Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA

Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA
Studio	Kesmai
Publisher	Kesmai
Erstveröffent- lichung	1991
genre	Ego shooter
Game mode	Multiplayer
language	English

Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA is a battle simulation and a massively multiplayer online game by the American developer Kesmai for the online service GEnie . The player controls a large combat robot ( Mech ) as a pilot (so-called MechWarrior ) and engages in battles with other players. It is a licensed product for the science fiction tabletop BattleTech from FASA Corporation . It went online in December 1991. Kesmai developed two successors, Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris (1996) and Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 (2001).

description

The game is set in the time before the clan invasion. Players could register as members of one of the five ruling houses (Federated Suns, Lyran Commonwealth, Draconis Combine, Confederation Capella, League of Free Worlds) or as independent mercenaries. All houses fought for sovereignty over different planets. Agreements and exchanges between the players were initially carried out via a text chat, in order to then compete in team battles with three other players. The action of the battles is shown from a cockpit perspective. Strategic elements like repairs, supply lines and different mechs.

Kesmai secured the rights to MechWarrior to offer a land-based counterpart of its successful online flight simulation Air Warrior . Activision 's first MechWarrior engine has been adapted for online play. The game went online in December 1991. The player paid a certain amount per hour, the American game magazine Computer Gaming World named the price six dollars an hour in May 1993 and four dollars in May 1994.

reception

reviews publication Rating CGW 4/5

"MPBT offers the long-term satisfaction of role-playing combined with the quick-playing thrill of a simulation."

"MPBT offers the long-term satisfaction of a role play in combination with the quick kick of a simulation."

- M. Evan Brooks : Computer Gaming World

The gaming magazine Computer Gaming World awarded Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA from 1994 as an online game of the year.

In 1996, Kesmai published the successor multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris via various online services such as AOL or GameStorm . While working on another successor, Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 , Kesmai was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1999. The title went into open beta in 2001, but was discontinued in December after the company closed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Justin Olivetti: The Game Archaeologist: Multiplayer BattleTech. In: Massively Overpowered. May 16, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2019 (American English). 
2. ^ A Survey of On-Line Games . In: Computer Gaming World . No. 106, May 1993, p. 84. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
3. ^ ^{A b c} M. Evan Brooks: Strategic Space Games from 2000 to Infinity . In: Computer Gaming World . No. 118, May 1994, pp. 42-58.
4. ^ Announcing The New Premier Awards . In: Computer Gaming World . No. 119, June 1994, p. 52.