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1997 video game
Quake II
Developer(s)
id Software[a]
Publisher(s)
Activision[b]
Designer(s)
Kevin Cloud
American McGee
Tim Willits
Programmer(s)
Brian Hook
George John Cash IV[11]
John Carmack
Artist(s)
Adrian Carmack
Kevin Cloud
Paul Steed
Composer(s)
Sonic Mayhem
Series
Quake
Engine
Quake II engine[12][c]
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
AmigaOS
Classic Mac OS
Nintendo 64
PlayStation
Linux
Xbox 360
Zeebo
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Release
December 9, 1997
Microsoft Windows
NA: December 9, 1997
EU/AU: December 12, 1997[1][2]
Linux
WW: January 6, 1998[3]
Mac OS
NA: July 1, 1999[4]
Nintendo 64
NA: July 7, 1999[6]
EU: July 1999[5]
PlayStation
NA: October 5, 1999[9]
EU: October 1999[7][8]
Xbox 360
NA: November 18, 2005
EU: December 2, 2005
AU: March 23, 2006[10]
Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
WW: August 10, 2023
Genre(s)
First-person shooter
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is the second installment of the Quake series, following Quake.[13] The game's storyline is continued in its expansions, including one tying in Quake II and the first game, and Quake 4.
^"blue's Quake Rag - Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 1997 News". Blue's News. December 1997. Retrieved October 2, 2019. Quake II in the UK December 12: "id CEO Todd Hollenshead updated his .plan to announce that the expected shelf date for Quake II in the UK is December 12."
^"White Hot Games for Christmas". The Age. December 11, 1997. p. 75. Retrieved May 1, 2024. Quake II//Due Friday!
^Zoid (January 6, 1998). "Quake II for Linux". Blue's News. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^"MacQuake II Available". Blue's News. July 1, 1999. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^"Quake II". Chipsworld. Archived from the original on May 24, 2003. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^"Game Informer News". September 4, 1999. Archived from the original on September 4, 1999. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^"Quake II sur PSone". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
^"Quake II". Chipsworld. Archived from the original on April 27, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^"PSX Nation: News". January 18, 2000. Archived from the original on January 18, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
^Jastrzab, Jeremy (February 27, 2006). "Updated Australian release list, 27/02/06". PALGN. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^Fragmaster. "An Interview with id Software's John Cash". quakewiki.net. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
^Perry, Douglass (December 31, 1998). "THE REAL QUAKE II INTERVIEW". IGN.com. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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