MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

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MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Product information
Type Video Game Supplement (Strategy Guide)
Author Joe Grant Bell
Pages 222
Publication information
Publisher Prima Publishing
First published 1998
ISBN-13 0-7615-0556-3
MSRP $19.99
Content
Era Clan Invasion era
Timeline 3059


Summary[edit]

MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide is a guide book for Microprose's 1998 computer game MechCommander set in the BattleTech universe. It provides information on the game mechanics, tips and strategies to completing the game. Chapter 3 provides Technical Readout style information on the 'Mechs that can be purchased. Chapters 6 through 10 give a walkthrough of the missions and how to complete them.

Canonicity[edit]

Like the computer game for which it is a supplement product, this book was produced under a valid license yet does not meet the criteria for canon. Its contributions to the BattleTech universe must thus be considered apocryphal.

From the back cover[edit]

You will know what it is to command.

Contents[edit]

  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Jordan Weisman
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - Essentials of 'Mech Command
    • Weapons & Equipment
    • 'Mech
    • Vehicle & Emplaced Defenses
    • Tactics & Techniques
    • Mission Walkthroughs
    • Multiplayer
    • Appendix
  • Chapter 2 - Weapons and Equipment
    • Inner Sphere Weapons
      • Energy Weapons
      • Projectile Weapons
    • Clan Weapons
      • Energy Weapons
      • Projectile Weapons
    • Miscellaneous Equipment
      • Sensors
      • Other Equipment
    • Weapon Availability
    • Comparisons
  • Chapter 3 - The BattleMech Roster
    • Inner Sphere BattleMechs
    • Clan 'Mechs
  • Chapter 4 - Vehicles and Emplaced Defenses
    • Vehicle Roster
      • Vehicles Available from Battalion
    • Other Enemy Vehicles
    • Emplaced Defenses
      • Automated Turrets
    • Vehicle and Non-'Mech in Summary
  • Chapter 5 - Tactics and Techniques
  • Chapter 6 - Operation 1: Beachhead
  • Chapter 7 - Operation 2: Skyhook
  • Chapter 8 - Operation 3: Vanguard
  • Chapter 9 - Operation 4: Lynchpin
  • Chapter 10 - Operation 5: Cutthroat
  • Chapter 11 - Multiplayer MechCommander Tips
  • Appendix Interview

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