The Homeworld 2 soundtrack is not distributed by Sierra, but I wanted the music, so I asked someone to teach me how to extract the soundtrack from the game files. Here’s how I did it:

When you install Homeworld 2, there is a file called “Music.big” in the “Data” folder. I used Finalbig to extract all the files. Every “.fda” file is an audio file. I renamed the “.fda” files to “.aifr” and opened them in Winamp with the Relic AIF plugin. Then I used the Filewriter output plugin, set it to output to mp3 with the LAME mp3 encoder, and played through all the “.aifr” files (which caused Filewriter to make MP3 files from everything that was played). Then I just renamed my MP3s how I wanted and presto! - I have the Homeworld 2 Soundtrack!

It’s pretty awesome.

Yes, there was Grand Theft Auto before GTA III, kids - the best of which was GTA 2, which Rockstar will now let you download for free (along with the previously released GTA and Wild Metal).