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== '''Editions''' ==

* '''"White Box" Mekton''':The very first Mekton published, it was more of a wargame or boardgame than an RPG. The mecha battle on a hexmap representing an entire planet.

* '''Mekton''':Published in 1985. The first anime mecha role-playing game (''[[~~Battle Tech~~]]'' was only a boardgame at this time.) Introduced the world of Algol.

* '''Mekton''':Published in 1985. The first anime mecha role-playing game (''[[BattleTech]]'' was only a boardgame at this time.) Introduced the world of Algol.

* '''Mekton II''': Second edition rules

* '''Mekton Zeta''': Third edition rules, with greater emphasis on replicating anime.

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* '''Invasion Terra''': The default setting for ''Mekton Zeta'', with Earth being invaded by an expansionist galactic empire. Heavily influenced by ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]''. Initially developed as a test-game for the Zeta edition beofre beign published.

* '''Imperial Star''': Introduced in ''Mekton Zeta'' - similar to ''Mekton Empire'', but set in our own galaxy. Written up in the ''Mekton Zeta'' rulebook before being abandoned.

* '''Starblade Battalion''': The last published sourcebook in the Mekton line to date. A sequel to Cyberpunk 2020, but set so far in its future that you wouldn't notice. Earth and its Pleiades Colonies locked by their respective governments in a war that nobody really wants, that the titular Starblade Battalion (a [[La Résistance|rebel group]] made up from [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|disidents of both sides]] plus [[Space Pirates]]) tries to stop. Easily comparable to [[Zeta Gundam]], or the more recent [[Gundam 00]].

* '''Starblade Battalion''': The last published sourcebook in the Mekton line to date. A sequel to Cyberpunk 2020, but set so far in its future that you wouldn't notice. Earth and its Pleiades Colonies locked by their respective governments in a war that nobody really wants, that the titular Starblade Battalion (a [[La Résistance|rebel group]] made up from [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|disidents of both sides]] plus [[Space Pirates]]) tries to stop. Easily comparable to [[Zeta Gundam]], or the more recent [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]].

=== '''Fan Settings''' ===

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* [[Humongous Mecha]] ([[Captain Obvious|Duh.]])

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] (Many mecha and character names. And not just in the fan settings. ''North Frozen'', ferchrissake...)

** Notable in that some puns (such as the aforementioned [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory|''North Frozen'']]) are dual-use [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] and [[Take That|Take Thats]] against various mecha franchises. The R. Talsorian lot has a ''screwy'' sense of humor...

** Notable in that some puns (such as the aforementioned [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|''North Frozen'']]) are dual-use [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] and [[Take That|Take Thats]] against various mecha franchises. The R. Talsorian lot has a ''screwy'' sense of humor...

* [[Laser Blade]] (Energy Melee Weapons)

* [[Little Miss Badass]] (Quite a few in the VM setting)

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]] (Missile weapons were worthless unless fired in huge swarms)

* [[Mecha Tropes]]: DUH. Their ''Mekton Plus'' sourcebook reads like a checklist. [[A Mech By Any Other Name]]? Check. [[Meta Mecha]]? Check. [[Mini-Mecha]]? Check. [[Motion Capture Mecha]]? Check. [[Animal Mecha]]? Check. [[Telescoping Robot]]? Check.

* [[Mecha Tropes]]: DUH. Their ''Mekton Plus'' sourcebook reads like a checklist. [[A Mech by Any Other Name]]? Check. [[Meta Mecha]]? Check. [[Mini-Mecha]]? Check. [[Motion Capture Mecha]]? Check. [[Animal Mecha]]? Check. [[Telescoping Robot]]? Check.

* [[More Dakka]] (Burst 8)

* [[Organic Technology]] (An expensive but potent upgrade from that ''Mekton Plus'' sourcebook.)

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* [[Rasputinian Death]] (Lord Dremmond)

* [[Real Robot]] (All official settings)

* [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm]] (In Operation Rimfire, one of the characters had a girlfriend called Maria who was brainwashed and given an alternate personality. Nearly two decades later, [[Gundam 00]] was made...)

* [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm]] (In Operation Rimfire, one of the characters had a girlfriend called Maria who was brainwashed and given an alternate personality. Nearly two decades later, [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]] was made...)

* [[Running Gag]] (similarly-named NPC pilots asking the also similarly-named NPC techs to build outrageous designs and being hit on the head with a wrench are depicted in almost all versions of the game)

** The Mekton Z mailing list has a few, the largest of which involves ''action figures'' after Cyberpunk V3's rather unique choice of ''illustration materials''.