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Maybe if you like old stuff sponsor me on Patreon.com/L1011Widebody that would just be super!
Maybe if you like old stuff sponsor me on Patreon.com/L1011Widebody that would just be super!
updated 13 years ago
Maybe if you like old stuff sponsor me on Patreon.com/L1011Widebody that would just be super!
Download the mod and installation instructions at http://www.mediafire.com/download/q171ulm1gpb66m9/Red_Alert_2_Remix.zip
*THIS MOD CONTAINS NO MUSIC OR OTHERWISE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL*
All right, listen up comrades. This is a mod I've been working on for a few weeks that takes everything I love about Red Alert 2 and makes it better, more awesome, and more fun. I call it Red Alert 2 Remix, because it's basically just taking what Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge already has and adjusting it and re-tooling it into so much more coolness. I hope you enjoy!
Playing the SNES version.
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Dusting off an old gem here, in the spirit of the centennial of the Great War, playing through (almost) the first map of this underrated, unappreciated World War 1 turn-based strategy game from Strategic Simulations Inc, the makers of Panzer General and Battle Isle and some other stuff probably. It's fascinating, and rather overwhelming, with some 28 maps overall split between the German and French campaigns, with individual missions taking hours so I'm not going to do the entire thing.
In this one we demonstrate how to decisively win, then decisively lose a battle, so this shows the gamut of gameplay here. I hope you enjoy it and the historical touches this game brings here.
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a stand-alone game that really kicked the MechWarrior franchise into overdrive. Now the campaign is dynamic, because you're the one choosing the contracts, and it all plays out just before the Clan Invasion. You get to play a role in various conflicts of your choosing, and it's all so full of BattleTechness it's probably out of critical slots. A few quick notes to get you up to speed on what I'll be doing, after all, speed is life. You go slow, you die. I'll be playing the original DOS version with my original Mercenaries CD, so you'll be getting the real authentic experience as if you'd just opened the box like it were September 30th, 1996, just like I did because I'm friggin' old! I'll probably be saving and dying a lot, I'll try to play out as many missions as possible, because I don't want this to just be any other run-through. Mercenaries was a stand-alone game, so there are some gameplay adjustments. You have a new EVA, the weapons all sound new, you can have up to five groups of weapons, mechs can fall down (that's bad, by the way), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.
Also super special thanks to Sarna.net for providing the various extra graphics and such.
And also it wouldn't be a proper Mercenaries video without me selling out so check out my book at rabbitvalley.com/item/9574/Foxhunt-By-Rich-Hanes or Amazon at amazon.com/Foxhunt-Rich-Hanes/dp/0578026058 and you can read the first chapter for free at writing.com/authors/l1011widebody as well as some other stuff, if you like BattleTech and MechWarrior you will definitely love my writing!
I'm not sure this game exists...
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"Plus one bonus to heat sinkerage... sinkerage, that's a word right?"
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a stand-alone game that really kicked the MechWarrior franchise into overdrive. Now the campaign is dynamic, because you're the one choosing the contracts, and it all plays out just before the Clan Invasion. You get to play a role in various conflicts of your choosing, and it's all so full of BattleTechness it's probably out of critical slots. A few quick notes to get you up to speed on what I'll be doing, after all, speed is life. You go slow, you die. I'll be playing the original DOS version with my original Mercenaries CD, so you'll be getting the real authentic experience as if you'd just opened the box like it were September 30th, 1996, just like I did because I'm friggin' old! I'll probably be saving and dying a lot, I'll try to play out as many missions as possible, because I don't want this to just be any other run-through. Mercenaries was a stand-alone game, so there are some gameplay adjustments. You have a new EVA, the weapons all sound new, you can have up to five groups of weapons, mechs can fall down (that's bad, by the way), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.
Also super special thanks to Sarna.net for providing the various extra graphics and such.
And also it wouldn't be a proper Mercenaries video without me selling out so check out my book at rabbitvalley.com/item/9574/Foxhunt-By-Rich-Hanes or Amazon at amazon.com/Foxhunt-Rich-Hanes/dp/0578026058 and you can read the first chapter for free at writing.com/authors/l1011widebody as well as some other stuff, if you like BattleTech and MechWarrior you will definitely love my writing!
The funny commentary stuff goes up to about 40:00 and everything after that is just for archival purposes, so that everyone else can share in the exuberance and joy for life that Scamper had and... gave to me. I wouldn't be here today without him. He was just the perfect dog to fall into my life when he did.
You can skip to the finale, it's at 1:42:00 or so, it's just my final thoughts.
Thank you to everyone who made this... who made us, better people because of the love of the Scamper Dog. And thanks to you for watching.
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a stand-alone game that really kicked the MechWarrior franchise into overdrive. Now the campaign is dynamic, because you're the one choosing the contracts, and it all plays out just before the Clan Invasion. You get to play a role in various conflicts of your choosing, and it's all so full of BattleTechness it's probably out of critical slots. A few quick notes to get you up to speed on what I'll be doing, after all, speed is life. You go slow, you die. I'll be playing the original DOS version with my original Mercenaries CD, so you'll be getting the real authentic experience as if you'd just opened the box like it were September 30th, 1996, just like I did because I'm friggin' old! I'll probably be saving and dying a lot, I'll try to play out as many missions as possible, because I don't want this to just be any other run-through. Mercenaries was a stand-alone game, so there are some gameplay adjustments. You have a new EVA, the weapons all sound new, you can have up to five groups of weapons, mechs can fall down (that's bad, by the way), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.
Also super special thanks to Sarna.net for providing the various extra graphics and such.
And also it wouldn't be a proper Mercenaries video without me selling out so check out my book at rabbitvalley.com/item/9574/Foxhunt-By-Rich-Hanes or Amazon at amazon.com/Foxhunt-Rich-Hanes/dp/0578026058 and you can read the first chapter for free at writing.com/authors/l1011widebody as well as some other stuff, if you like BattleTech and MechWarrior you will definitely love my writing!
With all due respect to the owners of the various media. Fair use!
I should've known this episode is cursed, triskaidekaphobiods may have seen such coming....
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
Oh man I know you guys have been waiting for this and here it is, just in time for Christmas. It's MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries! The mechiest mechwarrior game to ever mech. This is just so immersive and exciting and everything so I apologize for the delay but I wanted to make it real special for you guys I love you all!
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a stand-alone game that really kicked the MechWarrior franchise into overdrive. Now the campaign is dynamic, because you're the one choosing the contracts, and it all plays out just before the Clan Invasion. You get to play a role in various conflicts of your choosing, and it's all so full of BattleTechness it's probably out of critical slots. A few quick notes to get you up to speed on what I'll be doing, after all, speed is life. You go slow, you die. I'll be playing the original DOS version with my original Mercenaries CD, so you'll be getting the real authentic experience as if you'd just opened the box like it were September 30th, 1996, just like I did because I'm friggin' old! I'll probably be saving and dying a lot, I'll try to play out as many missions as possible, because I don't want this to just be any other run-through. Mercenaries was a stand-alone game, so there are some gameplay adjustments. You have a new EVA, the weapons all sound new, you can have up to five groups of weapons, mechs can fall down (that's bad, by the way), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.
Also super special thanks to Sarna.net for providing the various extra graphics and such.
And also it wouldn't be a proper Mercenaries video without me selling out so check out my book at rabbitvalley.com/item/9574/Foxhunt-By-Rich-Hanes or Amazon at amazon.com/Foxhunt-Rich-Hanes/dp/0578026058 and you can read the first chapter for free at writing.com/authors/l1011widebody as well as some other stuff, if you like BattleTech and MechWarrior you will definitely love my writing!
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hfhwdz8zp75ybab/Thunderbolt_the_better_song.mp3/file
Did you guys know I used to be in a band? This is from over ten years ago, so be nice. I wrote songs and everything, and here's one of them. That's me on the drums, my buddy Christian plays the guitar, this is just a demo so it doesn't have fancy things like bass guitars or vocals. I mean we never did figure out who was going to sing...
This song is like AC/DC but poppier I think. The lyrics are the usual dumb thing you'd find in one of those songs, I don't really know how to write good lyrics about ... intercourse.
Anyway, I hope you guys like it and everything.
Did you guys know I used to be in a band? This is from over ten years ago, so be nice. I wrote songs and everything, and here's one of them. That's me on the drums, my buddy Christian plays the guitar, this is just a demo so it doesn't have fancy things like bass guitars or vocals. I mean we never did figure out who was going to sing...
This song is like AC/DC but poppier I think. The lyrics are the usual dumb thing you'd find in one of those songs, I don't really know how to write good lyrics about ... intercourse.
Anyway, I hope you guys like it and everything.
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Download the mod and installation instructions at http://www.mediafire.com/download/q171ulm1gpb66m9/Red_Alert_2_Remix.zip
*THIS MOD CONTAINS NO MUSIC OR OTHERWISE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL*
All right, listen up comrades. This is a mod I've been working on for a few weeks that takes everything I love about Red Alert 2 and makes it better, more awesome, and more fun. I call it Red Alert 2 Remix, because it's basically just taking what Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge already has and adjusting it and re-tooling it into so much more coolness. I hope you enjoy!
Scoring right off the bat there.
Play that foxy baseball man, scavenge and scrape those runs up.
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Oh yes I have been looking at this one with fear and intimidation for a long time. The famous, or infamous, Ghost Bear's Legacy expansion pack/new campaign was released by Acti-Vision in 1995. It required a copy of the original MechWarrior 2 CD, however it introduced an entirely new campaign, all new mechs, and new weapons that went beyond what was seen in MechWarrior 2. Most importantly, Ghost Bear's Legacy adds an even greater depth and sense of immersion into what it would be like to actually be a Clan MechWarrior.
The story follows the (fictitious and non-canon, uh, extra fictitious I suppose?) journey of you as first a common MechWarrior, then being chosen in the batchall of your commander for the Trial to seek out and restore the stolen Clan Genetic Legacy of Jorgensson and Tseng. Along the way we will pitch head-long into so much Clan Lore and backstory, this is going to be so much fun.
As a game, however, Ghost Bear's Legacy was somewhat overlooked due to the sheer difficulty spike of some of its missions, a few which border on impossible. In the spirit of bringing the best possible experience I can, I will attempt to play through these missions 'as intended' at first. But I am not afraid to admit that I may have to use cheat codes or other dezgra tactics in order to advance the plot. GBL is not for sissy stravag freebirths.
This will be fun, quiaff?
Randy Fox almost hits for the cycle here! It's pretty great but then we run out of innings. Also we're at Forbes Field for some reason! Baseball! I love it!
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Also, Randy Clemens????? @ 4:30
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Man baseball is great and I love it.
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After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the SNES version.
ALSO awesome music synchronization at 4:38 :D
uh basically let me know if this is okay for you guys to watch or if it's too annoying, I can't quite seem to figure out how to get the flickering and blurry out of the Empire Earth but if you're okay with it I'll do more of it????
Anyone out there?
Playing the SNES version.
Also mucho apologies for the video quality, I know it's blurry and flickery sometimes but gosh darnit I did the best I could and Empire Earth is really really *really* hard to record, so I hopes you likes this!!!
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What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the NES version.
Yeah it's a bit somber, as you would expect. But I know my Scamper Dog would want me to continue living my and loving it, with or without him. He lived a long and full and happy life surrounded by people who loved him and who he loved. He passed away calmly without suffering in his daddy's arms, with his daddy, just like he lived his whole life, and that's all that matters to me. He just lived and lived and loved until there was nothing left, and he laid down and was gone. He was just the best, and I wouldn't be who I am today without him. He'll always live forever in my videos.
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What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the NES version.
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
I will be playing through the DOS version (or maybe not) because I have the original discs and such, suck it Origin. And man is this gonna be some fun or what!
The basebally things happen and I hit the wrong buttons and everything.
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What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the NES version.
In which all the baseball things happen this is just a great game you guys!
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What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the NES version.
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Also please ignore the graphical issues and slight blurriness, this game is really a bitch to capture properly and I went to a lot of lengths to make this for you so please appreciate that. :-)
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Hey, you guys like my Let's Plays, Longplays, Writing, and other random things I do, right? Maybe you'd consider sponsoring me on Patreon? All I ask is a $1 a month contribution. It doesn't sound like a lot, but if enough of you guys help out it will go a long way. Head over to patreon.com/l1011widebody if you want to help a Trijet out.
There's a lot of singing in this one!
What is a new series? Ha! I don't know why I haven't done this before. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you play along too with me like I do with the real Jeopardy. We'll have some fun I think!
Playing the NES version.
The story follows the (fictitious and non-canon, uh, extra fictitious I suppose?) journey of you as first a common MechWarrior, then being chosen in the batchall of your commander for the Trial to seek out and restore the stolen Clan Genetic Legacy of Jorgensson and Tseng. Along the way we will pitch head-long into so much Clan Lore and backstory, this is going to be so much fun.
As a game, however, Ghost Bear's Legacy was somewhat overlooked due to the sheer difficulty spike of some of its missions, a few which border on impossible. In the spirit of bringing the best possible experience I can, I will attempt to play through these missions 'as intended' at first. But I am not afraid to admit that I may have to use cheat codes or other dezgra tactics in order to advance the plot. GBL is not for sissy stravag freebirths.
This will be fun, quiaff?
"Flanker? I hardly even know 'er!"
"Please try not to make jokes about our glorious hardware supporting the motherland."
"I'm sorry, I don't know any Convoy jokes..."
And yes I know the MiG-29 is the Fulcrum, and the Su-27 is the Flanker. Even if they look nothing at all like the MiG-23s (27s?) that we actually field. I didn't flunk Flanker training, did you?
After their first surprise hit, Westwood Studios upped the ante with Command & Conquer: Red Alert. A landmark game in the annals of gaming history, Red Alert introduces to the commander all new naval and air units, including strike fighters. All of this is just so great, and it was released right around the time internet gaming was picking up. Back in my day, there were tons of skirmish matches being played all over the globe. Cool or what?
Of course this is not to denigrate the single-player campaign. Westwood rolled all the dice with having an actual Stalin actor. And the cut-scenes are just much more than the original C&C could deliver... really, Red Alert is essentially 'Command & Conquer: More Edition'.
The great thing about Command & Conquer contrasting to other real time strategy games, is that the sides are not balanced at all. The Allies have all the naval ships, the Soviets get all the cool air power, the Soviets have big damn tanks and the Allies... don't? And the base defenses... this game made the Tesla Coil iconic. It is really great in all the ways.
Hey, you guys like my Let's Plays, Longplays, Writing, and other random things I do, right? Maybe you'd consider sponsoring me on Patreon? All I ask is a $1 a month contribution. It doesn't sound like a lot, but if enough of you guys help out it will go a long way. Head over to patreon.com/l1011widebody if you want to help a Trijet out.
Playing the NES version.