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Quake II soundtrack is still in some sort of copyright limbo. It's easy enough to find on Youtube, but it's not on streaming services as far as I know. EDIT: m

by xaduha 3y ago

Quake II soundtrack is still in some sort of copyright limbo. It's easy enough to find on Youtube, but it's not on streaming services as far as I know. EDIT: maybe it's getting sorted out, there's even a fricking vinyl release https://www.lacedrecords.com/products/quake-2-limited-edition-deluxe-double-vinyl https://www.lacedrecords.com/products/quake-2-limited-editio...

bsimpson 3y ago
It was so good that I would sometimes put the game disc in a CD player just to vibe. Unfortunately that CD cracked, so I no longer have access to the music nor the game.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
  I think Sonic Mayhem did QII. NIN did Quake I (or maybe just Trent). I remember the ammo boxes for the nailgun had the NIN logo.
  - progmetaldev 3y ago
    If you use Spotify, you can actually find the Quake I soundtrack under Nine Inch Nails. A real blast from the past. Quake was my first FPS with multiplayer, and I hogged the only telephone line my family had, so I could play mods like capture the flag, including the grappling hook. This was also around the time I started exploring Linux with Slackware, and dialing into my local university professor's Linux server to build web pages (before CSS was even available in browsers). Those are my favorite days of the internet, although it was much slower.
    - johnwalkr 3y ago
      You can still buy Q1 soundtrack on vinyl.
      - c-hendricks 3y ago
        It's beautiful. It's a double LP but only takes up 3 sides. The remaining side has audio code from the game etched into it.
- chungy 3y ago
  If you buy Quake 2 on GOG, the CD images are part of it.
  - adamrezich 3y ago
    it's weird that this isn't the case for the Steam version... base1 doesn't hit the same without Operation Overlord.
boredemployee 3y ago
Quake always had amazing soundtracks. Nine Inch Nails "nailed" it on Quake 1. Quake 3 soundtrack is dope as well, but my all time favorite is the Quake 3 Rocket Arena vibes: https://youtu.be/clkOT6vRKDg https://youtu.be/clkOT6vRKDg
koala_man 3y ago
Presumably this is a general comment, since this release does not (and wasn't intended to) include any of the Quake II models, levels, graphical assets, sound effects, or music. It's purely engine source code.
- Narishma 3y ago
  It's not engine source code, just gameplay code.
nmfisher 3y ago
I was a bit annoyed when I bought Quake II on Steam a few months back and found it didn't come with the soundtrack. I just grabbed it from archive.org and dumped the files in the right folder, worked fine.
npunt 3y ago
Yeah Sascha (Sonic Mayhem) says digital may come: “I think digital outlets will follow. Not 100% tho.” https://twitter.com/sonicmayhem/status/1689688600362037249 https://twitter.com/sonicmayhem/status/1689688600362037249

by xaduha 3y ago

bsimpson 3y ago

It was so good that I would sometimes put the game disc in a CD player just to vibe. Unfortunately that CD cracked, so I no longer have access to the music nor the game.

ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
I think Sonic Mayhem did QII. NIN did Quake I (or maybe just Trent). I remember the ammo boxes for the nailgun had the NIN logo.
- progmetaldev 3y ago
  If you use Spotify, you can actually find the Quake I soundtrack under Nine Inch Nails. A real blast from the past. Quake was my first FPS with multiplayer, and I hogged the only telephone line my family had, so I could play mods like capture the flag, including the grappling hook. This was also around the time I started exploring Linux with Slackware, and dialing into my local university professor's Linux server to build web pages (before CSS was even available in browsers). Those are my favorite days of the internet, although it was much slower.
  - johnwalkr 3y ago
    You can still buy Q1 soundtrack on vinyl.
    - c-hendricks 3y ago
      It's beautiful. It's a double LP but only takes up 3 sides. The remaining side has audio code from the game etched into it.
chungy 3y ago
If you buy Quake 2 on GOG, the CD images are part of it.
- adamrezich 3y ago
  it's weird that this isn't the case for the Steam version... base1 doesn't hit the same without Operation Overlord.

boredemployee 3y ago

Quake always had amazing soundtracks. Nine Inch Nails "nailed" it on Quake 1. Quake 3 soundtrack is dope as well, but my all time favorite is the Quake 3 Rocket Arena vibes: https://youtu.be/clkOT6vRKDg https://youtu.be/clkOT6vRKDg

koala_man 3y ago

Presumably this is a general comment, since this release does not (and wasn't intended to) include any of the Quake II models, levels, graphical assets, sound effects, or music. It's purely engine source code.

Narishma 3y ago
It's not engine source code, just gameplay code.

nmfisher 3y ago

I was a bit annoyed when I bought Quake II on Steam a few months back and found it didn't come with the soundtrack. I just grabbed it from archive.org and dumped the files in the right folder, worked fine.

npunt 3y ago

Yeah Sascha (Sonic Mayhem) says digital may come: “I think digital outlets will follow. Not 100% tho.” https://twitter.com/sonicmayhem/status/1689688600362037249 https://twitter.com/sonicmayhem/status/1689688600362037249