Ever wonder what the first piloted mecha was in videogames? Ever wonder how games featuring mecha have evolved over the years? Interested in seeing how mecha has been used in various genres? Just looking for a hidden gem you might have missed or looking for a nostalgic look down memory lane?
This is the panel for you as we follow the evolution of video game mecha from the early arcades to the golden 16 bit age, to the systems of today. From beat em ups to shoot em ups. From strategys to RPGs. From FPS to NES. We got this covered.
Heavy Metal Heroes:A guide to Mecha in videogames
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Re: Heavy Metal Heroes:A guide to Mecha in videogames
Heavy Metal Heroes is going to be in panel 202 Friday from 5:30 to 6:30pm
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Re: Heavy Metal Heroes:A guide to Mecha in videogames
First off I just want to thank everyone for attending my panel and I hope you enjoyed it. I'm always open to feedback and looking to improve my work. I'm already thinking about next time just focusing on one specific era and then expanding on it providing more in depth knowledge and adding video instead of trying to talking damn near 30 years of gaming at once. 
For everyone that was asking from Friday here is the list of mecha games I covered in the panel from the oldest to newest.
early games from arcade to 8 bit
Vastar 1983
Formation Z 1984
Gundam Last Shooting 1984
SDF:Macross 1985
Thexder 1985
Hyper Dyne Sidearms 1986
Cresent Hawk's Inception 1988
Metal Mech 1990
Cresent Hawk's Revenge 1990
Metal Storm 1991
16 bit era
Herzog Zwei 1989
Assault Suits Leynos aka Target Earth 1990
M.U.S.H.A Aleste 1990
Final Zone 1990
Xardion 1992
Assault Suits Valken aka Cybernator 1992
Ranger-X aka EX Ranza
Scrambled Valkyrie 1993
Mechwarrior SNES 1993
Battleclash 1993
Metal Combat Falcon's Revenge 1994
Mechwarrior 3050 1994
Vortex 1994
Armored Warriors 1994
Cyberbots Full Metal Madness 1995
Front Mission 1995
Metal Warriors 1995
Front Mission Gun Hazard 1996
32 to 64 bits
Iron Soldier 1994
Mechwarrior 2 1995
Metal Head 1995
Virtual On 1995
Jumping Flash 1995
Kileak DNA Imperative 1995
Shattered Steel 1996
Crazy Ivan 1996
Wolf Fang 1996-1997
G-nome 1997
Carnage Heart 1997
Armored Core 1997
Future Cop 1998
Xenogears 1998
Shogo Mobile Armor Division 1998
Omega Boost 1999
Heavy Gear II 1999
Gundam Battle Assault 2000
128 bits to today
Tech Romancer 1998
Bangai-O 1999
Gundam Rise From The Ashes 1999
GunGriffon Blaze 2000
Ring Of Red 2001
Zone Of The Enders 2001
Robotic Alchemic Drive 2002
Robotech Battlecry 2002
Gun Metal 2002
Steel Battalion 2002
Battle Engine Aquila 2003
Mechassault 2004
Chrome Hounds 2006
The odds and ends section(aka stuff I ran out of time to prepare slides for)
Total Annihilation
Phantom Crash
S.L.A.I Steel Lancer Arena International
War World
Robo Aleste
Mechwarrior 3
Space Griffon VF-9
Mechcommander
Mechcommander 2
Gunhound EX
Metal Wolf Chaos(aka the 'Murica f*** yeah game)
Hawken
Gigantic Army
Zoids Assault
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander 2
Transbot aka Transformer
Mechwarrior Online
Mechwarrior 4
Just in case anyone who attended my panel or is looking at this list is wondering, the answer is YES I do own all these games, or have at least at one point played them all.
For everyone that was asking from Friday here is the list of mecha games I covered in the panel from the oldest to newest.
early games from arcade to 8 bit
Vastar 1983
Formation Z 1984
Gundam Last Shooting 1984
SDF:Macross 1985
Thexder 1985
Hyper Dyne Sidearms 1986
Cresent Hawk's Inception 1988
Metal Mech 1990
Cresent Hawk's Revenge 1990
Metal Storm 1991
16 bit era
Herzog Zwei 1989
Assault Suits Leynos aka Target Earth 1990
M.U.S.H.A Aleste 1990
Final Zone 1990
Xardion 1992
Assault Suits Valken aka Cybernator 1992
Ranger-X aka EX Ranza
Scrambled Valkyrie 1993
Mechwarrior SNES 1993
Battleclash 1993
Metal Combat Falcon's Revenge 1994
Mechwarrior 3050 1994
Vortex 1994
Armored Warriors 1994
Cyberbots Full Metal Madness 1995
Front Mission 1995
Metal Warriors 1995
Front Mission Gun Hazard 1996
32 to 64 bits
Iron Soldier 1994
Mechwarrior 2 1995
Metal Head 1995
Virtual On 1995
Jumping Flash 1995
Kileak DNA Imperative 1995
Shattered Steel 1996
Crazy Ivan 1996
Wolf Fang 1996-1997
G-nome 1997
Carnage Heart 1997
Armored Core 1997
Future Cop 1998
Xenogears 1998
Shogo Mobile Armor Division 1998
Omega Boost 1999
Heavy Gear II 1999
Gundam Battle Assault 2000
128 bits to today
Tech Romancer 1998
Bangai-O 1999
Gundam Rise From The Ashes 1999
GunGriffon Blaze 2000
Ring Of Red 2001
Zone Of The Enders 2001
Robotic Alchemic Drive 2002
Robotech Battlecry 2002
Gun Metal 2002
Steel Battalion 2002
Battle Engine Aquila 2003
Mechassault 2004
Chrome Hounds 2006
The odds and ends section(aka stuff I ran out of time to prepare slides for)
Total Annihilation
Phantom Crash
S.L.A.I Steel Lancer Arena International
War World
Robo Aleste
Mechwarrior 3
Space Griffon VF-9
Mechcommander
Mechcommander 2
Gunhound EX
Metal Wolf Chaos(aka the 'Murica f*** yeah game)
Hawken
Gigantic Army
Zoids Assault
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander 2
Transbot aka Transformer
Mechwarrior Online
Mechwarrior 4
Just in case anyone who attended my panel or is looking at this list is wondering, the answer is YES I do own all these games, or have at least at one point played them all.