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Revision as of 10:51, 3 May 2015

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Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
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Developers
New World Computing
Release dates
DOS 1988
Mac OS (Classic) 1990
Windows September 3, 2009[1]
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World on Wikipedia
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum 1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World 1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra 1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen 1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen 1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen 1994
Swords of Xeen 1995
Heroes of Might and Magic (series)
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven 1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor 1999
Crusaders of Might and Magic 1999
Arcomage 1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer 2000
Legends of Might and Magic 2001
Might and Magic IX 2002
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2006
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions 2013
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014
Might & Magic Showdown Cancelled
Might & Magic: Chess Royale 2020

Key points

Characters can be imported from Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum (see Import characters).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Ubisoft Store
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Bundled with games 1-6.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Import characters

Characters can be imported from Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum.
Instructions

Game data

Save game data location

ROSTER.DAT stores all characters; it must be present to play (an empty file with this name will also work).
ROSTER.DAT also stores the in-game settings.

Video settings

General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible

References