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)…
MechWarrior is a shooter developed by Dynamix, released 31 December 1989 on DOS and Sharp X68000.
What MechWarrior is
MechWarrior is a shooter game developed by Dynamix and released in 1989. It was published by Activision. It is available on DOS and Sharp X68000.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
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 second of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. It arrived 12 months after BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception. The next entry was MechWarrior 3050 in 1993.
What it launched against
MechWarrior launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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