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Posts tagged: quake2

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5 Jun 2026 Hardware - Retro Gaming

A Quake tactical computer for the Apple Watch

Quake II's help computer, rebuilt as an iPhone and Apple Watch app. An old Mac running Quake streams its live game state to your phone and wrist (health, ammo, objectives, damage buzzes and in-game sounds) and records the match as a workout.

24 May 2026 Case Study - Software Optimisation

Optimising Quake II on seven old Macs

I forked yquake2 5.11 and used Claude Code to get a build tuned for old PowerPC and Intel Macs, the sister project to the QuakeSpasm one.

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