MechWarrior

MechWarrior

Developers
	Dynamix
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
DOS	September 16, 1989

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Requires the manual to answer copy protection questions.

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

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

• Change cycles=auto to cycles=4000
• Change mpu401=intelligent to mpu401=uart (this prevents a freeze when completing a mission)

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.GAM

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

Video settings

In-game options menu

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game freezes when completing a mission

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA, CGA, Tandy

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	6.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 286
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA graphics card