Mechwarrior II

[camacazio]

Does anybody know how to get this thing to run on windows xp?

[executioneer]

not sure, have you tried running it in win 95 compatibility mode :(

[executioneer]

oh wait is that game dos native :( i forget cause it's been a million years since i played it :( it's probably way too graphics-intensive for dosbox to work if so huh :/

[camacazio]

Win95 mode does not come close to functioning, and yeah too graphics-intensive I think.

[adept_ninja]

the only thing i can think of is a dos emulator which u need a fast ass computer to run

[ziggytrix]

well if nothing else you can pop the cd into a cd player and have some great ambient music. i used to listen to that while driving sometimes.

[camacazio]

The music made me want to play it.

Similarly I want to get Descent II working.

[Dr. Boogie]

Whoever's familiar with MW2, settle this for me:



Wasn't the Mad Cat called the Mad Dog in MW2?

[ItalianStereotype]

no, it was a Timberwolf.

[camacazio]

Edit: This post takes up space I wish it never did.

[ArrowX]

Mad Cat is the Inner sphere (non-Clan) name. Timberwolf was the Clan name.
Inner sphere/ Clan
Dasher / Fire Moth
Baboon / Howler
Koshi / Mist Lynx
Uller / Kit Fox
Puma / Adder
Dragonfly / Viper
Fenris / Ice Ferret
Black Hawk / Nova
Ryoken / Stormcrow
Vulture / Mad Dog
Kraken / Bane
Loki / Hellbringer
Nobori Nin / Huntsman
Thor / Summoner
Mad Cat / Timber Wolf
Man O' War / Gargoyle
Masakari / Warhawk
Gladiator / Executioner
Daishi / Dire Wolf
Vixen / Incubus
Peregrine / Horned Owl
Hellhound / Conjurer
Goshawk / Vapor Eagle
Galahad / Glass Spider
Viper / Black Python
Behemoth / Stone Rhino

:(

[mew barios]

damn. i was gonna nerd up this thread but someone beat me to it :(

i haven't been able to make it work correctly post win95. havent tried on xp but i dont hold out much hope.

[ziggytrix]

IIRC, you had to download some sort of hack bootdisk maker to get it to run on win95.

[mew barios]

it's been a long time, but back in win95 land i made a shortcut to restart in dos mode with ems enabled an some amount of other garbage it wanted. i dont even know where to start without that. but im a compooternoob