Versions

Retail Releases
Besides the base Quake III Arena game for PC, several subsequent retail releases of the game, or variations on it, were released across several platforms.

Point Releases
'Point release' was the term used for official patches issued by id Software for the PC version of Quake 3. Major versions were not compatible between each other for client/server communication or demo file format. Custom modifications for the game code were mostly not compatible across versions but custom levels, skins, models, textures, and sounds generally worked across all versions.

The official point release versions of Q3 were:

Pre-Release and Demo versions
{| class="wikitable" ! Version !! Dates !! Notes
 * IHV (Individual Hardware Vendor) Test || March 1999 || Unofficial version leaked by ATI
 * Q3Test 1.03 || tbc || server and possibly only mac client
 * Q3Test 1.04 || tbc || tbc
 * Q3Test 1.05 || 24th April 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.06 || 19th July 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.07 || 24th July 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.08 || 3rd August 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.09 || 15th November 1999 || aka Q3DemoTEST
 * Q3Test 1.06 || 19th July 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.07 || 24th July 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.08 || 3rd August 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.09 || 15th November 1999 || aka Q3DemoTEST
 * Q3Test 1.08 || 3rd August 1999 ||
 * Q3Test 1.09 || 15th November 1999 || aka Q3DemoTEST
 * Q3Test 1.09 || 15th November 1999 || aka Q3DemoTEST
 * Q3Test 1.09 || 15th November 1999 || aka Q3DemoTEST