id Tech 2
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id Tech 2 is a 3D game engine developed by id Software, best known for powering late-1990s first-person shooters and advancing real-time graphics and multiplayer technology.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
3D game engine
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game engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer | id Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUsedIn | Quake II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | first-person shooter engine ⓘ |
| licenseModel | proprietary (originally) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advancing real-time 3D graphics in late 1990s
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influencing many late-1990s first-person shooters ⓘ popularizing hardware-accelerated OpenGL rendering in games ⓘ |
| platform |
AmigaOS
NERFINISHED
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Dreamcast NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux ⓘ Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | id Tech 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| sourceCodeLicense | GNU General Public License NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceCodeReleased | yes ⓘ |
| sourceCodeReleaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| successor | id Tech 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
BSP-based level geometry
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OpenGL rendering ⓘ TCP/IP multiplayer ⓘ client-server networking model ⓘ colored lighting ⓘ console command system ⓘ cooperative multiplayer ⓘ deathmatch multiplayer ⓘ dynamic lighting (limited) ⓘ hardware-accelerated 3D graphics ⓘ lightmaps ⓘ modding support ⓘ scripting via game DLLs ⓘ skyboxes ⓘ software rendering ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Anachronox
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Daikatana NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life (early prototypes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Heretic II NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingpin: Life of Crime NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II: Ground Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II: Netpack I: Extremities NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake II: The Reckoning NERFINISHED ⓘ SiN NERFINISHED ⓘ Soldier of Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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