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Infiltrate. Destroy. Survive!
Intelligence reports are sketchy at best, but what we do know is this: The Strogg, a formidable cybernetic race, is determined to conquer Earth's population and have launched attacks against our planet. They are an unstoppable evil and they have no reservations about fulfilling their insidious plan -- the annihilation of every living thing on Earth. You're a Space Marine. Special Operations; elite among the Forces. You've been dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a reconnaissance mission of the Strogg's home planet. Your objectives are clear: Infiltrate. Destroy. Survive!

English Language Version of Windows® 95 or NT 4.0 with 100% compatible computer system
Pentium® 90 MHz processor (133 MHz recommended)
Memory:
Win 95 - 16 MB RAM required (24 MB recommended)
Win NT4.0- 24 MB RAM required
100% Sound Blaster-compatible sound card
Joystick and mouse-supported (3-button mouse recommended)
Supports network and Internet play via TCP/IP
Minimum Install Additional Requirements (Play from CD-ROM)
Quad-Speed CD-ROM drive (600k/sec. sustained transfer rate)
Hard disk drive with at least 25 MB or uncompressed space available Normal Install
Additional Requirements (Play from Hard Disk)
Quad-speed CD-ROM drive (600k/sec. sustained transfer rate)
Hard disk drive with at least 250 MB of uncompressed space available Maximum Install
Additional Requirements (Play from Hard Disk)
Dual-speed CD-ROM drive (300k/sec. sustained transfer rate)
Hard disk drive with at least 400 MB of uncompressed space available GLQuake II
Additional Requirements
24 MB RAM for all operating systems
GLQuake II supports some OpenGL 3D accelerator cards. Consult your hardware manufacturer to determine compatibility.
Question
Will this game work on Windows 2000/XP?

Answer
This game is compatible with Windows 2000/XP.
If you have a problem installing the game, you can try and manually install the game.

Questions & Comments

Question
How do I install the game manually?

Answer
The following are the instructions for manually installing the game, there is a maximum, medium, and minimum install.

Manual install - Maximum
1) Click on START / Programs / MS-DOS Prompt
2) In the DOS Session type the following:

cd\(press the Enter key)
md quake2 (press the Enter key)
cd\quake2 (press the Enter key)
xcopy d:\install\data\*.* /s/e/v (press the Enter key)

3) After it's done copying the files, type "Exit" and then press the Enter key. You should now be back in Windows.
4) Now Double-click on the My Computer icon, then your C: drive and then the "Quake2" folder.
5) Right-click on the file called: Quake2.exe (it will look like a white window with a blue title bar at the top) from the menu that pops up, choose "Copy".
6) Now close all the windows and right-click on the Desktop of Windows and select "Paste Shortcut".
7) Next, right-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" and choose "Properties". Click on the "Shortcut" tab at the top.
8) In the section that says "Target", add the following to the end of the line (after adding a space):

+set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2

It should look like this when you're done:

C:\Quake2\quake2.exe +set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2

9) Click on "Apply" and then "Ok"
10) To run Quake 2, double-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" icon.

Jan 22nd, 2011 at 12:54:01 PM PST by

Manual install - Medium (225 MB)
1) Open Windows Explorer, then open your hard drive. Make a new folder on the root of your hard drive (eg QUAKE2).
2) Open the Quake2 folder and create a subfolder called BASEQ2.
3) Open the CD-ROM drive with Explorer to browse the contents of the Quake2 CD. Open the Install folder, then the data folder.
4) Copy ALL the contents of the DATA folder EXCEPT THE BASEQ2 Folder into the other one on your hard drive (which you previously created).
5) Open the BASEQ2 folder on the CD and copy ALL the files located there (EXCEPT THE VIDEO FOLDER) to the BASEQ2 folder on your C: drive.
6) Right-click on the Quake2.exe file (the one located on your hard drive) and select Create Shortcut.
7) Right-click on this new shortcut and select Properties > Shortcut > and under target add:

+set cddir y:\install\data +set basedir x:\zzzzzzz

(Where Y is the CD-ROM drive letter you installed from and X is the drive you installed to. Zzzzzz represents the folder you copied the game to on your hard drive)

For example: If you copied the files to your C:\Quake2 folder, then your shortcut should look like this:

C:\Quake2\Quake2.exe +set cddir c:\quake2 +set basedir c:\quake2

8) Click on Apply, then OK. Double-click on this shortcut to run the game.

Jan 22nd, 2011 at 12:55:21 PM PST by

Manual install - Minimum
1) Open Windows explorer, then open your hard drive. Make a new folder on the root of your hard drive (eg QUAKE2).
2) Open the Quake2 folder and create a subfolder called BASEQ2.
3) Open the CD-ROM drive with Explorer to browse the contents of the Quake2 CD. Open the Install folder, then the data folder.
4) Copy ALL the contents of the DATA folder EXCEPT THE BASEQ2 Folder into the other one on your hard drive (which you previously created).
5) Open the BASEQ2 folder on the CD and copy ONLY the Players folder, and GAMEX86.DLL to the BASEQ2 folder onto your C: drive.
6) Right-click on the Quake2.exe file (the one located on your hard drive) and select Create Shortcut.
7) Right-click on this new shortcut and select Properties > Shortcut > and under target add:

+set cddir y:\install\data +set basedir x:\zzzzzzz

(Where Y the CD-ROM drive letter you installed from and X is the drive you installed to. Zzzzzz represents the folder you copied the game to on your hard drive)

For example: If you copied the files to your C:\Quake2 folder, then your shortcut should look like this---

C:\Quake2\Quake2.exe +set cddir d:\install\data +set basedir c:\quake2

8) Click on Apply, then OK. Double-click on this shortcut to run the game.

Jan 22nd, 2011 at 12:56:17 PM PST by

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