Quake II .NET !!!
A friend just sent a link that made me go "Wow"!
Vertigo Software, known for its IBuySpy portal and various ASP.NET StarterKits, has ported the GPL version of id Software's Quake II to Managed C++!
This article on the CodeProject explains the conversion, and includes instructions on installing Quake II.NET.
Now, in July 2003, Vertigo Software, Inc. is releasing Quake II .NET, a port of the C-language based engine to Visual C++ with a .NET managed heads-up display. We did this to illustrate a point: one can easily port a large amount of C code to C++, and then run the whole application as a managed .NET application using the Microsoft Common Language Runtime (CLR) without noticeable performance delays. Once running as a .NET managed application, adding new features is easy and fun.
As an avid game player and game development enthusiast, this is the most exciting news I have seen in a while!