Got more into Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project lately. Even it is indeed a hard game, unfortunately mostly because of it's controls so far.
In the FPS sequences it is playable with Mouse even with some problems, these have an much bigger effect in the space segments of this game. The mouse is very unresponsive and lacks sensivity mostly... i have to admit and i never thought that i would say that, but i actually would prefer the gamepad from Star Cruiser 1...
Additionally i got a new Land Tank in one of the first story missions, that has the ability to hover. Well, the controls got even worse with that. Because previously i was able to control it with the Arrow Keys.. Up and Down for moving for- and backwards and Left and Right for strafing, perfect for First-Person Shooting Action... but with the hover function the Controls changed, because the Arrow Up and Down is now for hovering up and downwards. But Left and Right is still for Strafing. The Problem is, that Forward and Backward is now accomplished with Numpad 8 and Numpad 2... but 4 and 6 are only change the direction you look, the same what you do with the Mouse.
So i have to use 2 Numpad Keys, 2 Arrow Keys and the Mouse at the same time in the FPS segments. Well, that was not a good game design decision imo.
Because i do not think, that the position of Arrow Keys and the Numpad were so much different on a PC-9800.
But apart from that, i am in the first Free-Form section of the game now, where i have to earn money with freely-chooseable missions in the whole solar system for better equipment until the next story mission appear.
So far i destroyed a VOID base on Mars, survived a Space Duel against the 'Dark Princess'in the Earth orbit and also shot down a Starfighter with a superweapon near Neptune (that was a very long flight...). Especially on the Neptune ride i also killed some Space Pirates for some bounty and also mined some Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt for ressources i could sell or to convert into some useful later.
Well i think that i should buy a better weapon very soon or atleast a booster for my current one, because the standard laser is already getting weak against some enemies i encounter in the Land Tank missions.