Posted April 17, 2014
I anyone still maintaining a list of freeware games and / or fan made ports and remakes?
Because I just discovered MDD Clone - a PC port of all 3 games (plus the expansion to the first one, presumably) in the classic 8bit into 16bit Paul Woakes / Novagen 'Mercenary' series:
http://mercenarysite.free.fr/mddclone.htm
I'm pretty stoked about this! IMO Mercenary is right up there with Elite in terms of early pioneers of the 'Open World' genre, and unlike Elite in this one you actually fly around planetside and explore underground complexes on foot!
Anyone know whatever happened to Paul Woakes BTW? Mercenary 3 was critically acclaimed but he seems to have fallen off the face of the planet after making it...
Because I just discovered MDD Clone - a PC port of all 3 games (plus the expansion to the first one, presumably) in the classic 8bit into 16bit Paul Woakes / Novagen 'Mercenary' series:
http://mercenarysite.free.fr/mddclone.htm
I'm pretty stoked about this! IMO Mercenary is right up there with Elite in terms of early pioneers of the 'Open World' genre, and unlike Elite in this one you actually fly around planetside and explore underground complexes on foot!
Anyone know whatever happened to Paul Woakes BTW? Mercenary 3 was critically acclaimed but he seems to have fallen off the face of the planet after making it...
Post edited April 17, 2014 by Fever_Discordia