Formerly the "QUAKE 2 Engine", with pioneering innovation in 3D environments, a few of id Tech 2's most notable features were out-of-the-box support for OpenGL hardware-accelerated graphics (in addition to the traditional software renderer), and colored lighting effects. Games created on this engine technology include QUAKE II, Hexen II, Heretic II, Sin, Soldier Of Fortune, Half-Life, Kingpin and Anachronox.

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Games
OverDose

OverDose OverDose Indie

Updated 1 day ago TBD Multiplayer First Person Shooter

OverDose is a Class/Team based multiplayer game set on a post apocalyptic Earth, were the CMC and MDR battle out for supremacy over the destroyed cities...

Quake 2

Quake 2 Quake 2

Updated 1 week ago Released Dec 7, 1997 Single & Multiplayer First Person Shooter

Quake 2 is another classic from id software.While not modded quite as much as it's predecessor or Q3A, it is still a blast to play and the mod's on offer...

Kingpin

Kingpin Kingpin

Updated 1 month ago Released Jun 30, 1999 Single & Multiplayer First Person Shooter

Rise to the top of your own gang of thugs, and then take on the street’s top dog, the Kingpin. You wake up in a dumpster only to realize you’re now...

UFO: Alien Invasion

UFO: Alien Invasion UFO: Alien Invasion Indie

Updated 4 months ago Released Jan 1, 2004 Single & Multiplayer Turn Based Strategy

It is the year 2084. You control a secret organisation charged with defending Earth from a brutal alien enemy. Build up your bases, prepare your team...

Quake#2

Quake#2 Quake#2 Indie

Updated 9 months ago TBD Single Player First Person Shooter

a Quake2 Rewritten in C#, this will allow to create MOD's for Quake#2 more easy, and port it using Mono to more platforms.

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Feared
Feared Oct 2 2009, 12:10am says:

Quake I > Quake II
Quake III > Quake II

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mod_noob
mod_noob Sep 10 2008, 1:50am says:

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Half-life bast on quake not quake 2.

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K|CkUrBuTToX
K|CkUrBuTToX Oct 11 2008, 4:13pm replied:

Half life used the quake engine as a base, as did the Quake 2 and 3 engines.

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viper276
viper276 May 6 2008, 11:44am says:

it was a pretty good engine

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Necrod
Necrod Nov 5 2009, 12:51pm replied:

it still is ;)

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NemesisRaptor
NemesisRaptor Feb 18 2008, 10:07pm says:

Was an awesome engine in his time

+2 votes     reply to comment
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id Software
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Release Date
Released Dec 6, 1997
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