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Quake II

Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is the second installment of the Quake series, following Quake. Developed over the course of a year, Quake II was released on December 9, 1997. In contrast to the first game, which featured a combination of science fiction and fantasy elements, Quake II…

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Genre
First-person shooter
Publisher
Activision[b]
Artists
Adrian Carmack · Kevin Cloud · Paul Steed
Composer
Sonic Mayhem
Designers
Tim Willits · American McGee · Christian Antkow · Jennell Jaquays · Brandon James
Developer
id Software[a]

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Quake II

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Edges139
Triples321
Avg. degree1.99
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Quake II

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related to Critical reception · 40
Quake II → Academy, Action Game, All Time, AllGame, At, Best Shoot-'Em-Up, Christopher Breen, Computer Entertainment Title, Computer Gaming World's, Daniel Erickson, GamePro, GameRankings, Games, GameSpot, GoldenEye, House, In, Interactive Achievement Awards, Interactive Arts, Interactive Title
related to Ports · 35
Quake II → Arachnid, Be Inc, BeOS, CD, Colored, Colossus, For, Gouraud-textured, Ground Zero, Guardian, HammerHead, In, Internet, July, Linux, Logicware, Macintosh, Macmillan Digital Publishing, N64, Nintendo
related to Gameplay · 32
Quake II → Ammo Pack, Another, Axe, Bandolier, BFG10K, Blaster, CGI, Chain Gun, Enemies, Enviro-Suit, First, Grenade Launcher, Hyperblaster, Invulnerability, It, Machine Gun, Nailgun, Quake, Quake's, Railgun
related to Official expansions · 29
Quake II → Air Force, Earth Fleet, First, Gamerankings, GameSpot, Gravity Well, Ground Zero, He, In, Ion Ripper, It, January, Joker, May, Moon Base, Next, One, Phalanx Particle Cannon, Quake, Quake II Mission Pack
related to Source ports · 27
Quake II → As, Bytonic Software, Chrome, EGL, Google, HTML5, In, In July, In May, It, Jake2, Java, JOGL, KMQuake II, Managed, Microsoft, NET, Quake II Evolved, Quake2maX, R1Q2
Release · 23
Quake II → AU: March 23, 2006, EU/AU: December 12, 1997, EU: December 2, 2005, EU: July 1999, EU: October 1999, Linux, Mac OS, NA: December 9, 1997, NA: December 9, 1997EU/AU: December 12, 1997, NA: July 1, 1999, NA: July 7, 1999, NA: July 7, 1999EU: July 1999, NA: November 22, 2005, NA: November 22, 2005EU: December 2, 2005AU: March 23, 2006, NA: October 5, 1999, NA: October 5, 1999EU: October 1999, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows
related to Enhanced version · 19
Quake II → An, August, Bethesda, Call, Deathmatch, It, Machine, MachineGames, Microsoft Windows, Nightdive Studios, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, QuakeCon, The Nintendo, The Xbox Series X/S, This, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
related to Release · 19
Quake II → Colossus, December, Despite, Europe, GOG, In, Jennell Jaquays, Linux, OGG, PC, Quad Damage, Quake, Special Edition, Steam, The, This, Ultimate Quake, United States, Xbox
related to Sales · 18
Quake II → According, April, December, February, GameDaily, It, January, July, June, March, November, PC Data, PC Data's, Quake II's, Riven, The, United States, Worldwide
related to Community content · 12
Quake II → Action Quake, Another, As, Internet, Mods, PC Gaming World's Simon, PlanetQuake, Popular, Quake, Quirk, Telefragged, The Action Quake

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quake ii game version released multiplayer original one pc id player software levels source port new also single-player playstation release

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Quake IIArtistsAdrian Carmack1.00infobox
Quake IIArtistsKevin Cloud1.00infobox
Quake IIArtistsPaul Steed1.00infobox
Quake IIComposerSonic Mayhem1.00infobox
Quake IIDesignersTim Willits1.00infobox
Quake IIDesignersAmerican McGee1.00infobox
Quake IIDesignersChristian Antkow1.00infobox
Quake IIDesignersJennell Jaquays1.00infobox
Quake IIDesignersBrandon James1.00infobox
Quake IIDeveloperid Software[a]1.00infobox
Quake IIEngineQuake II engine[c]1.00infobox
Quake IIGenreFirst-person shooter1.00infobox
Quake IIModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
Quake IIPlatformAmigaOS, Mac OS, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Linux, Xbox 360, Zeebo, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, BeOS1.00infobox
Quake IIProgrammersJohn Carmack1.00infobox
Quake IIProgrammersJohn Cash1.00infobox
Quake IIProgrammersBrian Hook1.00infobox
Quake IIPublisherActivision[b]1.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseWindows1.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNA: December 9, 1997EU/AU: December 12, 19971.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNA: December 9, 19971.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseEU/AU: December 12, 19971.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseLinux1.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseWW: January 6, 19981.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseMac OS1.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNA: July 1, 19991.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNintendo 641.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNA: July 7, 1999EU: July 19991.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseNA: July 7, 19991.00infobox
Quake IIReleaseEU: July 19991.00infobox

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