Quake III Arena source release
id Software's GPL release of the id Tech 3 engine and game code in 2005, which ioquake3 and many later games are built on.
Official source release Human-led completeFacts
- Original
- Quake III Arena (1999)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Official source release
- Provenance
- Human-led what this means
- Status
- complete
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Team
- id Software
- Started
- 2005
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Quake III Arena you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by id Software. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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