Mechcommander

[mr_m0nks]

Not sure if anyone knows (or cares for that matter!) but you can download the games from the MechCommander series for free (legally) from:

http://mechcommander.org

[kengou]

I've only played MC2 but it's really good, fans of mechs or battletech or tactics games should definitely check it out!

[StoofooEsq]

MechCommander is great. I usually skip Tactics games, but that and Jagged Alliance 2 are the only PC games in the genre (real-time or turn-based) I actually enjoy going back to playing.

[mr_m0nks]

I preferred the first MechCommander game, I know its more heavily dated the MC2 but the level design just seems more refined.

[Mortificator]

If you want to be hardcore and roll for initiative and shit, there's Megamek, an electronic version of the classic BattleTech wargame that MechWarrior/MechCommander/MechAssault are based on. I haven't touched it in a couple of years, but I used to play pretty heavily online.

[Ed Oscuro]

Wait what? Doesn't Microsoft still own BattleTech?

And Mechcommander 2 won't run on my ol' Win98 laptop, BOO

[Vexorg]

Microsoft no longer owns any of it. Smith and Tinker bought the IP rights to it after MS closed down FASA studio.

[Ruldra]

I played both MechCommanders before and I too think the first one is better. But no matter how hard I tried, I never got past the first few levels in the first game. Your mechs are too weak and die quickly to the Clan ones. Not sure if I suck or if this game is harder than usual (maybe the former).

[ncp]

I prefer http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/de ... esktop.php

For some reason seeing the word "Commander" in a game title reminded me of this video that I haven't seen in YEARS. Also the text size thing was changed?

[neist]

Hey, thanks for the heads up!

I loved these games. I was actually looking for my copy the other day. I think I must have lost it.

[mr_m0nks]

If you have vista like me (boo hiss) and have problems getting the original game to run, just copy and paste the entire contents of the .iso into a suitable file on your HD, and then run the .exe. It should work fine as none of the files on the disk are compressed.