MS-DOSExcellentFree
Quake II
id Software's most underrated engine
id Software1997FPS, Action
Emulator
DOSBox-X
Quality
Excellent
Notes
Shareware demo bundled. 2023 remaster on Steam runs natively on Mac via GPTK4.
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Included with Velocity
View on Steam →Shareware demo freely distributable. Full game + 2023 remaster on Steam.
The Story
Quake II was the engine that powered Medal of Honor, Soldier of Fortune, and Half-Life before Valve rewrote it. id Software shipped it as a complete departure from the gothic horror of Quake I — industrial Strogg facilities, connected hub levels, a narrative thread. It ran at 60fps on an MMX Pentium with hardware acceleration. The shareware demo includes three full levels from the first unit. The 2023 Nightdive remaster added ultrawide, modern controls, and a new expansion.
Tags
fpsbundled-freeclassicsci-fi