<s>
MechWarrior	B-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MechWarrior	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
pilot	O
a	O
BattleMech	O
from	O
the	O
view	O
of	O
a	O
pilot	O
(	O
a	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
game	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
freedom	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
follow-up	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
games	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
choosing	O
missions	O
,	O
buying	O
&	O
selling	O
mechs	O
and	O
parts	O
,	O
hiring	O
lance-mates	O
,	O
and	O
traveling	O
throughout	O
the	O
Inner	O
Sphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
and	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1992	O
and	O
1993	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Battletech	B-Application
:	O
Ubawareta	O
Seihai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
follows	O
a	O
mechwarrior	B-Application
by	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Gideon	O
Braver	O
Vandenburg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gideon	O
must	O
develop	O
a	O
force	O
of	O
mechwarriors	B-Application
and	O
battlemechs	O
,	O
find	O
those	O
who	O
committed	O
the	O
acts	O
against	O
his	O
family	O
,	O
and	O
take	O
his	O
revenge	O
within	O
five	O
years	O
or	O
all	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mechwarrior	B-Application
revolves	O
around	O
three	O
basic	O
elements	O
of	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mechwarriors	B-Application
,	O
too	O
can	O
be	O
hired	O
at	O
the	O
local	O
bar	O
with	O
ranging	O
levels	O
of	O
skill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1989	B-Application
's	O
Mechwarrior	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
BattleTech	B-Application
simulator	O
that	O
placed	O
the	O
user	O
within	O
an	O
actual	O
battlemech	O
to	O
pilot	O
in	O
first	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MechWarrior	B-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
nearly	O
100,000	O
copies	O
by	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rik	O
Haynes	O
of	O
ACE	O
scored	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
887	O
out	O
of	O
1,000	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Mechwarrior	B-Application
had	O
me	O
hooked	O
right	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
near	O
perfect	O
fusion	O
of	O
flight	O
-	O
(	O
tank	O
!	O
)	O
</s>
