# Cant run quake 3

**URL:** <https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/cant-run-quake-3/3165>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 26, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/cant-run-quake-3/3165 "2026-08-26T06:56:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Quaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/96bed5/32.png) [@Quaker](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/Quaker)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/cant-run-quake-3/3165/1 "2026-08-26T06:56:33Z")

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Hello all! Im trying to run quake 3. I have a mac m4 running vmware fusion windows 11 and I did all that was asked I believe and it keeps saying “unsupported version (1.1.0) opengl 2.0 is required” Any help would be highly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![MrNuclearMonster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/mrnuclearmonster/32/820_2.png) [@MrNuclearMonster](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/MrNuclearMonster)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/cant-run-quake-3/3165/2 "2026-08-26T08:55:30Z")

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Hi, ioquake3 runs natively on macOS, no need for VMware

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**Author:** ![Quaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/96bed5/32.png) [@Quaker](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/Quaker)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/cant-run-quake-3/3165/3 "2026-08-26T19:33:12Z")

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Thank you for your response. Ill try that route next.