Quake II and Window 11

[Frank (Frank Björn)]

Hello, folks.

I want to install Quake II on Windows 11 using the old CD that I bought 25 years ago. As soon as I click the .exe file, the splash screen shows and when I click “Install” the process crash.

I can download the game to Steam to $10, but I am not sure if still is going to work on Win 11.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

[uguitar]

Hi
No problem on Steam… it will work fine!

[Spirit]

Moin Frank!

Best use a modern client: https://www.yamagi.org/quake2/ → “Precompiled Windows binaries”

I don’t remember the CD, is there a baseq2 directory on it? If so, just copy the contents of that into the baseq2 directory of the extracted Yamagi directory.

[moogleinc]

@Frank

Hello, folks.

I want to install Quake II on Windows 11 using the old CD that I bought 25 years ago. As soon as I click the .exe file, the splash screen shows and when I click “Install” the process crash.

I can download the game to Steam to $10, but I am not sure if still is going to work on Win 11.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Quake II on Windows 11 sounds like a fun challenge! I’ve had success running it using compatibility mode or tools like Yamagi Quake II for modern systems. If you’re still having trouble, checking the community patches or running it in a virtual machine might help. Good luck!