BattleBots Beginnings (Also known as BattleBots Beginnings: Long Beach California 1999) is one of two DVD releases of BattleBots which features over 40 minutes of highlights of the Long Beach 1999 event. It featured brief interviews in the pits with teams, battles montages and behind the scenes information. Only the Heavyweight rumble is shown in full. It was released in 2004 and is still available on Amazon and on the Battlebots website.
Chapters
- The Battlebox
- The Pit
- Battle Highlights
- Building a BattleBot
- The Rules
- More Battle Highlights
- Post-Battles
- Rumbles
- The Bots: Lightweights
- The Bots: Middleweights
- The Bots: Heavyweights
- Credits
Battles featured
(In order of appearance on the DVD, NOTE: Not all battles shown in full mainly in highlights)
- FrenZy vs Mauler
- KillerHurtz vs Punjar
- Deadblow vs Red Scorpion
- FrenZy vs Nightmare
- Harvey WallBanger vs Toe-Crusher
- Mechadon vs Ronin
- Defiant vs Ziggo
- Gigabot Royal Rumble
- Spike of Doom vs The Missing Link
- Deathtrap vs Rott-Bott
- Ankle Biter vs Turtle Road Kill
- Executioner vs Gorange 3
- HammerHead vs Paranoid Android
- Knee-Breaker vs Stuffie
- Mouser Mecha-Catbot vs Shrike
- Little Slice vs Junior
- Namreko 3000 vs Punjar
- Juggernaut vs Vlad the Impaler
- Defiant vs Endotherm
- Rhino vs S.L.A.M.
- Razer vs Voltronic
- Knome vs Stinger
- Tentoumushi vs W.L.O.W.
- RACC vs The Crusher
- Juggernaut vs K.I.S.S.
- Agrippa vs Ronin
- Harvey WallBanger vs HammerHead
- Malicious Mischief vs Vlad the Impaler
- Knome vs W.L.O.W.
- RACC vs Spike of Doom
- Hot Air vs Ziggo
- Little Slice vs Stiffie
- Deathtrap vs Executioner
- Lock-Nut Monster vs Shrike
- The Crusher vs The Missing Link
- Ankle Biter vs Son of Smashy
- Instigator vs Sallad
- Carnivore vs Spaz
- Rhino vs Tazbot
- Defiant vs Rasta
- frenZy vs Nightmare
- Executioner vs Ziggo
- Toe-Crusher vs Paranoid Android
- BioHazard vs Monster
- Knee-Breaker vs Junior
- Deathtrap vs Gorange 3
- Harvey WallBanger vs Lock-Nut Monster