Did Activision ever make Rendition or nVidia specific versions of MechWarrior 2?
Rendition: As far as the original 3D Enhanced versions go, the answer is – no -, there was no “VMechWarrior 2.” Rendition Verite (V1000) based cards* were released just before the original Voodoo Graphics cards came out and were a pretty good 3D performers [for a 2D/3D board], though not up to the Voodoo level. Some probable reasons for the lack of a Rendition port of MW2: 1) Rendition had a hardware accelerated version of Quake (“VQuake”) to include with their new cards, something no one else could claim ( not even 3Dfx**). Quake was a huge hit among gamers and if you wanted a cool 3D version, the only option at the time wasyou had to have 2) The card/chipset makers paid good money for these specific 3D ports of games and were only willing to put so much money into their software bundles. Rendition had choosen the path of Quake as their big name investment and didn’t want to pay for a MW2 port. 3) Lastly, all the PC 3D Enhanced versions of MechWarrior 2 were made for Win95 based nativ
