Quake done Quickest 2

This is a run that completes Quake on Nightmare difficulty, getting from start to end as fast as possible, killing monsters only where necessary. Finishing time is 10:20. The predecessor run, the 11:29 Quake done Quickest from 2011 is still available on this page.

INSTALLATION:

First you need to find your main Quake directory. This probably has the name 'Quake' and will contain such items as your Quake executable programs (such as joequake.exe, or quake.exe, or winquake.exe, or glquake.exe...) and your Id1 subdirectory.

You should make a subdirectory of this main directory. Give it whatever name you like; for the purposes of these instructions we will assume you have called it 'qdqst2'.

The qdqst2.zip file should contain 2 files which should be unzipped into the qdqstlite directory. These 2 files are:

• pak0.pak - contains all the data for the demo
• qdqst2.txt - info about the run itself

RUNNING THE MOVIE:

Now to run the movie, start Quake with the command-line option '-game qdqst2'

'Play all of QdQst2' will continuously play all demos back-to-back. Opening one of the episode menus will allow you to watch the selected episode, or chose from a single level.

You can use the following keys during playback:

• F1 / slow-mo
• F2 / normal speed
• F3 / fast forward
• F5 / backwards (JoeQuake.exe only)
• F9 / skips to the next demo
• F10 / return to menu
• F12 / quits

Downloads
.zip - PAK version (3.13 MB)	download	SpeedDemosArchive.com	29-12-2024
YouTube 4k version	link	YouTube	29-12-2024
MP4 - 4k, 120fps version (10.85 GB, H.265)	link	SpeedDemosArchive.com	29-12-2024
YouTube Movie version by Joe	link	YouTube	26-06-2025
MP4 - Movie version by Joe, 1080p, 60fps (6.56 GB, H.265)	link	SpeedDemosArchive.com	26-06-2025

Version history

29-12-2024 - Initial release.