I love the game, sadly under XP it doesn't seem to work. If you run everything in compatibility mode it realizes the game is installed, but doesn't go any farther than that. I wish I could play it again.....

It works under xp, you need to download Microsoft application compatibilty toolkit 5.0., then use this tutorial as an outline for creating a patch to make it work under XP, just change the compatability mode to 98/ME.

Heavy gear 2 works with XP. Here's how:

You need to download Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905078.aspx


Then use this tutorial as an outline for making a patch that will enable HG2 to work on XP. Just set the compatibility to 98/ME.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456983.aspx