Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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After a little holiday downtime catching up on some (shock) modern gaming, Beyond The Scanlines takes a look a bunch of mecha games to see what so happens to make a good one.

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Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.

● Series Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAgJhaPWsQJpvpcqCxgDtI420aKxsUnI
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Armored Core 2
05:16 Mechwarrior (Super NES)
08:34 Battletech (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) / Mechwarrior 3050 (Super NES)
12:38 Mechwarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition (PlayStation & Sega Saturn)
17:47 Gungriffon
20:41 What Makes a Good Mecha Game? / Outro