MechCommander 1

Game overview

MechCommander was originally released on the 24th of June, 1998. The player is the commander of Zulu Company of the First Davion Guards, tasked with invading and liberating the planet Port Arthur from Clan Smoke Jaguar. There are 5 operations, each with 6 missions.

An expansion was released in 1999 called MechCommander: Desperate Measures, and is set immediately after the original game, with the player still the commander of the same company, now tasked with taking back the planet Cermak from a rogue Smoke Jaguar officer. Desperate Measures has 3 operations, with a smaller 4 missions per operation.

The original game and the expansion were compiled into a version known as MechCommander Gold, also released in 1999.