MechWarrior 3
A mech simulation featuring a new 3D accelerated graphics engine at the time of its release. The game contains over 20 missions, with access to 18 different mechs. A novelization called Trial Under Fire was…
MechWarrior 3 is a shooter developed by Zipper Interactive, released 31 December 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What MechWarrior 3 is
MechWarrior 3 is a shooter game developed by Zipper Interactive and released in 1999. It was published by Hasbro Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story opens with a short briefing of the Inner Sphere's Operation: Bulldog, a daring plan to eliminate the most hostile and vicious clan in the Inner Sphere: Clan Smoke Jaguar, led by Anastasius Focht and Victor Steiner-Davion. Operation Bulldog and Task Force Serpent have already completed their objectives, but there is one last operation left—the one with which the player is tasked—the disruption of a ranking Smoke Jaguar officer's attempt to rally and restore the Clan forces. This mission (codename: Damocles) is to destroy key Smoke Jaguar installations on the planet Tranquil, including a mech factory, a starport, a geothermal power plant, and the Smoke Jaguar control structure. The…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the BattleTech series
MechWarrior 3 is the 14th of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. The next entry was MechWarrior 4: Vengeance in 2000.
What it launched against
MechWarrior 3 launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.
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