Quake 2 - Running on Windows 7/8/Higher (KMQuake2)

In this Guide, I will show you how to Run Quake 2 on Newer Computers (Windows 7/8/8.1/10/Highter). Brought to you by PC Gamer.

1. Quake II at 3840x2160

Quake II’s technology stuck around for years; the iD Tech 2 engine powered games like Daikatana and Anachronox, and in 2001, John Carmack made the code open source. As a result, there are tons of customized versions of Quake II out there that apply higher resolution textures, easily support modern operating systems, and can run in widescreen at high resolutions.

2. Registered Installation

If you want to build your own version of Quake 2 from the source code, you can download that on Github right here. But that’s a bit more work than most of us want to put into playing a game. The easier option is to download Quake II on Steam for $10. There’s also the $30 Quake Collection that packages up the older Quake games and their expansions.

Downloading Quake II from Steam and installing it is the first step of the installation process. Step 2 is deciding how you want to run the game. You could just run vanilla Quake 2 straight from Steam, but there are multiple modded versions of the game that modify the original files with great features.

One of them is called called KMQuake2. It was last updated in October 2013 to include 4K resolution support. KMQuake2’s about page lists some other added features: support for moving and animated transparent surfaces, mapper-specified transparency of any visible entity, any named pak and compressed pk3 files, and the autoloading and scaling of hi-res replacement textures in the TGA and JPG format.”

Installing KMQuake2 is easy: just download it from the downloads page here[www.markshan.com], select The engine (now with update 7): kmquake2_020_update7.zip, then use WinRAR or WinZIP to unzip it in your Quake 2 installation directory.

Next create a Shortcut for KMQuake2 in your Start Menu, select Add Game on Steam then select KMQuake2's PLAY button to start. You'll need Quake 2 installed on your PC to run it.

3. Shareware Installation

To play the Shareware Version of Quake 2 in the KMQuake2 Source Port, there's plenty of ways to obtain the Demo Version in case you want to try the game before buying it:
Quake 2 Demo Internet Archive[archive.org]
PC Gamer Magazine Issue 3-15 Disc: Final Fantasy 7

Downloading Quake II from Steam and installing it is the first step of the installation process. Step 2 is deciding how you want to run the game. You could just run vanilla Quake 2 straight from Steam, but there are multiple modded versions of the game that modify the original files with great features.

One of them is called called KMQuake2. It was last updated in October 2013 to include 4K resolution support. KMQuake2’s about page lists some other added features: support for moving and animated transparent surfaces, mapper-specified transparency of any visible entity, any named pak and compressed pk3 files, and the autoloading and scaling of hi-res replacement textures in the TGA and JPG format.”

Installing KMQuake2 is easy: just download it from the downloads page here[www.markshan.com], select The engine (now with update 7): kmquake2_020_update7.zip, then use WinRAR or WinZIP to unzip it in your Quake 2 installation directory.

Next create a Shortcut for KMQuake2 in your Start Menu, select Add Game on Steam then select KMQuake2's PLAY button to start. You'll need Quake 2 installed on your PC to run it.

[FearFearghail]

have these mods been checked for viruses?

[VolnuttHeroP64]

@Did you expect a name?
Running Quake 2 on its own nowadays may not work well.

[R.ttlehead!dx]

Same over here I wasted money on this but I cant play it :(

[Neptvne]

is there an only way to fix the quake 2 resolutions?

[Neptvne]

same to me

[Automaton M99]

Same here

[DunkelDemon]

Me too

[Soulidus]

im on windows 10 and the game keeps on crashing and says quake2.exe isnt working