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Mercury Meltdown

Once again taking control of the liquid Mercury 'blob', players must avoid various obstacles and hazards to reach the end goal. The Mercury blob itself has now been given an overhaul and has 4 varying 'states'…

89 3 October 2006

Mercury Meltdown is a platform developed by Ignition Banbury, released 3 October 2006 on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

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What Mercury Meltdown is

Mercury Meltdown is a platform game developed by Ignition Banbury and released in 2006. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mercury Meltdown is a 2006 puzzle-platform video game developed by Ignition Banbury and published by Ignition Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the sequel to Archer Maclean's Mercury. Like the first game, the goal is to tilt the stage to navigate one or more blobs of mercury to the destination. In contrast to the original, Ignition Banbury had more time and experience developing the game and listened to player feedback. This allowed the game to be easier and provided players with more freedom to choose levels. The game has new hazards, enemies, and mini games.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Mercury Meltdown holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 24 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Mercury Meltdown launched on 3 October 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

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When did Mercury Meltdown come out?
Mercury Meltdown was released on 3 October 2006 for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

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