Post by Ironnerd on Jan 20, 2020 16:13:36 GMT
Not long after Battletech was introduced in table-top form, it arrived in digital form as well.
From 1989, we have MECHWARRIOR [LINK], the first First Person Battlemech simulator. It was actually a fun game way back when. Especially once I figured out that I could actually AIM at the HEAD.
Mechwarrior 2 [LINK] came out in 1996 and destroyed my already lame social life. I actually bought a computer just to play this game.
Since then we have seen Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries, Mechwarrior 3, Mechwarrior 4, and Mechwarrior 4.
The MechCommander series provided real-time strategy play in the Battletech universe.
Of course there were the Crescent Hawk games.
There were also various Battletech and Mechwarrior games for Sega and Nintendo 8- and 16-bit console systems
Now, of course, we have BATTLETECH by Hairbrained Schemes.
There are, however some alternatives out there.
RogueMek [LINK], is an on-line interpretation of Battletech that uses ASCII symbols (thus the "ROGUE" in "RogueMek")
MegaMek [LINK] is an excellent port of the tabletop game to the computer. It's as close to the pen-and-paper system as Software is going to get, and it's really fun. It's really nice to have the copmuter do all the table-chasing.
From 1989, we have MECHWARRIOR [LINK], the first First Person Battlemech simulator. It was actually a fun game way back when. Especially once I figured out that I could actually AIM at the HEAD.
Mechwarrior 2 [LINK] came out in 1996 and destroyed my already lame social life. I actually bought a computer just to play this game.
Since then we have seen Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries, Mechwarrior 3, Mechwarrior 4, and Mechwarrior 4.
The MechCommander series provided real-time strategy play in the Battletech universe.
Of course there were the Crescent Hawk games.
There were also various Battletech and Mechwarrior games for Sega and Nintendo 8- and 16-bit console systems
Now, of course, we have BATTLETECH by Hairbrained Schemes.
There are, however some alternatives out there.
RogueMek [LINK], is an on-line interpretation of Battletech that uses ASCII symbols (thus the "ROGUE" in "RogueMek")
MegaMek [LINK] is an excellent port of the tabletop game to the computer. It's as close to the pen-and-paper system as Software is going to get, and it's really fun. It's really nice to have the copmuter do all the table-chasing.