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''MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat'' is a 1995 computer game produced by Activision . It is part of the '' MechWarrior '' series of PC games. It seperates itself from the original board game Battletech by placing the player inside the cockpit of the BattleMech, making the game more of a simulator than of a stratagy game. This game has had multiple releases, initially for MS-DOS then Windows with versions designed around different videocards with 3D acceleration. In ''MechWarrior 2'', the player can choose to be a member of either Clan Jade Falcon or Clan Wolf, while engaging in a total of 30 missions (15 missions to each Clan) in the 3057 time frame. Originally, ''MechWarrior 2'' was to have shipped with multiplayer capablilities via a program called ''NetMech''. About eight months after ''MechWarrior 2'' initially shipped, ''NetMech'' was made available to to the public via a free download or in a low-cost boxed CD-ROM. ''NetMech'' featured various types of gameplay, with support of up to eight players. All versions of ''MechWarrior 2'' beyond this date have ''NetMech'' bundled with the game. ''MechWarrior 2'' was also ported to the Sega Saturn and the original Sony Playstation . PC VERSIONS ATI Rage Outside of the original MS-DOS version, this one is the most common and was found bundled with oem videocards and desktop systems, including intergrated chipsets and including those manufactured by IBM . ''MechWarrior 2'' has a set resolution of 512 x 384 and options to disable or enable textures and texture filtering. Mechs Featured in this Game
GHOST BEAR'S LEGACY ''MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy'' is the follow up expansion pack for ''MechWarrior 2'', that gives the player a chance to play as the Clan Ghost Bear. This expansion pack gives players access to 14 new BattleMechs and a number of new weapons, plus 12 new missions in a number of new environments, such as outer space and underwater. Mechs Featured in this Game
MERCENARIES ''MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries'' was released in September 1996 and is a stand-alone sequel to ''MechWarrior 2'' and the last Activision BattleTech game. In this game, the player takes control of an Inner Sphere mercenary squad, with control over the finances and mission selections. ''Mercenaries'' gives the player access to 30 new BattleMechs and 50 missions covering numerous worlds, including missions pertaining to the Clan invasion. ''Mercenaries'' also features ''MercNet'' (a redesign of ''NetMech'') for multiplayer. Mechs Featured in this Game
THE TITANIUM TRILOGY ''MechWarrior 2: The Titanium Trilogy'' was released in 1997 and contains all three ''MechWarrior 2'' games with added support for Windows 95 and 3D accelerated video hardware. TECHNICAL NOTES The ATI 3D Rage version seems to only run under Windows 95 with the ATI 3D Rage drivers. The software rendered version works quite well on many machines, it can run natively under . The Windows versions of the game have the video encoded using RAD Game Tools video codec Smacker , which unlike the games is compatible with Windows XP. EXTERNAL LINKS
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