I was thinking a lot about the q3test bots written about yesterday.

Nostalgia.

What test versions were released when?

IHV Leak

The IHV leaked perhaps late February or early March 1999.

Q3Test Mac (v1.01?)

In late April a Mac version of the Q3Test was released:

Including:

  • MacQ3Test.bin

Q3Test v1.03

An updated Mac version was released along with a linux version and a win32 server:

Including:

  • q3test-1.03-glibc-6.i386.rpm
  • q3test-1.03-glibc-6.i386.tar.gz
  • q3test_1_03_win32_server_update.zip
  • q3test_1_03_win32_server.zip
  • MacQ3Test_1_03.bin
  • MacQ3Test_1_03_update.bin

Q3Test v1.05

An update to v1.05 including the first win32 version:

Including:

  • q3test_1_05.exe
  • MacQ3Test_1_05.bin
  • q3test-1.05-glibc09.i386.rpm
  • q3test-1.05-glibc09.i386.tar.gz

Q3Test v1.06

An update to v1.06:

Including:

  • q3test_1_06.exe

Q3Test v1.07

An update to v1.07:

Including:

  • q3test_106-07.exe
  • q3test_107.exe
  • q3test-linux-1.07-glibc-4.i386.tar.gz
  • q3test-linux-1.07-glibc-4.i386.rpm

Q3Test v1.08

Update to v1.08:

Including:

  • q3test_108.exe
  • q3test_win32_1_08.exe
  • MacQ3Test_1_08.bin

Q3Test v1.09 (Q3DemoTest)

And finally a Q3Test Demo:

Including:

  • q3DemoTEST.exe
  • q3DemoTEST.bin

Full demo:

  • Q3ADemo.exe
  • q3demoTEST-1.10-5.i386.tar.gz
  • q3demoTEST-1.10-5.i386.rpm

Q3Test Timeline

So the Q3Test timeline is something like:

  • Mar 01, 1999, IHV leak
  • Apr 24, 1999, Mac (v1.01?)
  • ??? ??, 1999, v1.02
  • Apr 29, 1999, v1.03
  • ??? ??, 1999, v1.04
  • May 10, 1999, v1.05 (first win32 client?)
  • Jul 16, 1999, v1.06
  • Jul 20, 1999, v1.07
  • Aug 03, 1999, v1.08
  • Nov 15, 1999, v1.09 (demo)

If the bot hack was released late May 1999, then it makes sense it was for v1.05 on win32.

Update: See the Quake 3 Official Archive