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{{idtech2|4}}, also known as '''Quake engine''', is an engine created by {{wiki|id Software}} for {{quake|4.1}}, and later modified for {{quake2|4.1}}. It was used as the foundation for {{gldsrc|4.1}} and [[Source|all]] [[Source 2|subsequent]] {{valve|4.1}} engines.
{{idtech2|4}}, also known as '''Quake engine''', is an engine created by {{wiki|id Software}} for {{quake|4.1}}, and later modified for {{quake2|4.1}}. It was used as the foundation for {{gldsrc|4.1}} and [[Source|all]] [[Source 2|subsequent]] {{valve|4.1}} engines.

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Developer(s)
id Software
Release date(s)
21 December 1999 (Source code release)
Written in
C, Assembly (for software rendering & optimization)
Successor
Todo: Mention FTE FTE, a notable fork of the Quake I engine. See Quake#Source ports for more info.
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This page documents information about an engine not developed by Valve. This information is documented here because it has technical and/or historical relevance to Valve's engines.

id Tech 2 id Tech 2, also known as Quake engine, is an engine created by Wikipedia icon id Software for Quake Quake, and later modified for Quake II Quake II. It was used as the foundation for GoldSrc GoldSrc and all subsequent Valve Valve engines.

id Tech 2 consists of the following two "branches":

Both id Tech 2 engine branches were later made open-source under GNU GPL 2.0 (or later) license.

See also