<s>
Multiplayer	B-Application
BattleTech	I-Application
:	I-Application
Solaris	I-Application
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
multiplayer	B-Application
BattleTech	I-Application
computer	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
AOL	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Kesmai	B-Application
's	O
(	O
later	O
named	O
GameStorm	B-Application
)	O
game	O
service	O
between	O
1996	O
and	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
AOL	O
initiated	O
its	O
hourly	O
pay-for-play	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
players	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
GameStorm	B-Application
service	O
,	O
which	O
operated	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
until	O
its	O
purchase	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Multiplayer	B-Application
BattleTech	I-Application
:	I-Application
EGA	I-Application
;	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
turn	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Multiplayer	B-Application
BattleTech	I-Application
3025	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
named	O
Multiplayer	B-Application
BattleTech	I-Application
:	I-Application
Solaris	I-Application
as	O
number	O
two	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
10	O
Online	O
Game	O
Picks	O
"	O
,	O
reasoning	O
that	O
"	O
Kesmai	B-Application
's	O
newest	O
first-person	O
BattleTech	B-Application
game	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
glitz	O
of	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
stand	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
-	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
subtle	O
,	O
almost	O
truer-to-life	O
game	O
...	O
"	O
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
named	O
the	O
Multiplayer	B-Application
Battletech	I-Application
series	O
collectively	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
10	O
Best	O
Sci-Fi	O
Simulations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
Steve	O
Bauman	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
definitive	O
online	O
BattleTech	B-Application
experience.	O
"	O
</s>
