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MechWarrior is the title of a number of games set in the fictional universe created for the tabletop wargame BattleTech. The term "MechWarrior" is also used to describe the pilot or operator of a BattleMech. A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ...
Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as wargames. ...
BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...
Technology in the BattleTech universe is quite diverse, including: BattleMechs Battlemechs from cover of the book The Legend of the Jade Phoenix by Robert Thurston Battlemechs from cover of the book Patriots and Tyrants by Loren L. Coleman Battlemechs from cover of the book Storms of Fate by Loren L...
Role-Playing Game The MechWarrior role-playing game has three editions and many expansions and adventures, the first of which was published in 1985 by FASA, bringing Japanese style mecha to an American audience. In addition, numerous fictional novels have been written that both create and flesh out the BattleTech world by such authors as Michael Stackpole. There is also an animated series. A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ...
This article is about the role-playing game company. ...
BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...
Michael Stackpole (born 1957) is, among other things, a science-fiction author best known for his Star Wars and Battletech books. ...
In order to reduce confusion between WizKid's MechWarrior: Dark Age games and the MechWarrior roleplaying game, FanPro (the current publisher of the RPG) has renamed the MechWarrior roleplaying game as "Classic Battletech RPG". Fantasy Productions (aka FanPro) is a German game company producing the German-language versions of Shadowrun, and BattleTech, and previously German-only Das Schwarze Auge fantasy Role-Playing Games. ...
Collectible Miniatures Game In 2002, WizKids released MechWarrior: Dark Age, a collectible miniature-based wargame similar to Heroclix and Mage Knight, distinct from the BattleTech wargame. In 2003, MechWarrior: Dark Age won the Origins Awards for Best Illustration 2002, Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Series 2002 and Game of the Year 2002. In 2005, WizKids updated MechWarrior: Dark Age. In conjunction with a rules overhaul, the game was renamed MechWarrior: Age of Destruction. WizKids, Inc. ...
A collectible (or collectable) is typically a manufactured item designed for people to collect. ...
Bavarian Napoleonic Infantry, 1811, from the historical wargame Volley & Bayonet. ...
HeroClix is a collectible miniatures game produced by WizKids, Inc. ...
Mage Knight is a miniatures wargame using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc. ...
BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...
Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as wargames. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Origins Awards, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, are presented at the Origins International Game Expo for outstanding work in the game industry. ...
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The Mechwarrior sets released so far are: Dark Age, Fire for Effect, Death from Above, Liao Incursion, Counterassault, Falcon's Prey, Age of Destruction, Firepower, Annihlilation, Domination, Vanguard and Wolf Strike. WizKids has also announced the release of action packs in the future, which will be non-randomized sets of figures, instead of continuing their system of randomized boosters.
Video Games
 Box for ActiVision's MechWarrior 2 for PC A number of computer and console games have been made based on the BattleTech universe, including several open source computer games attempt to create a computer version of the original BattleTech board game. Image File history File links Mechwarrior2box. ...
Image File history File links Mechwarrior2box. ...
BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...
Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
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Cockpit Simulators/ 3rd Person Action In these games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A 3rd person alternate view is available in Mechwarrior versions 2, 3 and 4. Both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively. Note: This article has been partially cleaned up with suggestions for further improvements added to the talk page This article covers technology and equipment from within the BattleTech (BT) fictional universe. ...
Combate Naval de Iquique - oil on canvas painting by Thomas Somerscales, XIX century Combat, or fighting, is purposeful violent conflict between one or more persons or organizations, often intended to establish dominance over the opposition. ...
A cockpit was a pit used for cockfighting, where owners would pit fighting birds against each other for the purpose of gambling. ...
Wind turbines The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits or modifies energy. ...
The Origins Awards, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, are presented at the Origins International Game Expo for outstanding work in the game industry. ...
Mechwarrior 2, Ghost Bear's Legacy and Mercenaries deal with the events immediately before, during and immediately after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.
Mechwarrior 3 and Mech Commander 1 are concerned with different parts of "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.
Mechwarrior 4, its expansions and Mech Commander 2 deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. As a follow-up to Mechwarrior 3, Mechwarrior 4 is generally considered by enthusiasts to be a disappointment, or even inferior.
MechWarrior is the first in a line of BattleTech video games of the same name. ...
An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ...
MechWarrior 3 was the first MechWarrior game not develped by Activision. ...
An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ...
An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ...
An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ...
An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ...
- Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA (1992) - One of the first online-dedicated Battletech/Mechwarrior games.
- Multiplayer Battletech: Solaris (1996) - Second of the online-dedicated games.
- Multiplayer Battletech: Inner Sphere Wars (2007) - Currently in production.
An online multiplayer game (OMG) is a video game that can be played over the Internet against other players. ...
- BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (1989) (review)
- BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge (1991) (review)
Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally use gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ...
Real-Time Tactics In these games, players control a company of BattleMechs using their computer mouse to give each of the units orders to move, attack, or capture an enemy base structure. A human fighter patrols local space around its carrier in Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. ...
Note: This article has been partially cleaned up with suggestions for further improvements added to the talk page This article covers technology and equipment from within the BattleTech (BT) fictional universe. ...
Operating a mechanical 1: Pulling the mouse turns the ball. ...
MechCommander was the first real-time tactics (RTT) video game based on FASAs BattleTech/MechWarrior franchise (though often being called a real-time strategy game), developed by FASA Interactive and distributed by MicroProse. ...
MechCommander 2 was nominally the follow up to the original Mechcommander real-time tactics video game based on the BattleTech/MechWarrior franchise, developed by FASA Interactive and distributed by Microsoft. ...
These are modifications of existing games from various genre's. They can be downloaded and played by anyone who owns a copy of the game they modify. 2004 Banshee car modification for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - replacement of original Banshee. ...
- Battletech: The Capellan Solution (Command & Conquer Generals) - A Real Time Strategy game pitting House Liao against the St.Ives Compact with the Star League Defence Force acting as peace keepers.
- MythWarrior (Myth 2: Soulblighter) - Not directly set in the Battletech universe, this modification draws heavily upon it, turning Myth 2's mid scale fantasy battles into futuristic skirmish combat.
Myth II: Soulblighter is the sequel to the computer game Myth, developed by Bungie Software. ...
Game Consoles There are several BattleTech games made for the game console market: BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...
The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a popular video game console. ...
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ...
MechWarrior is a first-person action game for the SNES based on the Battletech universe. ...
Mechwarrior 3050 is the second Battletech based game from Activision for SNES. This time around its viewed in a isometric view as opposed to the first person view of the previous game. ...
The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ...
Mechwarrior 3050 is the second Battletech based game from Activision for SNES. This time around its viewed in a isometric view as opposed to the first person view of the previous game. ...
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The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
See also: Xbox 360 The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ...
MechAssault was the first Mech video game for the Microsoft video game console, Xbox. ...
- MechAssault: Phantom War (2006)
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Arcade - MechWarrior 4: Vengeance - Part of a three game Microsoft arcade machine.
- Battletech: Firestorm - A true BattleMech cockpit simulator created by Virtual World Entertainment.
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Feature Film Electric Entertainment, a Hollywood production company founded by Dean Devlin, currently holds the option to produce a feature film based on the Mechwarrior universe. In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in development hell. Production company formed by Dean Devlin, which has produced Cellular, Flyboys and Who Killed the Electric Car?. ...
Dean Devlin is a former actor and current screenwriter and producer. ...
In finance, an option is a contract whereby one party (the holder or buyer) has the right but not the obligation to exercise a feature of the contract (the option) on or before a future date (the exercise date or expiry). ...
// Development hell is media-industry jargon for a film, television screenplay or computer game[1] (or sometimes just a concept or idea) getting stuck in development and never going into production. ...
An independent producer, Carl Obremski, has taken personal initiative to lead a grassroots movement to help convince independent investors that a Mechwarrior film is financially viable. There is a petition on the producer's website for fans to get the movie into theaters. (website) The site is also producing a ten minute short film project. Investment is a term with several closely related meanings in finance and economics. ...
WizKids has announced a five minute MechWarrior student video with the DAVE (Digital Arts and Video Effects) School. WizKids, Inc. ...
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MechCommander • MechCommander 2
MechAssault • MechAssault 2 • MechAssault: Phantom War MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present. ...
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It has been suggested that Multiplayer game be merged into this article or section. ...
MechWarrior is the first in a line of BattleTech video games of the same name. ...
MechWarrior 3 was the first MechWarrior game not develped by Activision. ...
MechCommander was the first real-time tactics (RTT) video game based on FASAs BattleTech/MechWarrior franchise (though often being called a real-time strategy game), developed by FASA Interactive and distributed by MicroProse. ...
MechCommander 2 was nominally the follow up to the original Mechcommander real-time tactics video game based on the BattleTech/MechWarrior franchise, developed by FASA Interactive and distributed by Microsoft. ...
MechAssault was the first Mech video game for the Microsoft video game console, Xbox. ...
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