Worth mentioning this was first published in 2017 EDIT ...and now the title has been updated, so I look like an idiot!
Small HN thread from then
Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
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Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#22There's something about the pace of older FPSes that the new ones don't match. Plus, turns out realism isn't something I ever wanted in an FPS. I still fire UT99 up and play a few bot matches once in a while. Now I can do it in my browser?
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Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#23Note that it's just the intro, for bandwidth/copyright reasons: > This is just the intro flyby to show it works. The whole game is not included because it's a big download and not mine to give out.
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Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#24There has also been a fully playable version of Quake that runs in the browser for many years. Super cool, was great for slacking off at work back in the day haha Edit: Quake Live it was called. Unclear if it's still offered in the browser as it seems to have made it's way to Steam.
Quake Live was a plugin IIRC (remember plugins?). This is using WebGL and WASM, no plugins.
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#25I spent many hours in Unreal GOTYE honing my reflexes for Counter Strike Source. Put the bots on godlike, increase the gameplay speed to 200% and then die more often than not. It is brutal and makes other FPSs feel like they're molasses.
Playing instagib did more for my FPS aim and reflexes than anything else
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#26There's something about the pace of older FPSes that the new ones don't match. Plus, turns out realism isn't something I ever wanted in an FPS. I still fire UT99 up and play a few bot matches once in a while. Now I can do it in my browser?
There are loads of modern FPSes that match the pace of old, but only in the indie space, not AAA. I recommend Ultrakill (whose second act just released last month), which is very much worth taking a look if you reminisce for Serious Sam and the like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw63IVgYLDc
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#27There's something about the pace of older FPSes that the new ones don't match. Plus, turns out realism isn't something I ever wanted in an FPS. I still fire UT99 up and play a few bot matches once in a while. Now I can do it in my browser?
Agree, nothing modern satisfies alike to the feel and pace of UT & Quake of that era
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#28awesome! UT is probably my favorite PC shooter - have so many memories of running a LAN version of UT2003 back in high school and playing with a few friends during open hours.
Don't know why, but the UT series has, for me, been more enjoyable than modern FPS games like CoD. I'd take UT99 or UT2003/4 or the more recent UT over any crap that EA puts out every year.
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#29Cool cool cool ... though these kinds of browser proof-of-concepts have been around for a decade (more than a decade if you include Flash+alchemy running Quake).
Is the browser coming back as a gaming platform yet?
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#30Cool cool cool ... though these kinds of browser proof-of-concepts have been around for a decade (more than a decade if you include Flash+alchemy running Quake). Is the browser coming back as a gaming platform yet?
Ugh I hope not. Battlefield 4 took a thousand steps back when they tried to make all the UI a web app
If this shit becomes mainstream say goodbye to ever owning your data ever again