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MechWarrior

In 3017, when Herras Ragen was 12, his father Colonel Joseph T. Ragen, a soldier in the House Davion army, was working to infiltrate and destroy a renegade mercenary cartel called the Dark Wing Lance. However…

26 February 1993

MechWarrior is a shooter developed by Beam Software, released 26 February 1993 on Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What MechWarrior is

MechWarrior is a shooter game developed by Beam Software and released in 1993. It was published by Activision. It is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In 3017, when Herras Ragen was 12, his father Colonel Joseph T. Ragen, a soldier in the House Davion army, was working to infiltrate and destroy a renegade mercenary cartel called the Dark Wing Lance. However, he was discovered, and the Dark Wing took their revenge: somehow, they had learned the location of the Ragen family's residence. Under cover of night they attacked, killing everyone. Only young Herras, who was at a friend's house at the time of the massacre, survived. Unbeknownst to him, the Dark Wing made an agreement that after the strike, they would separate for ten years and maintain an absolute code of secrecy before regrouping again to continue their nefarious operations. Now…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the BattleTech series

MechWarrior is the fourth of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. The next entry was MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat in 1995.

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When did MechWarrior come out?
MechWarrior was released on 26 February 1993 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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