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title: "Is QSpy still cool? Let's play QuakeWorld!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-qspy-still-cool-let-s-play-quakeworld--yhwahp0yq
source_url: https://fabiensanglard.net/quakeworld/index.html
type: article
source: "Fabien Sanglard"
published: 2026-01-16T22:42:04.480Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:17:20.107Z
tags: ["gaming", "networking", "windows"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Is QSpy still cool? Let's play QuakeWorld!

**[Fabien Sanglard](https://daily.dev/sources/fabiensanglard)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

QuakeWorld, the multiplayer version of Quake, still runs on vintage hardware in 2026. Using a 233MHz MMX PC with Windows 9X, the author successfully connected to active servers using QSpy/GameSpy 3D as a server browser. Despite initial challenges with outdated master server lists and version mismatches, updating to client v2.34 and adding the `-zone 1024` parameter resolved memory allocation issues. The experience revealed a thriving community maintaining servers and infrastructure three decades after release, demonstrating the enduring quality of classic multiplayer gaming.

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