Mercenary
Due to an engine malfunction, your spaceship crashes on the planet Targ. Unlike your trusty vessel, you survive the crash and now have to find a way to get away from this planet. But hey, while you're at it…
Mercenary is a puzzle developed by Novagen, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore 16.
What Mercenary is
Mercenary is a puzzle game developed by Novagen and released in 1985. It was published by Datasoft, Inc.. It is available on 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
Mercenary is a 3D action-adventure game written for the Atari 8-bit computers and published by Novagen Software in 1985. It was converted to the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 16, and Plus/4. The game uses vector graphics renderings of vast, sparse environments and has various methods of completing the game. It was also released as Mercenary: Escape from Targ and Mercenary: A Flight Simulator Adventure.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Mercenary holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Mercenary launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Nemesis. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Nemesis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mercenary yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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