Earth Force I

Jason and Kai, two friends from college, are both competitors in the World Championships for Earth Force, a mech-fighter game created by billionaire tycoon, Howard Hunt.

Hunt has secretly been building real battlesuits, based on the technology of a warlike alien race, the Valorians, and using the Earth Force game to find gamers with the right aptitudes and skills to become potential pilots for his machines.

When the Valorians show up on Earth with hostile intentions, Hunt recruits the top Earth Force gamers to defend the planet from certain destruction.