Mr_Blastman
Rear Admiral
Couple questions:
1. I have a nice little pure-DOS machine with an AWE-32 sitting in it and a CRT hooked up. I'd love to play Wing Commander 4 on it but... I don't know which version to buy. I have found a copy of the Creative limited edition double-sided DVD (the high-res movie version) and I'm aware there are patches on CIC for it if you don't have the MPEG-2 board (I don't). The thing I'm wondering though is, will the patches make it work in MS-DOS on a pure DOS system, or do I need Windows?
Oh, the machine is a P-200 so I hope that's fast enough to run WC 4 as it runs WC 3 great.
2. The 3DO version of WC 3, after watching a couple of videos of it--is it that much better than the PC version? Is it worth the effort to track it down to play through it? I loooooooooove Wing Commander and the little sparks that the lasers make when they hit ships remind me of WC 1/2 which--*gasp* I preferred in their implementation of weapons fire. Call me old, I am, whatever, but it looks nifty. Is the 3DO version worth it, is it significantly better?
1. I have a nice little pure-DOS machine with an AWE-32 sitting in it and a CRT hooked up. I'd love to play Wing Commander 4 on it but... I don't know which version to buy. I have found a copy of the Creative limited edition double-sided DVD (the high-res movie version) and I'm aware there are patches on CIC for it if you don't have the MPEG-2 board (I don't). The thing I'm wondering though is, will the patches make it work in MS-DOS on a pure DOS system, or do I need Windows?
Oh, the machine is a P-200 so I hope that's fast enough to run WC 4 as it runs WC 3 great.
2. The 3DO version of WC 3, after watching a couple of videos of it--is it that much better than the PC version? Is it worth the effort to track it down to play through it? I loooooooooove Wing Commander and the little sparks that the lasers make when they hit ships remind me of WC 1/2 which--*gasp* I preferred in their implementation of weapons fire. Call me old, I am, whatever, but it looks nifty. Is the 3DO version worth it, is it significantly better?