Well that hasn't happened in a while...

[graafen]

I've recently acquired a copy of the old DOS classic Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (AKA MOO2). I had bought MOO3 a while ago and thought it was overly complex considering what it is. I did play MOO2 a long while ago whilst I was staying at Crimson's place when he still lived in London.

So I slapped MOO2 onto my laptop (running via DOSbox) and spent about two hours on Friday getting to grips with the game. Fuck me, it is AMAZING. I'm not generally a fan of turn-based strategies on computers, but I was in awe at how awesome this game is.

My flatmate, Greyfawlk, noticed my playing it and asked if I'd install it on his machine. So I did, and set up the game for multiplayer. Sweet Jeebus that game is HAWT in multiplayer.

We spent 14 hours, FOURTEEN HOURS, playing a single game and not once did we get bored. I haven't done a gaming stint like that for... well I can't even remember the last time I did that.

Wow!

Comments

[romani123.livejournal.com]

You are a hardcore gamer!

[jenna-vixen.livejournal.com]

I remember playing a game back in my DOS days called "Planets" or something similar that seems to be similar in concept to this game.

I wish I had an old computer so I could put DOS and some games on it... sure I could use DOSbox (and I do have it on my computer), but I'd love to have an old computer with a nice clacky IBM keyboard and proper 80x25 text mode. (It doesn't look right on an LCD widescreen monitor) :D

[baphnedia.livejournal.com]

YES! Moo2 makes a comeback! (I haven't played in quite awhile, but sometimes old roommates and I have traveled halfway across Europe and at other times halfway across the US just to sit down and play).

Now, if the game only liked the particular way I play it (I might have to get a good disk image of the game to install these days, the CD got nice 'n' scratched up.

[gravecat.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, MoO2, I remember foxbyte used to be absolutely obsessed with that game, back in the day. While I admittedly haven't played a great deal of either game, I gather it's the general opinion of most folks that 2 is by far the superior game to 3, though it seems you've already discovered just that. :3

[nicolyrezk.livejournal.com]

You can play it with others over Hamachi

[baphnedia.livejournal.com]

Hamachi?

[salith.livejournal.com]

MoO2 is great, but MoM is even better™ =D

[graafen]

MoM? o.o

[salith.livejournal.com]

Master of Magic. Had higher acclaim than MoO 1, but never managed to get a sequel... probably due to games such as Might And Magic :/
If you every drop by, bring an SD card or something and I'll drop you a copy. Only 25Mb (DOS only, but can run without sound in Windows XP... never tried DOSBox)