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MechWarrior

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MechWarrior

MechWarrior is the first video game released in the BattleTech game series. MechWarrior was the first video game to offer the player a chance to pilot a BattleMech from the view of a pilot (a MechWarrior). With this game the player has a great deal of freedom when compared to many of the follow-up MechWarrior games, which include choosing missions, buying & selling 'Mechs and parts, hiring lance-mates, and traveling throughout the Inner Sphere. Underneath the major game mechanics, the player had the option of following a role playing style story arc that would unfold over a five-year (game time) period.

Released
31 December 1989
Developer
Dynamix
Publisher
Activision
Perspective
First person
Platforms
Sharp X68000 · DOS
Genres
Shooter · Simulator
Also known as
Battletech · Battletech: Ubawareta Seihai
75
Player rating
12
Ratings counted

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The story

The story follows a mechwarrior by the name of Gideon Braver Vandenburg. His family has been murdered and the chalice that proves he is heir to the throne of his planet, Ander's Moon, has been stolen. Without the chalice he is exiled. Gideon must develop a force of mechwarriors and battlemechs, find those who committed the acts against his family, and take his revenge within five years or all is lost. The story ends with the defeat of the Dark Wing Mercenaries.

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Platform releases

DOS
31 December 1989
Sharp X68000
10 July 1992

Series

BattleTech

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