It used to be that a mobile device couldn’t be taken seriously unless you could run Doom on it; the relentless urge for an upgrade means that now it’s a working version of Quake or nothing.  Thankfully the iPhone (and iPod Touch) can pass that tryout, with Quake 3 Arena ported to the handset.  Seemingly the work of Canadian game studio HermitWorks (who are behind the Space Trader game), directional control is via the accelerometer and firing is handled by tapping the screen.

Most interestingly, you can take part in multiplayer games.  No word on an actual release or whether that is just a proof-of-concept exercise, but we shall keep our fingers crossed all the same. 

As an aside, PHONE Mag played with a Qualcomm Android prototype capable of running Quake while at CTIA Wireless last week; check out the video here.

[via Coolest Gadgets]

Orginal post by Chris Davies