Lost In Translation/Mercs

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

 * 1) Commando (1985)
 * 2) Mercs (1990)
 * 3) 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

Ports

 * 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)

