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'''MechWarrior''' is a series of video games in the [[BattleTech]] universe. Unlike [[MechCommander]] or the [[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech video game]] which offer real time or turn-based control over [[lance]]s of [[BattleMech]]s, the MechWarrior games tend to place the player in control of a single 'Mech, most often in a simulation sense with the player the cockpit. Outside the [[BattleTech: The Animated Series]], the MechWarrior games are among the most notable and popular spin-off media from the table top game with both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.
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'''MechWarrior''' is a series of video games in the [[BattleTech]] universe. Unlike [[MechCommander]] or the [[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech video game]] which offer real time or turn-based control over [[BattleMech]]s, the core ''MechWarrior'' games tend to place the player in control of a single 'Mech, most often in a simulation sense with the player the cockpit.
  
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* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' - 1989 - Dynamix/[[Activision]] - DOS, Macintosh, Sharp X68000, NEC PC-9801
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The MechWarrior games are among the most notable and popular spin-off media from the BattleTech table top game with both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.
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* ''[[MechWarrior (SNES)]]'' - 1993 - Beam Software/Activision - Super Nintendo-  a heavily altered SNES port of the aforementioned ''MechWarrior'' PC game
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* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' - 1989, Dynamix/[[Activision]] - DOS, Macintosh, Sharp X68000, NEC PC-9801
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* ''[[MechWarrior (SNES)]]'' - 1993, Beam Software/Activision - Super Nintendo-  a heavily altered SNES port of the aforementioned ''MechWarrior'' PC game, effectively a separate game
 
* ''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]]'' & ''Ghost Bear's Legacy'' expansion pack - 1995, Activision - DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
 
* ''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]]'' & ''Ghost Bear's Legacy'' expansion pack - 1995, Activision - DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
 
* ''[[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]]'' - 1996, Activision - DOS, Windows, Macintosh
 
* ''[[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]]'' - 1996, Activision - DOS, Windows, Macintosh

Revision as of 16:21, 17 June 2020

This article is about the video game series. For other uses, see MechWarrior (disambiguation).


MechWarrior is a series of video games in the BattleTech universe. Unlike MechCommander or the BattleTech video game which offer real time or turn-based control over BattleMechs, the core MechWarrior games tend to place the player in control of a single 'Mech, most often in a simulation sense with the player the cockpit.

The MechWarrior games are among the most notable and popular spin-off media from the BattleTech table top game with both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.

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