Forum Overview :: Article Submissions :: 89. Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (1996, DOS/Windows 95/Mac)

[quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"]89. Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars Creator: New World Computing Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Year: 1996 Platforms: DOS, Windows 95, Mac <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/1513/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-the-succession-wars/">Mobygames link</a> Available through: gog, UbiSoft's Store, <a href="https://www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html">eXo W9x project</a> <a href="https://www.filfre.net/2023/02/sequels-in-strategy-gaming-part-3-heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii/">This is a really nice article</a> about Heroes II by the Digital Antiquarian, better than what I can do. In my late bildungsroman years, I was heavily involved with people that made text adventure games and so many of them went on to lead interesting, creative lives that I have followed in the years past. Jimmy Maher (the aforementioned Digital Antiquarian) made <a href="https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=9ntef9expou18abv">"The King of Shreds and Patches"</a> which is the greatest game ever to appear natively on the Amazon Kindle, as well as making it his job to write about old games. <a href="https://www.superverbose.com/2026/04/02/the-watchmen-bestiary-42-new-york-stories/">Paul O'Brian writes the greatest Watchman analysis blog</a>, several text game creators <a href="https://ifdb.org/search?searchfor=author%3AEmily+Short">worked</a> at video <a href="https://ifdb.org/search?searchfor=author%3ADan+Schmidt">game</a> <a href="https://ifdb.org/search?searchfor=author%3AAndrew+Plotkin">companies</a> or <a href="https://ifdb.org/search?searchfor=author%3AJon+Ingold">created them</a>, one of them made the greatest <a href="https://pinback.itch.io/booze-elroy">Pac-Man-inspired game</a>. Jimmy made it his job to do a deep-dive analysis on the same games that were on the shelf when I was working at Electronics Boutique during college, most of the games that he discusses are in a box in their jewel case in my attic. (I would swoop up PC games in 1995/1996/1997 when they went on sale. I don't know how I didn't have a net-zero income there.) Might & Magic (I and II specifically) came first and were brilliant CRPG "blobber" games, a genre we will see later in the list. I have a memory that HoMM2 was a favorite of Erik Wolpaw too, although I am struggling to find the source of this information. gog.com has HoMM2. It is the DOS version of the game that you get to play. <img src="https://www.caltrops.com/images/top100/homm201.png">[/quote]