The CD case was all warped due to heat, the CD didn't survive either :/
How long was it there? Some years, i think
This and Descent are the reasons I play with an inverted Y axis to this day.
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When I was in 8th grade taking Computer Applications, on Fridays the teacher would let us have free time and we would have 8-player LAN matches of Descent. That game was the shit.
Oh my. I remember playing Descent on my Compaq Pentium 486dx. Good times.
Pentium ≠ 486
I had this on the 486dx2 66MHz. It ran smooth.
Stop bragging, not all of us can splash out the cash to upgrade from 386. :(
Not the same person you replied to, but I first played Descent on my 386 too, but it didn't run truly smooth unless two upgrades and years later on a dx266. Same with Doom too, really,
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I always played with a keyboard and years later I saw someone playing it using a fancy joystick and inverted Y axis and I was shocked at how much more effective it was.
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Reactor online...
Sensors online...
Weapons online...
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All systems nominal.
I need this to play when my computer starts up..does Linux have a way to do this??..questions for later.
Yes, I've been messing with it lately, can't remember the details, but i'll go look I'm a while.
Edit: the dos version works fine in dosbox, the only thing I see is a note in my startup conf reminding me to stop my kvm, barrier. have not succeeded in running any of the better graphics build.
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Klingon phaser SFX
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I remember watching the Mechcommander opening scene a bunch, which apparently got a remaster.
Looks like the Mechwarrior intros all got remasters--here's MW2
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Your car has a diamond monster 3d? ?
Such a good game!
Now you just have to buy the controller.
I think they're <$1000 these days!
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E R P P C
Everybody must at least once try the loadout that racks your heat up to near-detonation but dumps enough PPC into an enemy to nuke them in one shot.
I thought this was standard practice, especially once you have the C-bills and/or chassis to pull it off. Glass cannon builds are tons of fun.
Then you read the mission specs and see that you're landing on an ice planet this time...
I remember tweaking the config and I think blowing my arm off by firing
Mass jump jets and machine guns was my go to... fly into close range really fast and gun then brrrrrrr. You could win most battles using the smallest mech this way.
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CRITICAL HIT
OVERHEATING
SHUTTING DOWN
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That is some true lostech there, quiaff?
Mine came with a sidewinder joystick. Thank you Tiger Express. Had to spend $200+ for 4mb more of ram(8 total) just to run it.
I bought the sidewinder joystick because of it!
I should play games that use a joystick again. Or, you know, games in general.
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Remember playing Mechwarrior 3050 on a SNES at a Funcoland. Top tier action right there.
Anyone else thought this had something to do with Robocop when they saw the mech in motion?
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loved the music in this game!!! still listen to it from time to time
Love it! Still play through single player for both clans at least once a year.
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You should just retire that ford pinto.
How long was it there? Some years, i think
release date: 1995
Intro video upscaled: https://youtu.be/o1a18jETT-g
Yep, I still remember it like yesterday.
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1ea Nova + 8ea synch fire medium lasers + all the heatsinks you can shoehorn in there = Can Opener.