/vr/ - Retro Games

The latest DF Retro episode really got me in the mood to play some MechWarrior 2. It's been ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87tvXIIMJes

So far it's still great. I got it running in DOSBox and MechWM as well witouth much trouble. I personally prefer the untextured shader-based look of the original DOS game over the later, textured releases. Those vibrant colors really give it an atmosphere that is absent in most other versions.

Unfortunately I don't own an original copy anymore and that's really the problem here. Becasue there are so many editions of this game. HOLY SHIT!

There are versions for every graphics accelerator of the time, Win95 & DOS, Win95 only, soundtrack or not, expansion pack bundles, multi- and singleplayer, campaign only, the list goes on... it's crazy!

Not one (pirated) copy I could get my hands on today had the soundtrack. And on Amazon it's not entirely clear either which versions are being offered by the individual sellers either. They're seemingly unaware of such issues. I got some nice MT-32 MIDI music going on in the clan halls and menus, but nothing during missions sadly. One version even had the MP3s packed in but no in-game music.

Doesn't matter, let's have a MechWarrior 2 thread and talk about this abandoned series - how great it once was and how fun NetMech was and how, like always, Microsoft fucked it all up for everyone with their stupid MechAssault games.

To close it out, here's an overview of the different releases and what they offer:
http://www.mech2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=281

>>2359082
I was like you, but after playing for awhile, you really get used to it.

Can we have a mecha thread?