Since the Quake 3 engine is open-source, several community ports exist: sdlioq3a (Google Play) : A modern, vanilla port using the engine and SDL2. : This version has no meaningful touch controls and is intended for use with a gamepad, keyboard, or mouse. Open Arena (Google Play)

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Once you own the PC version, you will copy the baseq3 folder (containing pak0.pk3 ) to your Android device. This guide assumes you have legally obtained these files.