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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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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

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