Quake 2 Successfully Ported to Apple Watch, Here’s a First Look

First, there was the Quake 1 port, now ByteOverlord has managed to successfully port Quake 2 to the Apple Watch. Featuring Swift for UI drawing, audio callback as well as input processing, support for music playback, cheats, map menus with custom graphics, and automatic resolution setting.

To install this game, you’ll need to build ‘Watch_Quake2) in Xcode through the Apple AppStore before downloading the game itself. Next, you’ll need the original Quake II game installer from GoG, and the next few steps may be tricky for some as they involve installing Homebrew from terminal. Put simply, there are around 10 more steps that including putting your Apple Watch into Developer Mode. Download it here now.

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The primary objective of this project was to demonstrate the remarkable capabilities of the Apple Watch, even when operating in software rendering mode. This project serves as a glimpse into the untapped potential that could be unlocked if we were granted access to the device’s GPU. Just envision the possibilities that could be achieved with such resources at our disposal,” said ByteOverlord.