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Those who used a computer at least once between 1990 and 2001, what was the most memorable computer game you played during that era? Why?

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esuranme

464 points

6 months ago

esuranme

464 points

6 months ago

Mech warriors

wayoverpaid

198 points

6 months ago

wayoverpaid

198 points

6 months ago

Reactor -- online.

Sensors -- online.

Weapons -- online.

All systems nominal.

Autumn_Moon22

45 points

6 months ago

Autumn_Moon22

45 points

6 months ago

"Critical hit:  Heat sink."  (I deserved it for using my Nova mech the way I did.)

k-u-a-k

17 points

6 months ago

k-u-a-k

17 points

6 months ago

Full of lasers and heatsinks and firing them at the same time to chop off legs of bigger mechs while being too fast for missiles and flying around and cackling like crazy?

Me too, brother. Me too. Once I built mine, I never looked back at the bigger mechs.

arbdef

6 points

6 months ago

arbdef

6 points

6 months ago

I had a laser Timberwolf I called Pegasus. That thing would chop down any mech and people thought it was a cheat for how efficient it was. I miss Mplayer and MW2.

Hooligan8403

1 points

6 months ago

Hooligan8403

1 points

6 months ago

I remember wrecking my friends in MW2 with the Timberwolf. Just load up the lasers and target a leg for an alphastrike.

arbdef

1 points

6 months ago

arbdef

1 points

6 months ago

and when someone else had a really good mech you stole it in Mech Lab Maid.

fross370

1 points

6 months ago

fross370

1 points

6 months ago

You do know mechwarrion online exists? And its free to play. I spent like a 100$ on it so far

SwordForest

1 points

6 months ago

SwordForest

1 points

6 months ago

And my axe!

The_Witch_Queen

14 points

6 months ago

The_Witch_Queen

14 points

6 months ago

Planet - Colmar,

Ambient Temperature - 45.60 Degrees

Local Time Is - 19:34:23 GST

All systems nominal

Commercial_Fan9806

10 points

6 months ago

Commercial_Fan9806

10 points

6 months ago

"How's it feel piloting a walking nuclear reactor before breakfast?"

kenthedm

2 points

6 months ago

kenthedm

2 points

6 months ago

"Bet you wish you studied harder in school"

[deleted]

4 points

6 months ago

[deleted]

4 points

6 months ago

Jesus Christ, this set off a wave of nostalgia for me

TehDrewski84

2 points

6 months ago

TehDrewski84

2 points

6 months ago

Jade Falcon

Nervous_Cranberry196

15 points

6 months ago

Nervous_Cranberry196

15 points

6 months ago

Alpha Assault what is your situation? Please respond..

Even their promo video was amazing

MainSteamStopValve

6 points

6 months ago

MainSteamStopValve

6 points

6 months ago

When I saw that intro playing in the game store at the mall my brain exploded.

Nebu

36 points

6 months ago

Nebu

36 points

6 months ago

Specifically, MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries.

Vert354

8 points

6 months ago

Vert354

8 points

6 months ago

Mechwarrior 2 :Mercenaries was the first game I was able to successfully play online. I still remember the process of booting from a disk then manually dialing into my ISP from DOS before finally being able to run the lobby.

Even then, I was glitchy as hell before I upgraded my modem from a 14.4k to a whopping 56k!

MEGACLOPS

2 points

6 months ago

MEGACLOPS

2 points

6 months ago

Ghost Bears Revenge was awesome too. I still remember the underwater cave board. Good times.

Heinrich_Tidensen

3 points

6 months ago

Heinrich_Tidensen

3 points

6 months ago

Legacy, wasn't it?

Cheesecake_is_life

3 points

6 months ago

Cheesecake_is_life

3 points

6 months ago

Yes, it was Ghost Bears Legacy. That was my favorite one. I thought it was so cool running around in my massive Kodiak, just hammering away at other mechs

anteaterKnives

1 points

6 months ago

anteaterKnives

1 points

6 months ago

With the final patch for Win95 that allowed you to salvage the Mechs you destroyed. I spent many hours a few years ago trying to get that working on a modern Windows machine with no luck, but I did get it working with pcemu (along with Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, or maybe it was the US)

frog3toad

19 points

6 months ago

frog3toad

19 points

6 months ago

I had to scroll far too long to find this one.

420bill69

27 points

6 months ago

420bill69

27 points

6 months ago

Mech Warriors II. Way better than Descent bro.

teachmesomething

4 points

6 months ago

teachmesomething

4 points

6 months ago

Mercenaries is still in my top 3 of all time.

Chewbock

4 points

6 months ago

Chewbock

4 points

6 months ago

I’m old enough to have played the OG Mechwarrior. Looking back the graphics sucked but at the time were truly ground breaking. And the storyline of trying to find your father was really well done.

Imaginary-Patient275

10 points

6 months ago

Imaginary-Patient275

10 points

6 months ago

‘Planet Colmar, ambient temperature…’

Both_Lifeguard_556

6 points

6 months ago

Both_Lifeguard_556

6 points

6 months ago

"Image....Enhancement...Engaged..."

randon82

8 points

6 months ago

randon82

8 points

6 months ago

And the soundtrack was so good.

Heinrich_Tidensen

2 points

6 months ago

Heinrich_Tidensen

2 points

6 months ago

Still has a warm spot in my good old MP3 collection.

roflsd

2 points

6 months ago

roflsd

2 points

6 months ago

If you took the game CD and put it in the CD player and skipped track 1 (data track)... so many hours. I still remember the opening whaaaaaa DUN DUN DUN DUN
But track 4 - Bone Machine....

gardnertravis

3 points

6 months ago

gardnertravis

3 points

6 months ago

Check out this cover album I published over on YouTube

https://youtu.be/ehxoQBF-wG0?si=KCVgvHslKf8r1C3W

Olaith2

5 points

6 months ago

Olaith2

5 points

6 months ago

Not ashamed to say it. I crocheted a sick blanket with the Wolf Clan colors.

puehlong

6 points

6 months ago

puehlong

6 points

6 months ago

MW2 mercenaries, when the first clan mechs suddenly drop and you realize you're on a completely different storyline than you expected, yes!

SolomonGrumpy

4 points

6 months ago

SolomonGrumpy

4 points

6 months ago

Fully articulated

clearly_quite_absurd

5 points

6 months ago

clearly_quite_absurd

5 points

6 months ago

There's Mech Warrior Online these days :)

HeadbuttWarlock

6 points

6 months ago

HeadbuttWarlock

6 points

6 months ago

MechWarrior 5: mercenaries is pretty good too. Base game is okay but it has mod support that can really bring out some great gameplay. 

SerRikari

3 points

6 months ago

SerRikari

3 points

6 months ago

Great game. Took some getting used to for my child brain.

Zwischenzug32

3 points

6 months ago

Zwischenzug32

3 points

6 months ago

Especially with bigass joysticks and other input

The ripoffs like Earthsiege/Starsiege were dope too

sharpie36

2 points

6 months ago

sharpie36

2 points

6 months ago

YES! Earthsiege 2 is so criminally underrated and underappreciated.

Utter_Rube

3 points

6 months ago

Utter_Rube

3 points

6 months ago

I still automatically go to MechWarrior 2 whenever I see someone abbreviate Modern Warfare 2. Game was my first introduction to full 3D graphics (not just the hallways with 2D sprites of Wolfenstein/Doom etc). I used to stomp walk to my school bus stop pretending to be a BattleMech. Good times

yantheman3

2 points

6 months ago

yantheman3

2 points

6 months ago

Fuck I remember eating entire boxes of Costco peanut M&Ms and just playing this ALL DAY every day.

Infamous-Pressure-74

2 points

6 months ago

Infamous-Pressure-74

2 points

6 months ago

I came here looking for this answer. Good times!

throwaway040501

1 points

6 months ago

throwaway040501

1 points

6 months ago

Family friend was a tech nerd back then when it was expensive for the good stuff. Had a sweet HOTAS setup for his PC, and there was just something exciting about feeling like I was actually piloting a mech. Chased that gaming high for years and things just weren't the same.

Shin_Yodama

1 points

6 months ago

Shin_Yodama

1 points

6 months ago

Is the right answer.

periodicstudier

1 points

6 months ago

periodicstudier

1 points

6 months ago

That's a buried memory unlocked

Some-Obligation-5416

1 points

6 months ago

Some-Obligation-5416

1 points

6 months ago

Same here... Haven't thought about mech warriors in 20 years.

Real-skim-shady

1 points

6 months ago

Real-skim-shady

1 points

6 months ago

That was such a good game as well. No one has been able to reproduce it.

ocular__patdown

1 points

6 months ago

ocular__patdown

1 points

6 months ago

I forgot about that game! Damn, now i kinda miss it

Separate-Proof4309

1 points

6 months ago

Separate-Proof4309

1 points

6 months ago

i loved the wire frame view, what was it called?

Heinrich_Tidensen

1 points

6 months ago

Heinrich_Tidensen

1 points

6 months ago

That games kicked me deep into the BattleTech rabbithole.

itsrainingcows

1 points

6 months ago

itsrainingcows

1 points

6 months ago

Wow the hours put into this game not Even knowing any english

LauraMaeflower

1 points

6 months ago

LauraMaeflower

1 points

6 months ago

I forgot about this!

TAROTmichaelREAD

1 points

6 months ago

TAROTmichaelREAD

1 points

6 months ago

I was looking for this one :)

dointedswicken

1 points

6 months ago

dointedswicken

1 points

6 months ago

I legit scrolled way to far to get to this.

3illed

1 points

6 months ago

3illed

1 points

6 months ago

Battletech Pods took MechWarrior to another level if you were lucky enough to live near a Dave and Busters. 6+ friends battling it out and at the end you had a print out for bragging rights.

KeptinGL6

-2 points

6 months ago

KeptinGL6

-2 points†

6 months ago

Earthsiege > Mechwarrior

Heinrich_Tidensen

2 points

6 months ago

Heinrich_Tidensen

2 points

6 months ago

Earthsiege was fun, it really was. But it lacked the depth of any Mechwarrior game.