monitor also...

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"Brian Raab" <kaisers_sun@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> That's the truth, it's a game written in BASIC and the original
> version works at 50 frames per second on an IBM XT with 5.25" drive
> and 4.77 Mhz in CGA mode.
 
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"Brian Raab" <kaisers_sun@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8d001dc6.0410051446.29876ced@posting.google.com...
> That's the truth, it's a game written in BASIC and the original
> version works at 50 frames per second on an IBM XT with 5.25" drive
> and 4.77 Mhz in CGA mode.
 
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"Brian Raab" <kaisers_sun@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8d001dc6.0410051446.29876ced@posting.google.com...
> That's the truth, it's a game written in BASIC and the original
> version works at 50 frames per second on an IBM XT with 5.25" drive
> and 4.77 Mhz in CGA mode.

and with ASCII renderer ... it rocked, like, totally .....