Theognome
Burrito Bill
Ah, yes, the MechWarrior series was near and dear to my heart, since I used to read the books and play the board game Battletech in high school.
Also, I liked the SWAT series, especially SWAT 2. For flight sims, X-Wing and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter are masterful.
Wow, I really was a geek. *Fighting urge to stop homework and play video games.*
Waaay back before Battletech came out with their board game, and subsequent RPG, they had a series of booklets available whereby you and a friend could wage mechanized war against one another. The booklets were representative of different mech classes, and you would give yours to your opponent. Each page was a different view from the cockpit, so that if you jumped or launched a missile barrage, the player holding your book would turn to that page (after he also declared his move, and both players movements were factored in together) and then he would see you performing that action at various distances, angles, or even off of your page if he were behind or above you.
But that was a looooong time ago. 23 years, I believe. I was in the 4th grade when a friend and I made a big trip with his mom to some game store in Portland, Oregon.
Car Wars came out in similar form in the early '80's, and I was into those booklet games. I don't recall them ever graduating to PC game status, though. Pity.
Theognome