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Looking for an old game: Battletech / Mechwarrior Universe setting
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Boudacca Sangrere
Caldari Provisions
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#1 - 2013-01-09 17:44:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Boudacca Sangrere
I used to play this game on my old Comodore Amiga (1989 - 90 ish i think). Basically, you built and fit mechs (actually almost similar to EFT) and then went head to head either with AI controlled mechs or against another player (turn based) on a hex map (top down view). Your pilots had stats, which eventually (slowly) improved. Anyone have an idea of the name and / or if it exists on a windows environment? Much obliged : )


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edit: I am pretty sure it was free ware back then.
Jenavee De'amore
New LIfe corp
#2 - 2013-01-09 18:23:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenavee De'amore
Sounds like Space Hulk or Space Crusade (meh probably wrong), vaguely remember playing it when I was little :D
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-01-09 18:29:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Kitty Bear
Battletech: The Crescent Hawks's Inception
was A1200 compatible



1 Disk, and a folded sheet of A3(ish) manual

Featured the WSP-1A WASP , all 20t of it Big smile
Boudacca Sangrere
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#4 - 2013-01-09 18:46:08 UTC
Kitty Bear wrote:
Battletech: The Crescent Hawks's Inception
was A1200 compatible



1 Disk, and a folded sheet of A3(ish) manual

Featured the WSP-1A WASP , all 20t of it Big smile


nice find, but that was not it. the graphics were very rudementary and the map was just a field of hexes ( mechs looked like little red crescent moons, on the map different colors indicated water (helped cool the mech), forrest (better camo), hills see further, etc. Some mechs could equip jump jets and landing a small mech on top of an Atlas and critting his head was just EPIC.

Damn, it has been a looong looong time....


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Thgil Goldcore
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-01-09 19:19:00 UTC
I believe the game your referring to is 'Mechforce'. There are alot of recreations of this as it appears to be a good game people wana code.

I do love the practice of preserving and restoring our gaming heritage. While I must admit this game is before the era I prefer to keep alive (I try my best to gather a collection of early 90's games, primarily the SNES era), cheers to the effort!
Boudacca Sangrere
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#6 - 2013-01-09 19:27:01 UTC
Thgil Goldcore wrote:
I believe the game your referring to is 'Mechforce'. There are alot of recreations of this as it appears to be a good game people wana code.

I do love the practice of preserving and restoring our gaming heritage. While I must admit this game is before the era I prefer to keep alive (I try my best to gather a collection of early 90's games, primarily the SNES era), cheers to the effort!




AWESOME FIND!!! That is the game! Man, it is sometimes oh so (bitter) sweet to revel in memories of times long gone.


btw, if i REALLY had to go to my gaming roots, I would have to go to "mule", an old, old multi player (hot seat) trading game....


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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#7 - 2013-01-09 22:21:11 UTC
dune on sega genesis was that game for me. leaving it on pause while I went to school, coming back and unpause... amigad
Calico-Jack Daniels
#8 - 2013-01-09 22:48:46 UTC
You know it's really this

I go well with Quafe...
Boudacca Sangrere
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#9 - 2013-01-10 09:10:00 UTC
Hehe, I know I may be going out on a limb here, and admittedly due to me not owning a PS3, Dust is a non issue, but HOW ******* cool would it be to fly some Jump ships and perform planetary landings with drop ships (a'la Battletech). Heck, I could imagine a whole slew of new security / distribution missions that way. Idea


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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#10 - 2013-01-11 03:58:09 UTC
Boudacca Sangrere wrote:
Hehe, I know I may be going out on a limb here, and admittedly due to me not owning a PS3, Dust is a non issue, but HOW ******* cool would it be to fly some Jump ships and perform planetary landings with drop ships (a'la Battletech). Heck, I could imagine a whole slew of new security / distribution missions that way. Idea


B.


that sounds exactly like everything I want in a game!

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