I played this game almost as much as Civ when it came out but over time lost the original game. Bought the expansion pack years later but had the 'Illegal Copy' problem with both CDs and couldn't get any useful support. The Abandonia download does at least let me play the original campaign - I haven't tried loading the expansion CD into dosBox yet but I'll let you know if I have any success.
I think I still have the original manuals but I get the impression that making them available may be legally dubious. I imagine that the expansion CD isn't available here because it isn't yet 'abandoned' but I would happily upload a copy if and when it is.
I'd need to confirm this but my recall is that you could designate some units for campaign play. It was one of the options when you had a unit in a repair shop? Once you get to know the game this is probably too much of an advantage, experienced units are much more effective than fresh ones. A level 1 buggy may not do any bombard damage to a tecnotrak but it becomes much more useful once it gets 'wings' (by picking on demons to get early experience).
I didn't enjoy Battleisle 2220 nearly as much, strangely, though the gameplay was very similar. Sound and graphics were certainly improved and the storyline and some of the dubbed dialogue was almost as strange as the text in BattleIsle 2!
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