um, kartr. You can get Privateer ***URL DELETED*** Kilrathi Saga's there too. You'll probably need DOSBOX to run them though.

Edit: Please don't post any links to suspected Warez sites here. Thank You, the Management.

Edited by - Boscoe on 10/22/2004 3:17:33 AM

you know, the only thing i really want from the old HUD is the Radar.
cause that would be cool

And don't forget to add that you won't be able to use a joystick with that. For some reason digital sticks and the older games don't sem to get along to well. You could get lucky and have a stick that actually works in DOS...but...not very likely. I have Privateer II on my PC and It runs....but no joystick wants to work with it..unless I'm doing something wrong. Its been known to happen...from time to time.

You guys are lucky

Priv and Priv2 win't even run on my system (priv2 does but it's uncontrollable)

loved those games ...............


Oh wel back to the present, cya all online

@warchild,

I hate to rain on your parade, but if you use Dosbox, Digital Joysticks will work. I have a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2, and I have no problems playing privateer.

stop downloading KS you little tea leaves! put your hands in your goddam pockets and shell out for one!

*pats mint original copy of KS - mmm we'll never be apart..*

@taw, it too me 3 years to get a copy of KS on ebay. It cost me $150.00. I paid $39.99 for it when it first came out, and like a dope I sold it. I was just hoping someone else wouldn't have to go through what I did.

I'd love to be able to play Privateer again. I still have it, but no DOS sound card. The last time I installed and tried to play it, it was mute, which really sucked. Is there a way to run it on a Windows 2000 pc with a 450mhz Pentium?

I have Privateer 2 as well. I played it four or five times all the way to Privateer status (3,000 kills) and only stopped when I upgraded to 450mhz processor. The gameplay runs too fast; can't shoot anyone down because the ships flit about the screen like mosquitoes on speed. I played P2 mostly with the mouse. Joystick worked, but it kept losing its calibration in mid-flight. And the ships were more maneuverable with a mouse.

JerryB

"Buckle up boys, we're headed to the Omicron Gamma System!"

By the way, the HUD at the top of the thread has a radar setup like that in P2. That radar rocked. Best in any game I've played. It's the only 3D radar display I've seen. You could tell not only whether someone was behind you,but whether they were above or below you. FL could use something like this, imho.

JerryB

"Buckle up boys, we're headed to the Omicron Gamma System!"