Mercs
Sign in to saveMercs, released as in Japan, is a 1990 run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade video game Commando ( in Japan). While not as successful as its predecessor, Mercs was well received by critics and was a moderate commercial success. It was followed by Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 in 2008, a downloadable game.
Game details · IGDB
The players are members of a covert counter-terrorist team of mercenaries known as the "Wolf Force". The aim of the game was to rescue the former President from rebels in the fictional African country of Zutula, which bears resemblance to the apartheid regime in South Africa. The game has six main levels, plus the final level where your mission is to rescue the former U.S. president from the Hercules Transport. The game's arsenal include real-world machine guns, shot guns, flame throwers, and grenade launchers. Several missions even have pilotable vehicles available.
- Released
- 1990
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, Capcom, Tec Toy
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Mercs
- Video game.image
- Mercs flyer.jpg
- Video game.caption
- U.S. arcade flyer, illustrated by Frank Cirocco
- Video game.developer
- Capcom (arcade)Sega (consoles)
- Video game.publisher
- Capcom (arcade)Sega (consoles)U.S. Gold (computers)
- Video game.composer
- Manami Matsumae
- Video game.genre
- Run and gun
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.arcade system
- CP System
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- publication date
- 1990-02-00
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8 sectionsContents
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- Ports
- Reception
- Mega Drive
- Legacy
- Notes
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Mercs, released as in Japan, is a 1990 run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade video game Commando ( in Japan). While not as successful as its predecessor, Mercs was well received by critics and was a moderate commercial success. It was followed by Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 in 2008, a downloadable game.
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