The plot in Privateer 2 is richer, there are more than 100 different missions, and the trading system offers more planets, mining bases and space stations to visit as well as many options for lucrative opportunity than ever before. ORIGIN is taking the Privateer gaming experience to the next frontier." Privateer 2 has taken that concept and enhanced it.
"The success of its predecessor was the result of a concept that allows players infinite replayability and multiple mission and upgrade options. "Privateer 2 is the definitive space epic," says ORIGIN Vice President of Marketing, Alex Carloss. The original Privateer was released in 1993 and became an instant classic with its mission-based trading system that allowed players to upgrade their ships while exploring the seedy underworld of a futuristic universe. It is interesting to note that Origin/EA is dropping the Wing Commander prefix from the Privateer line of games.Ĭompany line: The game marks the return of one of the most popular space combat adventures in computer gaming history. You can fire on anyone, go anywhere, follow the plot line, or ignore the plot line. Like the original Privateer and Righteous Fire, you, as Lev Arris, choose to be a mercenary, smuggler, scout, escort, courier, honest merchant, bounty hunter, or pirate.
Privateer 2: The Darkening is supposed to be a combined interactive movie and space flight simulator, like the Wing Commander III and IV. Both games had dozens of shield generators, missiles, beam weapons, and other ship systems enhancements. Both games had totally free form game play with optional plotline.
The Privateer Classic game is available now from Origin as part of Electronic Arts Gold Classic Series for $14.95 and well worth the price.įirebird's Elite and Faster than Light's Sundog from the 1980's let players fly around in space, take on mercinary jobs, trade goods among planetary systems, and upgrade ship. A new sequel is in the offing, Wing Commander Privateer: Privateer 2: The Darkening (P2D) will be based upon the further adventures of Lev Arris, a character who was simply known by the Privateer team as brown hair, inĬontrast to the blue hair of Christopher Blair, until this sequel. Of the Wing Commander titles, one of the most popular of all the games was the 1993 game, Privateer, and its mission disk, Righteous Fire. History: One of the most successful and most innovative game series of all time is Chris Robert's Wing Commander series which has had many successful spinoffs. RECOMMENDED: Intel Pentium 120 MHz or 100% compatible (or greater), 16 MB of RAM (or greater), 4x speed CD-ROM drive (or greater), 16-bit Sound Card, Joystick with CH-compatible Throttle. Local Bus Video Card with 256-Color SVGA graphics supporting VESA 1.2 (or greater). MUSIC: Sound Blaster, SB Pro, SB 16, SB AWE, Ensoniq Soundscape, Gravis Ultrasound, General MIDI or 100% compatible. DIGITAL: Sound Blaster (SB), SB Pro, SB 16, SB AWE, Ensoniq Soundscape, Gravis Ultrasound or 100% compatible. Website: Requirements: System requirements for Privateer 2: The Darkening: Intel Pentium 75 MHz or 100% compatible (or greater), 8 MB of RAM or greater, 40 MB free Hard Drive space (or greater), 2x speed CD-ROM drive (or greater), MS-DOS 5.0 or higher, 100% Microsoft-compatible Mouse.
Music:Ray Shulman for Orinoco Sound, Chris Nicholls
Genre: interactive film and space flight simulator Privateer 2: The Darkening Support The Computer Show.