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  • MCarp22

    July 9, 2009 11:54 p.m. MCarp22 Reader

    Mechwarrior reveal trailer:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m6pw4o2n0

    I can't wait!

  • neon4891

    July 9, 2009 11:58 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

    i never played the old games, but i was a fan of the cartoon they had around '95 and the toys that went with it. Time to dig up those old robots

  • griffin729

    July 10, 2009 12:03 a.m. griffin729 New Reader

    Sweet. I have 2 problems. The laptop probably won't be able to handle it, and I no longer have the uber joystick of doom that I had for MW4.

  • Trans_Maro

    July 10, 2009 12:56 a.m. Trans_Maro HalfDork

    Very cool, the Warhammer was always my favourite.

    Shawn

  • Spinout007

    July 10, 2009 7:01 a.m. Spinout007 Reader

    Trans_Maro wrote:

    Very cool, the Warhammer was always my favourite.

    Shawn

    LOL I was just thinking the other day, while the newer clan design mechs are cool and offer a buttload of customization, you could do the same thing with some of the older designs....ie a Warhammer with er ppc's, streak SRM's, etc. I loved the ability to flip the arms, and have a full rear firing arc....MUHAHAHAHAHA anyway...my .02

  • MCarp22

    July 10, 2009 7:37 a.m. MCarp22 Reader

    Trans_Maro wrote:

    Very cool, the Warhammer was always my favourite.

    From what I understand, the harmony gold lawsuit thing has finally been settled, so we'll see the "classic" designs in this game.

    I can't wait to drive a Marauder again. It's been too long!

  • GameboyRMH

    July 10, 2009 7:47 a.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    griffin729 wrote:

    Sweet. I have 2 problems. The laptop probably won't be able to handle it, and I no longer have the uber joystick of doom that I had for MW4.

    For the laptop I can't help you, but for the ultimate Uber Joystick of Doom, get an Xbox 360 wireless controller for PC ($$ but worth it) and a Chatpad. The Chatpad won't work out of the box but you can use some mapping software to make it work like a full keyboard.

    That's what I'm getting for my badass gaming PC...it will be awesome

  • Spinout007

    July 10, 2009 8:28 a.m. Spinout007 Reader

    MCarp22 wrote:

    I can't wait to drive a Marauder again. It's been too long!

    +1 to that, between the Marauder's firepower, and the Locust's maneverability (close range with machine guns blasting into a knee joint works wonders) it has been way too long.

  • Xceler8x

    July 10, 2009 8:29 a.m. Xceler8x Dork

    Whoa. They haven't even set a budget for the game yet. That thing is AT LEAST 2 years out.

    That teaser vid looks pretty mean. I'd love to play something like that on the Xbox.

  • rebelgtp

    July 10, 2009 10:51 a.m. rebelgtp Dork

    Oh man I remember playing the old Mech Warrior games on my PC, I had the full on Flight joystick and weapons control system. Not the cheesy looking ones but the ones designed after like F-15 controls made playing that game so much fun. I remember we had a cyber cafe that had full immersion capsule with complete movement and that was the game on it.

  • Spinout007

    July 10, 2009 11:27 a.m. Spinout007 Reader

    rebelgtp wrote:

    Oh man I remember playing the old Mech Warrior games on my PC, I had the full on Flight joystick and weapons control system. Not the cheesy looking ones but the ones designed after like F-15 controls made playing that game so much fun. I remember we had a cyber cafe that had full immersion capsule with complete movement and that was the game on it.

    I had read about those kinds of places, I wasn't so lucky living out in the middle of nowhere to find a place like that. I'm SOOOOO jealous. LOL

  • griffin729

    July 10, 2009 12:47 p.m. griffin729 New Reader

    In reply to GameboyRMH:

    I checked again and it is also coming out for the 360, so that might just work for me. Then I wouldn't need to go buy a Chatpad.

  • Winston

    July 10, 2009 12:53 p.m. Winston Reader

    Excellent! Mechwarrior (1989) is still one of the best games ever. I remember copying it from my friend back in the day, but it was copy protected so he wrote down a few codes for me. I had to reboot it over and over again until one of the codes I had came up...

    I downloaded it for free the other night, now I'm trying to get it to work on DOSBox.

  • rebelgtp

    July 10, 2009 2:44 p.m. rebelgtp Dork

    Spinout007 wrote:

    I had read about those kinds of places, I wasn't so lucky living out in the middle of nowhere to find a place like that. I'm SOOOOO jealous. LOL

    Yeah the place was less than 2 miles from my high school and served GREAT coffee and even had Jolt, plus all kinds off food. Back 3/4s of the shop was the game rooms. There were the immersion capsules and various game stations. You could go in and play against your friends or play solo.

  • Volksroddin

    July 10, 2009 3:45 p.m. Volksroddin HalfDork

    I remember playing battle-tech, then mech warroir as a table top game and the Mech warroir games on X box wich futher conclued what my next system will be....

    BTW I still have alot of my battle tech stuff and some of my Mech warroir as well

  • Osterkraut

    July 10, 2009 4:46 p.m. Osterkraut Dork

    Dude, yes.

    I'll take a Cougar, please.

  • thatsnowinnebago

    July 10, 2009 6:50 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork

    yes please

  • MCarp22

    July 10, 2009 7:10 p.m. MCarp22 Reader

    Osterkraut wrote:

    Dude, yes.

    I'll take a Cougar, please.

    They're about 35 years away from the year when this game is set.

  • PHeller

    July 10, 2009 7:29 p.m. PHeller HalfDork

    Any idea on requirement specs?

  • Osterkraut

    July 10, 2009 7:46 p.m. Osterkraut Dork

    MCarp22 wrote:

    Osterkraut wrote:

    Dude, yes.

    I'll take a Cougar, please.

    They're about 35 years away from the year when this game is set.

    Dammit, I wasn't paying attention.

  • Trans_Maro

    July 10, 2009 7:47 p.m. Trans_Maro HalfDork

    If there's an online feature I can see a whole new activity emerging for GRM forum users.

    Shawn

  • Salanis

    July 10, 2009 8:24 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    rebelgtp wrote:

    I remember we had a cyber cafe that had full immersion capsule with complete movement and that was the game on it.

    Oh yeah, there was a chain of those, that I always used to go to. I forget the name of them. Those places were tons of fun. They also had a racing game, where you were racing down mining tunnels in hover carts; made more complicated by dodging obstacles and trying to not get blown up by your opponents.

  • ckosacranoid

    July 10, 2009 9:13 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork

    this is the first time i have seen a post about battletech on here....wow...... yes the news about battletech is so cool though......

 
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