Power armor
Other (objects, etc.) theme
Player character wears or can wear a power armor or powered exoskeleton short of piloted robots.
205
games
44platforms
Name variations: exoskeleton
XBOX 2001-11-15
PS3 2013-07
WIN 2007-10-30
DOS 1994
WIN 2014-11-03
ARCH 1996? *
MAC 1997
XBOX 2004-11-09
DOS 1995
PS2 2003-07
WIN 2010-02-01
CPC 1990
This is for armor, not piloted robots such as mechas, despite the fact that powered exoskeleton does cover them. Easy to distinguish if you consider mechas have cockpits (where the pilot usually sits) and power armor require the user to move with the armor (because of the size; excludes control mechanisms tied to mimicking user movements). Anything significantly larger than their users are bound to be mechas and anything close to human size is bound to be power armor.
The idea for power armor seems to originate from Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers (1959) novel.
Possibly most notable games for popularizing power armor were Metroid (1986), Turrican (1990), Half-Life (1998) and Halo (2001). Other potential contenders are MDK2 (2000) and Tribes 2 (2001).
The idea for power armor seems to originate from Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers (1959) novel.
Possibly most notable games for popularizing power armor were Metroid (1986), Turrican (1990), Half-Life (1998) and Halo (2001). Other potential contenders are MDK2 (2000) and Tribes 2 (2001).
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Exoskeleton, Non-science fiction, Personal protection, SciFi elements
Games by year
1959 - Starship Troopers (novel) |
The first Power armor video game was released in 1984.
Nintendo, Interplay, Rainbow Arts and Valve published most of these games.