You may remember the Capcom arcade game called Gundam Versus Gundam (or Armored Core). The game had a really simple premise: two robots square off in a arena, and try to decimate each other. You had swords. You had laser beams. Missiles. All the useful armaments that you'd expect a giant, 30 foot robot would be carrying. It was a pretty fun game.
Well now somebody has made a game just like that, but thankfully, it runs on Windows, so you won't have to lug a giant arcade cabinet around anymore. The game is called Bootfighter Windom XP SP2, and it was a made earlier this year in Japanese, but now some dedicated gamers have translated it into English.
Some of the game's features: first off, its completely free. It has online multiplayer. You can customize your robots to some extent (even adding your own voices and such). Like all good Japanese robots, you can turn yourself into a plane. You can also play in team versus team mode, challenging multi-mechs to battles, including AI-controlled warships and stuff.
If you feel up to it, make your own server, and post the IP down here. From what I've read there are not too many servers active.
The man behind this game is a Japanese gamer-hero named Y. Kamada. He also goes by the initials YSK, when he is keeping a low profile. The original Japanese page for the game is over here, and the translated version is found over here at mirror moon, which is a great site that has more translated games worth checking out.
Here's some bits of the README below:
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% Game Description
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Choose various mechs, defeat your enemies, and aim for the highest score.
Enjoy fighting others online as well.
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% System Requirements
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CPU Over Pentium III 1GHz
RAM Over 256MB
Graphics Card VRAM64M DirectX9.0
Sound Card DirectX9.0
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% About Net Play
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If you wish to set up a server at home, please open TCP ports 2123~2128 and
3123~3128.*
If one person lags, everyone lags.
Please adjust settings during game startup so the game functions smoothly.
*Note: Run Server.EXE to set up the game server itself.
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