Even network multiplayer mode seems to work fine.
So far the game looks good and seems to be fully playable. The re-creation orientates itself on the Glide (3DFx) version of the game, giving it a similar look to the original while allowing us to play on 1080P or other resolutions thanks to the scaling capabilities of SDL2. I recently found a open source project that aims to recreate the NFS2SE engine for modern systems using the 3D capabilities of current systems, including OpenGL ES 2.0 and SDL2, which would allow us to play on the ODROID. The CD was packed with many pictures, videos, and information about the cars, and offered many different tracks and cars to play with.įigure 4 - Select a showcase to see information, look at pictures, and watch videos for each car Figure 5 - A video of the selected car from the showcase Need for Speed II Second Edition on the ODROID In fact, the game had quite a bit of extra content. Still, there was a good amount of video content as compared to other games of the time.įigure 2 - Full motion video cut-scenes in NFS2SE Figure 3 - Full motion video cut-scenes in NFS2SE Unlike modern Need for Speed titles, NFS2SE didn’t have any storyline, so there was no story video to follow. It offered lots of videos for the many cars that were featured in the game. There, you could see cars racing around different tracks and towns, or just out in the open. One feature was full motion video (FMV) which could be seen in the intro as well as showcase videos for each car. Having a decent 3D racing game with actual 3DFx Voodoo support was still rare at the time.Īlong with the 3D graphics, this game had a lot to offer. NFS2SE was a really good game by 1997 standards, as 3D graphics were just starting to get into people’s homes and 3D racing games were still in their beginning stages. In some countries, such as Germany, it was even included free with the purchase of a 3DFX accelerator card.įigure 1 - Need For Speed II Second Edition Need for Speed II Second Edition (NFS2SE) was released with 3DFX support, more tracks and cars, along with mirror mode and backward track mode, making it quite an improvement over the original Need for Speed II. In this Linux Gaming article, learn more about Need for Speed II Second Edition. One particular series that is well-known today was still quite new, though people were starting to know it and like it more and more. In 1997, racing games were quite popular.
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