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Man. I'm about to feel SUPER old...
Mekton and Mekton Zeta. Though the Mekton creation rules were REALLY convoluted unless you had Mekton Zeta+, I loved the character creation aspect where you could play either a "Rookie" or a "Veteran" -- Veterans basically got more skills, but gained them more slowly, while Rookies had fewer skills and gained them more quickly. Also, random character generation! Very Gundam-esque in most cases, but could totally be used to emulate things like Macross or Zoids or whatever, really. Even something devoid of giant robots (though why would you do that? ;_;)
As mentioned previously, Cyberpunk 2020 is amazing. Like, wow. Anyone who's anyone is chromed, and being chromed is the way of the future! Rocker Boys, Solos, Nomads... in a lot of ways, I consider it the precursor to Shadowrun, sans magic and fantasy races. It's more... I don't know how to summarize it without linking to a million articles. Blade Runner-ish? Cyber-gangs roam the dilapidated streets, human chop-shops in the seediest corners, Megacorps rule the world, everyone's "plugged in", et cetera, et cetera. Also, this.