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Mercenary: Compendium Edition

A compilation of Paul Woakes's 3D exploration and flight game Mercenary, and the Second City expansion pack. For some systems this was a compilation of previously-released titles, for others it was the only…

31 December 1986

Mercenary: Compendium Edition is a simulator developed by Novagen Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST/STE.

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What Mercenary: Compendium Edition is

Mercenary: Compendium Edition is a simulator game developed by Novagen Software and released in 1986. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A compilation of Paul Woakes's 3D exploration and flight game Mercenary, and the Second City expansion pack. For some systems this was a compilation of previously-released titles, for others it was the only release for either part of the gameworld.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mercenary: Compendium Edition launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Mercenary: Compendium Edition come out?
Mercenary: Compendium Edition was released on 31 December 1986 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and ZX Spectrum.

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