Which Mechwarrior game do you have? You should get 2 for proper giant robot awesomeness(except for the bolt-style lasers, but that's bearable) and the first for an incredible campaign mode yet to be matched in the sequels.
For old-school tabletop style play, try Megamek.
http://megamek.sourceforge.net
For turn based strategy anime style mecha, there's PowerDolls.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=1646
Heavy Gear 1 and 2 were good, and a bit faster paced than Mechwarrior.
For fast paced fighting, One Must Fall.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=789
You can also try the Mechwarrior rival series, Earthsiege 1, 2, and Starsiege.