MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries

Readme

In the readme, the recommended detail settings for each class of processors (P1, PII, ...) are listed. At the end of the list, there are the specs for a Cray supercomputer. The recommended settings for it are high detail on everything and a 1024x768 resolution (which the game does not support).

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • May 1997 (Issue #154) – Space Simulation Game of the Year
  • May 1997 (Issue #154) – Space Simulation Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)

3D OEM versions

"Mercenaries" was one of the games that used to be shipped with early 3D accelerator cards. That's probably because with its open 3D environments and detailed mech designs it was a great title to showcase the cards' capabilities. At least these specific versions are known to exist:

• 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics Edition

• ATI 3D Rage Edition

• PowerVR PCX2 Edition

• S3 Virge Edition

• Matrox Mystique Edition