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Quake on iPod.

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nessonic:
To clarify, no I'm not requesting this like it's been said not to do so. Anyways.

I'm just asking for a rough estimate of the time this would take and everything. I don't expect much out of whatever port that could be made, since Doom runs playable fine ( by that I mean, you can strafe *custom builds* and shoot easily without dieing because the ipod has enough buttons to do so. ) And Quake has all that.....plus looking up and down which I do not plan to implement. Besides that, it should be playable in some aspects, in the way I mean.

Next thing, is this possible? The most I've seen is "Quake 2" on iPods, which actually turn out to be people on youtube trying to trick other people with a simple quake 2 sprite mod for Doom on the iPod. I have no idea about the iPod's tech specs or any of that. I am asking all of this because I would like to try my hand at this. Thanks in advance, and if you're reply is " Don't even waste your time " please explain why at least.

Llorean:
The iPod has a dual core 75mhz ARM processor and 32mb of RAM. It might be possible to have quake run at an acceptable speed. Technically this is below the listed requirements, and it expects an FPU, so this might require heavy, specialized optimization, and even then odds aren't in your favor.

GodEater:
I'm keen to know how you'd control it too.

Llorean:
On an iPod:
Select - Shoot
Resting finger on the wheel:
Up - Forward
Left - Turn Left
Right - Turn Right
Back - Use/Open
Pressing actual buttons on the wheel:
Up - Look up
Left - Jump
Right - Weapon switch
Down - Look down

Complex, but the game would be playable I think. At least as playable as Doom, silly as that little thing is. Quake 1 doesn't require looking up and down too often, it's possible press R/L vs U/D could be swapped.

The iPod has a rather large number of buttons if you treat the wheel as 8+4 rather than rotate+4.

Still, much more suited to the Gigabeat.

GodEater:

--- Quote from: Llorean on September 11, 2007, 04:47:32 AM ---Complex, but the game would be playable I think. At least as playable as Doom, silly as that little thing is. Quake 1 doesn't require looking up and down too often, it's possible press R/L vs U/D could be swapped.

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But but but - how would you rocket jump ? ;)

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