Lost In Translation/Mercs

Mercs
Manufacturer	Capcom
Released	1990
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 10.000 MHz); Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono; YM2151 (@ 3.580 MHz); OKI6295 (@ 1.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Vertical); 384 x 224 pixels; 60.00 Hz; 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	20 ROMs; 4,521,984 bytes (4.31 MiB)
MAME ID	mercs · mercsj · mercsu · mercsua

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About The Game

Mercs is an arcade video game.

The US faces a grave crisis! The former president has been kidnapped by a group of revolutionaries while on a trip on Central Africa meant to promote world peace. Take control of three highly skilled anti-terrorist soldiers and venture through enemy lines to save the former president & annihilate the rebel army in the process. Features solid graphics & sound, plenty of weapons & vehicles to use and hulking bosses to defeat.

Trivia

Released in March 1990.

This game is known in Japan as "Senjou no Ookami II" (translates as 'Wolf of the Battlefield II').

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Final Fight : G.S.M. Capcom 3 - PCCB-00030) on 21/05/1990.

Updates

US versions are slightly different, they have the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

REVISION 1 :

Build date : 90 03 02

REVISION 2 :

Build date : 90 06 08

Tips and tricks

At the end of stage 1, a large plane rises in front of the player. If you stand .25 to .5 inches up from the bottom of the cliff, and line up so your bullets will hit just to the right of the plane's center, it cannot hit you with its cannon. This takes practice.

Series

Commando (1985)
Mercs (1990)
Commando 3 (2007, XBOX 360 - "XBLA", Playstation 3 - "PSN")

Staff

Chief Designer: S. Okano; Tokuro Fujiwara (A. Kume); Kijima
Character Designers: Hitoshi Nishio; T. Hayashi
Sound: M. Gotoh
Sound Programmer: Y. Katayama
Programmers: M. Akahori; T. Ohta; Y. Matsui

Cabinet and Artwork

Mercs arcade cabinet.
Mercs flyer.
Inside of the Mercs flyer.
Inside of the Mercs flyer.
Back of the Mercs flyer.

Ports

Box art for the U.S. Gold port of Mercs.

Consoles: Sega Master System (1991); Sega Mega Drive (1991); Sony PlayStation (1998, "Capcom Generation 4"); Sony PlayStation (1998, "Capcom Generations - Blazing Guns"); Sega Saturn (1998, "Capcom Generation 4"); Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection"); Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection"); Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded")

Computers: Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991); Commodore C64 (1991); Amstrad CPC (1991); Commodore Amiga ("Mercs", 1991, U.S. Gold); Atari ST (1991)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3-	PCCB-00030^[1]	1990-05-21	Pony Canyon Inc.	2 CD version.
Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3-	PCTB-00008^[2]	1990-05-20	Pony Canyon, Scitron Label	Double cassette version.

External Links

Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Mercs at the World of Spectrum

References

↑ Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3- (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3- (Cassette) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3- (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3- (Cassette) at the VGMdb

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