Years come and go, things change, you mature, but you never forget your first...

fgmenth · 1 year

Bandits are hostile. Repeat. Bandits are hostile...

bigbabich · 1 year

I want my fucking Mechwarrior 5!

shawric · 1 year

http://mechlivinglegends.net/

Mech mod for crysis

Abbelwoi · 1 year

Group fire, engaged

YES! Feel the wrath of my nine large ER Pulse lasers!

Shutting down

Quazatron · 1 year

Shutting down.

captainktainer · 1 year

I actually came to it ass-backwards; my first mech game was Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. When it came time to play Mechwarrior 2 I was all manner of confounded. "Why can't I buy nice things? Where are my 100,000,000 C-Bills?" Ah, dumb childhood.

ramp_tram · 1 year

This is the only game that has the right to be called MW2.

metafork · 1 year

One of the best thing about this game: you could pop the CD into a CD player and listen to the soundtrack. Still have it.

gridpoet · 1 year

you're right about that... my first just happens to be THE first... Mechwarrior

Liquado · 1 year

Oh man, played so much of this -- my first intro to online gaming via the Kali network. CWV forever!

Testosteroneboy · 1 year

Dire Wolf, Firemoth, Gargoyle, Hellbringer, Kit Fox, Mad Dog, Nova, Stormcrow, Summoner, Timber Wolf, Warhammer.

STORMCROW, MAD DOG, HELLBRINGER.

JOLLYRANCHERR · 1 year

Reactor online! Sensors online! Weapons online! All systems nominal!

Fuuuu now I gotta go find this game and install it.

kregon · 1 year

Also my first, and what kicked off a gaming habit over a decade and going strong. For some reason console games just couldn't hook me like MW2 did. It was probably the giant robots.

Kni7es · 1 year

Hey freeborn noobs: You see that mech up there in the picture? That's called a TIMBERWOLF, not a "Mad Cat." It's not a cat that is mad. It's 75 tons of pure omnimech win. It'll blow you apart at any range. It'll fuck your mother and then leave without cuddling. And it'll make you want to reinstall this game. Every. Single. Time.

Hans_Sanitizer · 1 year

http://www.mektek.net The latest thing I've played along these lines, and it's free. Still looking forward to hawken.

iamaLobsterRabbit · 1 year

Descent!!!

salamysamich · 1 year

This was the first computer game I actually played. Came with the computer my dad bought.

scrogu · 1 year

My first mechwarrior game: http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/9407/722437-23856_boxshot_1_large.jpg

DariusBlack · 1 year

I hate these karma whoring nostalgia threads. But I can't bring myself to downvote Mechwarrior...

laxpulse · 1 year

what happened to the new mechwarrior game coming out supposedly? I've heard nothing since there was that gameplay footage a few months ago

DonkBot · 1 year

I got the Microsoft Sidewinder joystick with this.

Omnicis · 1 year

Anyone else always get in a firefight with your superior in the basic training?

Even when you didnt yet have weapons, I would ram into him. Condescending prick he was.

d889 · 1 year

no Earthsiege?

I am disappoint.

Draaaan · 1 year

Ahh, yes. I started with Mechwarrior 3 personally, and it's what really got me into the mech games.

How come they don't seem to be too popular anymore? AC4's online was pretty inactive, and I was pretty sad when Exteel shut down since it was my last online mech game.

Of course, I expect Hawken to fix that, but still :(

Smith244 · 1 year

I remember I use to be in a BattleTech club in 7th grade, and when this came out it was the coolest thing ever to be able to control all those mechs that previously use to be just on a piece of paper and in your imagination.

Toast_One_Seven · 1 year

First time I ever used real tactics in a game.

shifty1776 · 1 year

Starsiege.

no_puppets_here · 1 year

And then MechAssault happened and I DIED INSIDE.

I was so stoked and they just shit all over everything.

Edit: also wanted to note, this, Descent, Magic Carpet, and Ultima Underworld 2 were pretty much my introduction crash-course into PC gaming.

One of my babysitters growing up was this big fat bearded dude; mom would leave me with him in his dorm room and we'd basically chill all night and play video games.

UrzaJR · 1 year

My first mech type game was Heavy Gear <.<, anyone else ever play that?

xdestron · 1 year

Particle Projectile Cannon

shocksopping · 1 year

This is one of the first games I install every time I format my computer. I just run a random mission every now and then for the hell of it.

Omnicis · 1 year

I still have the disk of this game within 2 feet of me, but cant find an accurate tutorial on getting it to work in windows 7. hmph.

Liktwo · 1 year

yeeehaw! this was the first pc-game i actually bought. still do not regret it. :)

pz4 · 1 year

Actually, this is the second. Mechwarrior game.

barleyarley · 1 year

My First: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_Menace <3

CrossHatch · 1 year

I still have the ripped soundtrack from the Game CD in my collection. Great music.

Resistance92 · 1 year

i grew up playing MW4 on a P3 and regular starcraft. Ghost Recon was my first FPS...aww i miss those days.

Nassaka123 · 1 year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQPWE_M_EM the shit

VJamz · 1 year

My first PC game ever was Mechwarrior 1... God I have chills just remembering the series.

winegums · 1 year

Rep for Kali and the Grand Council league. Where my crew at?

cygonsilent · 1 year

never forget where you came from!

Stormdancer · 1 year

The best, all around.

There were so many that were almost great, but... nobody else handled salvage RIGHT. It actually paid to carefully target legs, or heads, because you could salvage everything that wasn't damaged, not just some random 'treasure roll'.

SquidsAhoy · 1 year

I used to love consoles (specifically Nintendo) until this beauty came into my life through my brother. We'd purchased our first computer with windows 3.1, totally bitchin, and on our way out of costco my bro asked for a two button Microsoft joystick that came with the game. Needless to say, I hit gaming puberty and started to notice computer games after that, though the relationship was awkward.

UwasaWaya · 1 year

Best part? The heatsink bug. Keep reducing heatsinks and they'll go below zero infinitely. All that extra weight = walking wall of PPCs & armor. Had to put on the No Heat cheat immediately though, since walking caused you to instantly explode.

pgan91 · 1 year

Delta force. Oh my god. That game was amazing.

coonskinmario · 1 year

This may be obscure (puts on hipster glasses), but does anyone remember Cyberstorm? It was an old turn-based strategy that I loved as a kid, and it was similar to Mechwarrior.

Robotochan · 1 year

The first time I understood that I'd need to upgrade my PC to play a game.

Needed to ditch that 486 DX33, get a P90.

eskimomatt · 1 year

well - second...

chris15118 · 1 year

Die clanner!

caserock · 1 year

I've played Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries for about 18 hours over the past two days. It's come a LONG way.

Jeembo · 1 year

I never played this, but my first was similar - G-Nome. Awesome game, that.

stevesan · 1 year

Reactor. Online.

wei-long · 1 year

My Favorite Strategy: LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM LRM Mission Accomplished.

theredbaronx · 1 year

I still hum some of the music from this game unknowingly. Then I catch myself. Finally, I realize where the music is from. Cheers! awesome game.

I liked the Collectible Miniatures game as well later on (which also died.), as well as mech 3 & 4.

ZarZad · 1 year

I have high hopes for Hawken!

prodeath · 1 year

This game called me wetnose ;_;

somatherapy · 1 year

Look at the bright side kid, you get to keep all the money.

Emceegus · 1 year

Reactor: online Sensors: online Weapons: online All Systems Nominal

killyridols12 · 1 year

first videogame i ever bought with my own money. there are not words to describe how epic of a game this was. kids just don't know today.

bobmighty · 1 year

This came with my IBM Aptiva years ago. Complete with the ATI 3D Rage graphic card. I was more of an Earth Siege guy myself.

delqath · 1 year

My mom beta tested this game when I was a kid, my mind was so blown when I first saw the graphics load... before this my video games really only consisted of Commander Keen and Jazz Jackrabbit

tommysmuffins · 1 year

One of my favorite games of all time. And the music was top-notch

Arkham Bridge

oegin · 1 year

Jesus Christ, I feel old! I played the original Mechwarrior on my family's IBM compatible 386.

mechman991 · 1 year

My username is named after the Mech Warrior series.
In fact, so is my e-mail address.
And my gaming tag.
Thanks OP for the good-times throwback. :)

Artisane · 1 year

This and EarthSiege.

ssj4megaman · 1 year

Mechwarrior is my ABSOLUTE most favorite game of all time. God what I would do to play it again for the first time....

Anyway, did anyone ever play the BATTLETECH 3025 BETA back in 2000-2001? BEST thing ever.

BlackPride · 1 year

I was a Battletech fan.

Battletech.

MRB0B0MB · 1 year

fucking love this game.

duxup · 1 year

Wire frame mode = awesome.

MaiinStream · 1 year

this post brought tears to my eyes...i will never enjoy gaming like I did back then again

Switch382 · 1 year

I just nostalgia'd so hard, thanks Thor the memories.

ModernRonin · 1 year

Bah, whippersnapper!

Mechwarrior 1 was the first mech game I ever played... as well as the first game I ever cracked (NuMega Soft-Ice for DOS, FTW!).

Get off my lawn! ;]

donte69 · 1 year

Played this back on Kali, loved it but always got my arse beat...

ronincowboy · 1 year

This makes me feel old since my first was Crescent Hawks Inception for the C64. Sadly I never realized the series was based on a board game until the mid-90's.

TheFryingDutchman · 1 year

God, I remember playing a mission in the expansion pack (Ghost Bear's Legacy) and there's a mission where you have to defend a base in the middle of a snow storm. Suddenly red lights beep everywhere on your radar. "Enemy mechs... DETECTED." But where? Radar indicates they are all around you. The snow is bad, but not that bad... you look up and realize, suddenly, that enemy mechs are freaking DROPPING FROM THE SKY.

jollyblueman · 1 year

For those of you that havent seen it, a few years ago they came out with a MW5 trailer....and without further ado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orhOvbfyyJw

There is a big legal battle going on or at least there was last time i checked, we may never see this hit the light of day.

Xuande · 1 year

FUCK YES. First PC game I bought. Had to buy a 16mb RAM upgrade and everything.

Raptor007 · 1 year

One of my all-time favorites! I still play this in DOSBox. :¬)

Oh man, NetMech over Kali was amazing. That was the only time in my life I've ever joined a game clan: Clan Nova Cat (later merged with Clan Jade Falcon) in the Grand Council.

Later, NetMech got a resurgence in the Mac community when it was added to GameRanger. I had a blast DFAing newbies until they finally figured out how to dodge it. Unfortunately NetMech stopped working when ISPs stopped handing out routable IP addresses to everyone.

Fuxley · 1 year

Fucking AWESOME game, I had a Microsoft Sidewinder for this at the time (Well my Dad did). Oh god the memories.

I actually recall playing this on the playground, pretending to be Mech Warrior's in my 5th year of school. Ha!

jessBlanc · 1 year

One of the greatest videogame soundtracks of its time.

Cat_Boy · 1 year

FFFFFUUUUUUUUU

cryptoglyph · 1 year

Embrace cowardice?

Flee to DOS?

reverie · 1 year

Loved this game so much. I remember my dad coming up with this with the Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. This game actually scared me a bit when I was younger because of how dramatic the game felt... glorious soundtrack, engrossing sound effects, and "photo-realistic" graphics (erm, at the time).

If you're on a Battletech nostalgia kick right now, definitely check out the Mechcommander intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQPWE_M_EM. Another favorite of mine... never finished it because it was hard as hell. I remember downloading the demo for Mechcommander. On the popular game demo websites, they'd have a warning about the massive download size (e.g. "be sure to pull up a chair" or "keep your modem plugged in overnight!"). I think it was something like 96MB.

mvw2 · 1 year

Awesome genre.

For anyone curious, look up: Mech Warrior Living Legends (MWLL)

It plays on the Crysis game, so you need that too, but it's a fan made Mech Warrior game, still in pretty early stages but has been public for a while now.

zaran1 · 1 year

If you liked MW then check out Hawken. http://www.hawkengame.com/blog/media

MelancholyOcelot · 1 year

You bastard, you bloody bastard. I've been at work for 13 minutes and I come across this.

I now have to wait the entire day to go home and try to find a copy of this game. AGONY

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