well i think although games dont have to have lighting, lighting gives a game atmosphere and a abit of feeling so i thought i would add some......
so in 3ds max i made some lights aroung my 3d model and exported it to 3ds and made a quick test program shown below
load object "test light export.3ds",1
do
sync on : sync rate 0
if upkey() = 1 then move camera 10
if downkey() = 1 then move camera -10
if leftkey() = 1 then turn camera left +1
if rightkey() = 1 then turn camera right +1
sync
loop
anyaway i ran this test program with my 3d model i lighted in 3ds max and there was nop lighting any ideas why or something you have to add in ???