<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
id	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
storyline	O
is	O
continued	O
in	O
its	O
expansions	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
mainly	O
provided	O
by	O
Sonic	O
Mayhem	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
additional	O
tracks	O
by	O
Bill	O
Brown	O
;	O
the	O
main	O
theme	O
was	O
also	O
composed	O
by	O
Bill	O
Brown	O
and	O
Rob	O
Zombie	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
track	O
by	O
Jer	O
Sypult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Aubrey	O
Hodges	O
,	O
credited	O
as	O
Ken	O
"	O
Razor	O
"	O
Richmond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
shoots	O
enemies	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
featured	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
movement	O
and	O
controls	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
movement	O
speed	O
has	O
been	O
slowed	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
now	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
crouch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
retains	O
four	O
of	O
the	O
eight	O
weapons	O
from	O
Quake	B-Application
(	O
the	O
Shotgun	O
,	O
Super	O
Shotgun	O
,	O
Grenade	O
Launcher	O
,	O
and	O
Rocket	O
Launcher	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
redesigned	O
visually	O
and	O
made	O
to	O
function	O
in	O
slightly	O
different	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remainder	O
of	O
Quakes	B-Application
eight	O
weapons	O
(	O
the	O
Axe	O
,	O
Nailgun	O
,	O
Super	O
Nailgun	O
,	O
and	O
Thunderbolt	O
)	O
are	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quad	O
Damage	O
power	O
up	O
from	O
Quake	B-Application
is	I-Application
present	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
and	O
new	O
power-ups	O
include	O
the	O
Ammo	O
Pack	O
,	O
Invulnerability	O
,	O
Bandolier	O
,	O
Enviro-Suit	O
,	O
Rebreather	O
,	O
and	O
Silencer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
single	O
player	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
from	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
much	O
larger	O
levels	O
than	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
with	O
many	O
more	O
wide	O
open	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
textures	O
and	O
symbols	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
those	O
found	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multiplayer	O
portion	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
Capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
Flag	I-Application
mode	O
(	O
CTF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
way	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
appears	O
to	O
other	O
people	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
whereas	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
the	O
only	O
option	O
was	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
uniform	O
unless	O
third	O
party	O
modifications	O
were	O
used	O
,	O
now	O
the	O
game	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
three	O
different	O
player	O
models	O
:	O
a	O
male	O
marine	O
,	O
a	O
female	O
marine	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
male	O
cyborg	O
;	O
choice	O
of	O
player	O
model	O
also	O
affects	O
the	O
speech	O
effects	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
will	O
make	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
exhaling	O
in	O
effort	O
while	O
jumping	O
or	O
groaning	O
when	O
injured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
game	O
and	O
IP	O
;	O
titles	O
like	O
"	O
Strogg	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Lock	O
and	O
Load	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
just	O
"	O
Load	O
"	O
were	O
toyed	O
with	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
after	O
numerous	O
failed	O
attempts	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
id	O
decided	O
to	O
stick	O
with	O
'	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
 '	O
and	O
forgo	O
the	O
Gothic	O
Lovecraftian	O
horror	O
theme	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
more	O
sci-fi	O
aesthetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artist	O
and	O
co-owner	O
Adrian	O
Carmack	O
had	O
said	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
his	O
favorite	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
because	O
"	O
it	O
was	O
different	O
and	O
a	O
cohesive	O
project	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
where	O
hardware-accelerated	O
graphics	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
were	O
supported	O
only	O
with	O
later	O
patches	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
came	O
with	O
OpenGL	B-Application
support	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
downloads	O
from	O
id	O
Software	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
AMD	O
's	O
3DNow	B-General_Concept
!	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.21	O
,	O
available	O
as	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
id	O
Software	O
's	O
FTP	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
has	O
no	O
improved	O
functionality	O
over	O
version	O
3.20	O
and	O
is	O
simply	O
a	O
slight	O
modification	O
to	O
make	O
compiling	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
uses	O
an	O
improved	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
model	I-Operating_System
introduced	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
code	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
which	O
defines	O
all	O
the	O
functionality	O
for	O
weapons	O
,	O
entities	O
,	O
and	O
game	O
mechanics	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
because	O
id	O
Software	O
published	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
implementation	O
that	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
shared	O
library	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
load	O
the	O
game	O
library	O
at	O
run-time	O
—	O
this	O
is	O
how	O
mod	O
authors	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
provide	O
different	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
,	O
new	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
version	O
3.19	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
LCC-friendly	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
modder	B-Device
going	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Major	O
Bitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
source	O
code	O
,	O
several	O
updates	O
from	O
third-party	O
projects	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
;	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
projects	O
focused	O
on	O
graphical	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
most	O
notable	O
"	O
Yamagi	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
,	O
Quake2maX	O
,	O
EGL	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
Evolved	O
,	O
and	O
KMQuake	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
release	O
also	O
revealed	O
numerous	O
security	O
flaws	O
which	O
can	O
result	O
in	O
remote	O
compromise	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
client	O
and	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
id	O
Software	O
no	O
longer	O
maintains	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
most	O
third-party	O
engines	O
include	O
fixes	O
for	O
these	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unofficial	O
patch	O
3.24	O
that	O
fixes	O
bugs	O
and	O
adds	O
only	O
meager	O
tweaks	O
is	O
recommended	O
for	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
purists	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
features	O
or	O
be	O
an	O
engine	O
mod	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
Vertigo	O
Software	O
released	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
platform	I-Application
,	O
using	O
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
,	O
called	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
a	O
poster	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
showcasing	O
the	O
powerful	O
interoperability	O
between	O
.NET	B-Application
and	O
standard	O
C++	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
remains	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
downloads	O
on	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2004	O
,	O
Bytonic	O
Software	O
released	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
called	O
Jake2	B-Language
)	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
using	O
JOGL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
Google	O
ported	O
Jake2	B-Language
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
running	O
in	O
Safari	B-Application
and	O
Chrome	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
IIs	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
was	O
a	O
popular	O
license	O
and	O
formed	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
several	O
commercial	O
and	O
free	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CodeRED	B-Application
:	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
,	O
War§ow	B-Application
,	O
SiN	O
,	O
Anachronox	B-Application
,	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
,	O
Soldier	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fortune	I-Application
,	O
Kingpin	B-Application
:	I-Application
Life	I-Application
of	I-Application
Crime	I-Application
,	O
and	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Invasion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
's	O
1998	O
video	O
game	O
Half-Life	B-Application
used	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
engine	I-Application
during	O
early	O
development	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
runs	O
on	O
a	O
heavily	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
GoldSrc	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
(	O
ported	O
by	O
Raster	O
Productions	O
)	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
(	O
ported	O
by	O
HammerHead	B-Application
)	O
video	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Colossus	O
(	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
with	O
both	O
official	O
add-ons	O
)	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
by	O
id	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Macmillan	O
Digital	O
Publishing	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Be	O
Inc	O
.	O
officially	O
ported	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Colossus	O
to	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
to	O
test	O
their	O
OpenGL	B-Application
acceleration	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
the	O
game	O
files	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
—	O
a	O
Windows	O
,	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
install	O
CD	O
was	O
required	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
official	O
add-ons	O
being	O
optional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
contains	O
abridged	O
versions	O
of	O
Units	O
1	O
,	O
3	O
,	O
6	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
10	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
redesigned	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
technical	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
many	O
short	O
airlock-like	O
corridors	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
maps	O
to	O
provide	O
loading	O
pauses	O
inside	O
what	O
were	O
contiguous	O
areas	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
mission	O
of	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
port	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
prologue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
peripheral	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
greater	O
parity	O
with	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
used	O
in	O
this	O
port	O
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
original	O
music	O
score	O
and	O
tracks	O
from	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
mission	O
packs	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
opening	O
and	O
closing	O
cut-scenes	O
are	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
Ground	O
Zero	O
expansion	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
uses	O
a	O
new	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
HammerHead	B-Application
for	O
their	O
future	O
PlayStation	B-Device
projects	O
and	O
runs	O
at	O
a	O
512x240	O
resolution	O
at	O
30	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
skybox	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
a	O
flat	O
Gouraud-textured	O
purple	O
"	O
sky	O
"	O
is	O
drawn	O
across	O
the	O
ceiling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
split-screen	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
for	O
two	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
(	O
a	O
four	O
player	O
game	O
is	O
possible	O
using	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
Multi-tap	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
twelve	O
multiplayer	O
levels	O
featured	O
are	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
being	O
carried	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
completely	O
different	O
single	O
player	O
levels	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
included	O
with	O
Quake	B-Application
4	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
a	O
bonus	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Polish	O
programmer	O
Krzysztof	O
Kondrak	O
released	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
2	I-Application
v3.21	O
source	O
code	O
with	O
Vulkan	B-Application
support	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
easily	O
create	O
custom	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
improvement	O
over	O
Quake	B-Application
was	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
easier	O
to	O
select	O
custom	O
player	O
models	O
,	O
skins	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
because	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
selected	O
from	O
an	O
in-game	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mods	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
Action	O
Quake	B-Application
from	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Simon	O
Quirk	O
wrote	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Action	O
Quake	B-Application
team	O
fancied	O
a	O
multiplayer-only	O
total	O
conversion	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
where	O
strategy	O
,	O
accuracy	O
,	O
and	O
cool-looking	O
fights	O
would	O
dominate.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
released	O
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
one	O
day	O
short	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
four	O
years	O
prior	O
)	O
and	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
in	O
name	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scenario	O
,	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
theme	O
are	O
entirely	O
separate	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
fall	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
continuity	O
as	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
id	O
initially	O
wanted	O
to	O
set	O
it	O
separately	O
from	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
legal	O
reasons	O
(	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
suggested	O
names	O
were	O
already	O
taken	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
also	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
name	O
to	O
leverage	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
according	O
to	O
Jennell	O
Jaquays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
but	O
this	O
version	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
a	O
bonus	O
disc	O
included	O
with	O
Quake	B-Application
4	I-Application
Special	O
Edition	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
both	O
expansion	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
bonus	O
disc	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Quad	O
Damage	O
,	O
a	O
bundle	O
containing	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
mission	O
packs	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
at	O
GOG.com,	O
but	O
unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
releases	O
,	O
this	O
one	O
contains	O
a	O
new	O
customizeable	O
launcher	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
soundtrack	O
in	O
OGG	O
format	O
which	O
was	O
made	O
possible	O
to	O
play	O
in-game	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
only	O
digital	O
release	O
to	O
include	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Quad	O
Damage	O
–	O
contains	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
all	O
three	O
official	O
expansion	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Colossus	O
–	O
a	O
compilation	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
that	O
contains	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
both	O
mission	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimate	O
Quake	B-Application
–	O
a	O
compilation	O
including	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
RTX	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
remastered	O
version	O
requires	O
either	O
a	O
Nvidia	O
RTX	B-Device
or	O
an	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
RX	I-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
GPU	B-Architecture
to	O
utilize	O
these	O
cards	O
 '	O
hardware	O
ray-tracing	B-Algorithm
functionality	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
software	O
fallback	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
that	O
are	O
fast	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
provided	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
includes	O
the	O
three	O
levels	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
demo	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
full	O
game	O
if	O
its	O
data	O
files	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
in	O
most	O
games	O
,	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
extensively	O
here	O
for	O
lighting	O
,	O
reflections	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
only	O
possible	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
otherwise	O
low	O
hardware	O
demands	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
Mission	O
Pack	O
:	O
The	O
Reckoning	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
the	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
Moon	O
Base	O
has	O
low	O
gravity	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
was	O
previously	O
used	O
on	O
one	O
secret	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ground	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
official	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
Netpack	O
I	O
:	O
Extremities	O
contains	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
11	O
game	O
mods	O
and	O
12	O
deathmatch	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
entered	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
monthly	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
rankings	O
at	O
#2	O
for	O
December	O
1997	O
,	O
behind	O
Riven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
secured	O
fifth	O
place	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
charts	O
for	O
January	O
and	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
then	O
dropped	O
to	O
#8	O
in	O
March	O
and	O
#9	O
in	O
April	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
surpassed	O
850,000	O
units	O
shipped	O
to	O
retailers	O
by	O
April	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
900,000	O
by	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Data	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
 '	O
14th-best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
during	O
the	O
January	O
–	O
November	O
1998	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameDaily	O
reported	O
in	O
January	O
1999	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
IIs	I-Application
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
had	O
reached	O
550,000	O
units	O
;	O
this	O
number	O
rose	O
to	O
610,000	O
units	O
by	O
December	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worldwide	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
sold	O
over	O
1million	O
copies	O
by	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
all	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
id	O
should	O
be	O
commended	O
for	O
the	O
advancement	O
of	O
its	O
technology	O
and	O
improvement	O
in	O
its	O
single-player	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
up	O
to	O
mod	O
designers	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
necessary	O
additions	O
to	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
stand	O
out	O
from	O
Quake.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
aggregating	O
review	O
website	O
GameRankings	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
held	O
87%	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
81%	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
80%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
editor	O
Michael	O
L	O
.	O
House	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
beauty	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
single-player	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
in	O
the	O
multi-player	O
feature.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
editor	O
Vince	O
Broady	O
described	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
only	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
entirely	O
obsolete.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Erickson	O
reviewed	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
good	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
a	O
great	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
;	O
GoldenEye	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
in	O
town.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
 '	O
1st	O
Annual	O
Interactive	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
won	O
"	O
Computer	O
Action	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Interactive	O
Title	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
also	O
won	O
Macworlds	O
1999	O
"	O
Best	O
Shoot-	O
'	O
Em-Up	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
Christopher	O
Breen	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
In	O
either	O
single-player	O
or	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
for	O
careening-through-corridor-carnage	O
satisfaction	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
must-have.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
pure	O
adrenaline-pumping	O
,	O
visceral	O
,	O
instantly	O
gratifying	O
action	O
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
the	O
hands-down	O
winner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
game	O
gave	O
us	O
the	O
rush	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
did	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
Quake	B-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
number	O
5	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
50	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Quake	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
shooting	O
,	O
and	O
we	O
've	O
yet	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
"	O
Quake	B-Application
killer	O
"	O
that	O
can	O
keep	O
us	O
from	O
returning	O
to	O
multiplayer	O
Quake	B-Application
for	O
longer	O
than	O
a	O
month	O
or	O
so.	O
"	O
</s>
