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The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by locusm »

cocoflunchy wrote: post #12

Motocross Madness 2 is also still up: http://www.microsoft.com/games/motocross2/ And this list wouldn't be complete without Midtown Madness (1?) http://www.microsoft.com/games/midtown/ [edit] I'm sure you can find a bunch of others by browsing through the wayback machine ( http://web.archive.org/web/19980214201021/http://microsoft.c... ), like http://www.microsoft.com/games/outwars/

Jesus, that brought back some memories - Motocross Madness LAN matches FTW

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by MartinCron »

mmcconnell1618 wrote: post #7

The System Requirements brought back memories: * Multimedia PC with a Pentium 133 or higher processor * Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system or Windows NT® Workstation operating system version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 * 16 MB of RAM; 32MB recommended * 30 MB of available hard-disk space; 110 MB recommended * Quad-speed CD-ROM drive; 6x recommended * Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor * Microsoft Mouse or compatible po…

I tried to install the demo and it failed on needing DirectX 5.2

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by TallboyOne »

cocoflunchy wrote: post #12

Motocross Madness 2 is also still up: http://www.microsoft.com/games/motocross2/ And this list wouldn't be complete without Midtown Madness (1?) http://www.microsoft.com/games/midtown/ [edit] I'm sure you can find a bunch of others by browsing through the wayback machine ( http://web.archive.org/web/19980214201021/http://microsoft.c... ), like http://www.microsoft.com/games/outwars/

Motocross Madness and Midtown Madness were both such fundamental pieces of my childhood. I wish I could convey the amount of nostalgia I have. Motocross Madness was the first time I actively tried to use a computer to 'do' something. I had to program my own tracks, and it was insanely hard at the time, but god were those the glory days.

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by wtallis »

mmcconnell1618 wrote: post #7

The System Requirements brought back memories: * Multimedia PC with a Pentium 133 or higher processor * Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system or Windows NT® Workstation operating system version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 * 16 MB of RAM; 32MB recommended * 30 MB of available hard-disk space; 110 MB recommended * Quad-speed CD-ROM drive; 6x recommended * Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor * Microsoft Mouse or compatible po…

What that doesn't mention is how much better the game looked when you ran it on something like a 3dfx Voodoo card. I remember when I upgraded from an S3 card to a Voodoo 3, the game suddenly had things like windshield glare and partially transparent water, and much higher texture resolutions.

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by voltagex_ »

Rossimac wrote: post #27
clarkm wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, at least you can still download the free trial: http://download.microsoft.com/download/monstertruck20/Trial/...

Listed as "Abandonware" in one of their linked Fan sites and readily downloadable if you can't get the trial to work. http://vales.com/mtm2/

I doubt it's public domain, but I doubt Microsoft would go after you, too.
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