The CD case was all warped due to heat, the CD didn’t survive either :/
How long was it there? Some years, i think
Infocom Presents… The Crescent Hawks, Revenge
i spent so much time playing that and never getting past a few missions.
holy hell, i tried to play this game as a wee kiddo, but I could never figure it out.
Are there any good modern mech warrior style games?
If you want to feel like a big, stompy, slow robot, there aren’t many choices besides Mechwarrior 5. Armored Core also features big robots, but they’re considerably more agile - they’re gundams, if you will.
Vox Machinae seems to be very close in spirit to Mechwarrior style. Also supports VR.
Front Mission games are turn based tactical RPGs and you can customize your mechs a lot.
EDF (Earth Defense Force) 4, 5 and 6 has some mechs you can bring and pilot in some missions, though it’s not the focus of the game.
Front Mission games are turn based tactical RPGs and you can customize your mechs a lot.
It’s worth mentioning that as a Square/Enix property, the mech customization is much more Final Fantasy than Mechwarrior though. It doesn’t matter to me, but it doesn’t have that “paper doll” UI that is core to Mechwarrior style games. That said, the actual mech body is far more customizable with swappable legs and arms.
Have you tried latest Mechwarrior games?
That sounds like a perfect fit ngl.
That is some true lostech there, quiaff?
I think I have the game disk within the CD stacks
loved the music in this game!!! still listen to it from time to time
This game had some of the most immersive hardware controls and interfaces. It supported a Thrustmaster Mark 2flight stick for your right hand control to aim your weapons:
…a Thrustmaster Mark 2 throttle control for walking speed:
… Thrustmaster pedals for torso twist:
…and even i-glasses VR headset (with head motion tracking that would turn the Mech pilots head inside the cockpit!)
Woah, whhaaa?! That game came out in like 1995. I played it and thought it was great but had no idea it had all the hardware compatibility you’re pointing out!
Yeah, me either. I just played it with a keyboard.
At that time I had 2 voodoo 3d cards in sli mode and could play anything voodoo compatible in 3d with glasses.
It was cool but it was, is and will always be very niche (stereoscopic viewing).
That’s super cool! Did each eye get rendered from a slightly different position? Seems like the game itself would need to support that? Maybe I don’t really understand 3d graphics apis very well though.
Fuck me, I want to experience the game with all that hardware!
Seriously?? How is THIS the first I’m hearing about all this??
This game was the shit when it came out. All the force feedback controls were just perfect.
How was this all possible in 1995 but we had to wait for modders to make the latest MW have those features?
Because PGI are an absolute cumstain of a company that broke their promises of what they were going to do with the franchise right at the get go.
They watered down the flagship product (MW:Online) of them taking over the franchise to “appeal to a wider audience”, while cramming in greedy pay-to-win micro-transactions and alienated and pissed off all the long time fans that paid into the crowdfunding.
When revenue tanked, everything after that was progressively more “minimum viable product that has to work on an Xbox pad held by a five year old with one eye”.
Edit: If they ever do anything else with the franchise, I fully expect it to be 100% AI slop development and artwork.
That game came out in 94 or 95. I use to play it on a 486 DX2 50
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How long has it been since you’ve cleaned your car, kimosabe? 🤣
With TURBO MODE ON babyyyy
#BringBackTurboButtons, but now so we can underclock our PCs to save power and heat
When you press that button, everyone knows you mean business.
And keys. Physical keys.
Yeah! And power supplies that could power our monitors too!
Absolute classic. Great find! (Or re-find)
You should just retire that ford pinto.
Pop that disc into a CD player and listen to all the level background music!
4x4 Evolution too
I think you could do that with Quake too.
A lot of original PlayStation games as well
Monkey Island too!
“Make the turn!”
“Wetnose”
One of my first computer games. Always wished I had a joystick for it though.
Remember playing Mechwarrior 3050 on a SNES at a Funcoland. Top tier action right there.
Anyone else thought this had something to do with Robocop when they saw the mech in motion?
Can’t answer your question but I just played 3050 this week on a whim, and had a few hours of fun!!
When I was in my teens I played Mechwarrior, a LOT, with my friend Dan. I don’t remember what version it was at the time, but it was early on. One of us would build a Flea and try to take down the other in an ultra-heavy mech.
Dan died about 2 years ago. I just went on an emotional roller coaster for a few minutes. Hug your friends.
Sorry to hear about your friend, it sounds like you meant a lot to each other. I second that our friends all deserve to know how much we love them.
One of my favorite gaming memories is playing MW4: Mercenaries with roommates circa 2002, where I won the grand championship piloting a Cougar.
I hope those memories are great. Dan might no longer be with you or his family, but the memory lives on, cherish that. Be someone else’s Dan, too, there is always time :)
