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.
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| id Tech 2 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376467 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: id Tech 2 Context triple: [Quake II, gameEngine, id Tech 2]
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id Tech 1
id Tech 1 is a pioneering first-person shooter game engine best known for powering id Software’s classic titles like Doom and Heretic, and for popularizing fast, real-time 3D-like graphics in the early 1990s.
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id Tech 5
id Tech 5 is a game engine developed by id Software, known for its advanced megatexture technology and use in visually rich first-person and survival horror titles.
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id Tech 6
id Tech 6 is a proprietary game engine developed by id Software, known for powering modern, high-performance first-person shooters with advanced graphics and smooth gameplay.
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id Tech engine
The id Tech engine is a series of influential game engines created by id Software, powering landmark first-person shooters like Doom and Quake and helping define real-time 3D graphics in video games.
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Quake Live
Quake Live is a free-to-play, browser-based adaptation of the classic arena shooter Quake III Arena, focused on fast-paced multiplayer combat and competitive play.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: id Tech 2 Target entity description: 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.
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id Tech 1
id Tech 1 is a pioneering first-person shooter game engine best known for powering id Software’s classic titles like Doom and Heretic, and for popularizing fast, real-time 3D-like graphics in the early 1990s.
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B.
id Tech 5
id Tech 5 is a game engine developed by id Software, known for its advanced megatexture technology and use in visually rich first-person and survival horror titles.
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C.
id Tech 6
id Tech 6 is a proprietary game engine developed by id Software, known for powering modern, high-performance first-person shooters with advanced graphics and smooth gameplay.
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D.
id Tech engine
The id Tech engine is a series of influential game engines created by id Software, powering landmark first-person shooters like Doom and Quake and helping define real-time 3D graphics in video games.
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E.
Quake Live
Quake Live is a free-to-play, browser-based adaptation of the classic arena shooter Quake III Arena, focused on fast-paced multiplayer combat and competitive play.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| 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
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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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Subject: id Tech 2 Description of subject: 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.
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