NAME

       quake2 - classic first person shooter

SYNOPSIS

       quake2 [WRAPPER-OPTIONS] [ENGINE-OPTIONS] [ENGINE-COMMANDS]...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the quake2 command.

       Quake  II  is  a popular first-person shooter game, released in 1997 by iD Software.  This wrapper script
       will launch the Quake II engine.  The game data needs to be installed independently using the 'game-data-
       packager'   program,   and   by   default   it   will   be  looked  for  at  /usr/share/games/quake2  and
       /usr/share/games/quake2-demo.

       This wrapper script accepts a few GNU-style options.  Any further arguments  are  passed  to  the  engine
       unmodified.   Consult  the engine documentation for full details, but most engines support a syntax where
       you can give console commands by prefixing with a plus sign.

OPTIONS

       These options are accepted for WRAPPER-OPTIONS in the synopsis.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -v, --version
              Show version of program.

       --engine=ENGINE
              Select a non-default Quake II engine binary

       --demo Use the demo data, even if you have both the demo and the full version installed

EXAMPLES

       Play the demo in cooperative mode: quake2 --demo +map demo1 +set coop 1

       Connect to a server for multiplayer:
              quake2 +connect quake2.example.com

       Run the client as a temporary dedicated server (see the quake2-server
              package for more server infrastructure): quake2 +set dedicated 1 +set deathmatch 1 +map q2dm1

SEE ALSO

       quake2-server(6), game-data-packager(6).

AUTHOR

       This manual page, and the quake2 wrapper script, were written by Simon  McVittie  <smcv@debian.org>,  for
       the Debian project (and may be used by others).  They are based on the Quake packaging by David Banks and
       Simon McVittie.

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