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+README
+======
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+Now that there's an official QuakeSpasm git repo/GitHub mirror, this repo (https://github.com/ericwa/Quakespasm) is obsolete and no longer being updated.
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+See instead:
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+- [QuakeSpasm project page on sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/quakespasm/)
+- [QuakeSpasm official GitHub mirror](https://github.com/sezero/quakespasm/)
+
+Other related projects:
+
+- [QuakeSpasm-Spiked](https://github.com/Shpoike/Quakespasm/)
+- [vkQuake](https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake/)