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Revision as of 11:01, 23 November 2013

MechWarrior
MechWarrior cover
Developers
Dynamix
Publishers
Activision
Release dates
DOS September 16, 1989
MechWarrior on Wikipedia
Subseries of BattleTech
MechWarrior 1989
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat 1995
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries 1996
MechWarrior 3 1999
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance 2000
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries 2002
MechWarrior: Living Legends (unofficial game) 2009
MechWarrior Online 2012
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries 2019
MechWarrior 5: Clans 2024

Key points

The manual is required to pass the startup copy protection.

General information

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Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run MechWarrior correctly in DOSBox make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:[1]

Game data

Game files location

Template:Game Location Table

In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

Video settings

In-game options menu

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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Issues fixed

Game freezes when completing a mission

Change mpu401=intelligent to mpu401=uart in the DOSBox configuration file (see run in DOSBox).

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 6.2
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA graphics card

References

  1. Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 32: MechWarrior