I would love to see Privateer 2 on GOG. I still have my original discs (they actually survived a house fire, miraculously), but I have never tested them to see if they WORK. The case is in great shape, so I assume the discs inside are fine, but I'd gladly pay for a GOG version.

Clive Owen FTW!

This game was AMAZING! It was set a long time after Wing Commander, so it didn't really feel like it, but it was still a great game.
Would love to see it on gog.com

Privateer 2 was the only game I ever paid $100 for. It was worth it.
I recently finished it again on WIndows 7 x64 for the first time since Win98 days.
Both the DOS and Windows versions work. For me the windows version plays much smoother but the DOS version is slightly more stable.

If anyone is interested, these are the steps I took to play both the DOS and WINDOWS versions. All credit goes to others.

1. You need the original installation media for the DOS version. My copy was the deluxe edition which I guess contained installers for both DOS and windows. I don't think I still have them anyway but even if I did it's quicker to download them so I downloaded the ISO's for the DOS only version from a torrent.

2. Install Daemon Tools

3. Mount CD1 in your Virtual drive (mines F: for fakecd)

4. Install the latest version of DOSBox (0.74).

5. Modify C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-0.74.conf.
There's 1 setting that's absolutely required to run the DOS version...
cycles=45000
Your mileage may vary with different settings, I tried up to 90000 which should be equivalent to a P75 or P90 but it ran too fast. Combat is playable with 45000 but planets slow the game right down, this is the reason I looked further into the Windows version.
Some of the settings I used are below but really they're all your preference. You don't need any of this if you plan to exclusively play the windows version.
fullresolution=1280x960
windowresolution=1280x960
output=overlay (or openglnb or ddraw)
aspect=true
scaler=supereagle
core=auto
cputype=auto
cycles=45000
[autoexec]
mount D D:\
mount F F:\
D:
CD Games

6. Run DOSBox and install the DOS version to a folder of your choice. If you plan on having the DOS and WIndows versions in the same installation folder then the DOSBox folder path must match the actual Windows path exactly. Otherwise you can make a copy of the DOS version later and put the windows files in it and copy your saves between them. For this though lets just say you install P2 into D:\Games\DARK which exactly matches the folder D:\Games\DARK in windows.

7. During installation select SB16 for sound and music in the installation and your controller type. I just used mouse so haven't tested joystick/throttle sorry.

8. Google and download p2patch.exe. This is the 1.17e patch and has a filesize of 572,482 bytes. Put the p2patch in your DARK folder and run it in DOSBox. It can be found here:
http://www.wcnews.com/webmirrors/tech/download.html

9. Download the awesome priv2windowspatch.zip with a file size of 1,821,940 bytes from the following page.
http://originalthp.solsector.net/privateer2win95/

10. If your DARK directory in DOSBox is the same as in windows, copy the following files from priv2windowspatch.zip straight into your DARK directory...
DARK.B50
DARK.EXE (rename to DARKWIN.EXE so you can run both versions side by side)
DARK.M50
dsetup.dll
dsetup16.dll
dsetup32.dll
GAMEFLOW.IFF
INSTALL.IFF
leak.dmp
PRIV2.KEY
PRIV2.PTC
READ.ME
WAIL32.DLL

11. If you want the DOS and WIndows versions in separate folders, make a copy of your DOS installation, copy the windows files to the copy and edit the path in DARK.CFG.

12. You should now be able to play the Windows version of Privateer 2. Do not enable any compatibility options.

13. At some stage you'll reach a mission that crashes and doesn't let you continue. Just load up the DOS version in DOSBox, complete the mission then switch back to WIndows.

Some other notes:
You may want to disable all anti aliasing other graphics options in your graphics card drivers so it doesn't corrupt the interlaced videos.
You may want to disable mouse acceleration (Enhance Pointer Precision) in windows mouse properties because it screws with DOSBox games (makes Privateer 1 unplayable for me).

Great write up! Love P2 back when it came out. I still have my discs, not sure if they are the deluxe or regular. I remember making a dos boot disk to get it running though.

Please Please PLEASE GOG get this game for us!!!!!!

Just more bumps.... really like to get Privateer 2 from gog.com

It would be great if we could buy Privateer 2.

Any news?

So Privateer 2 has both Windows and DOS versions? This will probably make people sad, but It's very likely that GOG will release DOS because of the stability of DOSBox.

I have not played Privateer 2, nor do I have any plans to do so in the near future, nor do I intend to state an opinion on the game itself; however, your analysis of the contents of the video baffle me. Beyond the game crashing, the video mentions that the game contained enemies the could not shoot or fly, a mission update system that interrupted the flow of combat, a ludicrously nonsensical way of engaging in trading, and many other issues. If you like the game, groovy, but I fail to see how any assessment of the video could result in the conclusion that crashing aside, the game looks ok.

I think Spoony is right here and his points are valid. The game did crash on me quite badly back in the DOS days, the whole scenario has nothing to do with Wing Commander, the fact that you couldn't fly a cargo vessel yourself but had to babysit another ship was annoying and the jumping in of new enemies that prevented you from leaving a jump point was infuriating as hell.

All in all it is quite a shitty game, but one can get used to almost anything and everything has a few fans somewhere. If GOG would get this game I would be fine with that, I just wouldn't buy it.

Fair enough, but you have to remember that Spoony is an entertainer. His schtick is getting ludicrously pissed off over small problems. I have never played Privateer 2, but I'm willing to bet that Spoony is picking the game apart and only showing us the bad parts. Regardless, I'm not going to play it, so I'm not really sure why I feel the need to judge.

Any news ?

I am trying old games on mi W7 computer and as i wrote on other post, i will try this game, if i can in my W7. I havent had problems with sound in my retired w95 computer, i have more problems playing, when you get in the same nav point, with pirates and police/soliders battle. If you fire at a pirate and miss some hits, that got onto a solider/police craft, you could not get rid of the situation, you need to destroy them, it becomes you on the sigth of every body in the galaxy, or run, but as people said before, if you have enemies on the radar you can not scape. So its easy to get it on the box again and do not play in a long time. But, i still like it.