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Mercs, the Video Game by Capcom Co., Ltd. [Japan]

DESCRIPTION

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Type of the machine : Video Game
Mercs © 1990 Capcom.

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.

TECHNICAL

CABINET :

Capcom Play System hardware (CPS)
Game ID : CP-S No. 09

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.576 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.61Hz
Palette colors : 4096

Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

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.