Mercs

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J
Master System

Mercs

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Virtual Console

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega CS

Tiertex

M2

Distributor:

Halifax (Italy)

Licensor: Capcom

Original system(s): Capcom CPS-1

Developer(s) of original games: Capcom

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-09-27^[2]	¥7,000 (7,210)7,000e^[4]	G-4051
US	1991-10		1119
EU	1991-12		1119
PT	199x
UK	1991-12^[5]	£34.9534.95^[6]	1119
AU	199x
CA	199x
BR	1992-02^[7]
EU	1992-01^[8]		9007
UK	1992-01^[8]	£24.9924.99^[8]	9007
AU	199x
BR	199x
JP ▼	2008-11-04^[9]	600pts600^[10]
US ▼	2009-02-09^[13]	800pts800^[13]
EU ▼	2009-02-20^[11]^[12]	800pts800^[11]
AU ▼	2009-02	800pts800^[14]

PEGI

Mercs, called Senjou no Ookami II (戦場の狼II) in Japan, is a top-down arcade shoot-'em-up developed by Capcom, which was ported to a variety of home consoles and computers including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System. It is a sequel to the arcade game Commando (Senjou no Ookami in Japan) and was followed by Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 in 2008.

The Mega Drive version of the game was released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, with the official title of Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS to properly tie in with Commando 3.

The Mega Drive version of Mercs was banned from sale in Germany^[15].

Gameplay

and shoot. fires a bomb (which is available in a limited supply).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Mercs	Mercs
English (US)	Mercs	Mercs
Japanese	戦場の狼II	Senjou no Ookami II

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Planner: Kyamura
Designers: L C, Rew, Majikko, Majimaji
Programmers: Mt Book, Proto 2, Markun
Sound Arranger: Milpo
Producer: Ossie
Special Thanks: Marusan, Mu, Taka Oh, Ax, Sunset, Otaku, Tsuch, Tomo
Presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Mercs/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP print advert

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-09: "September 1991" (1991-08-08)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
ACE (UK)	40	^[16]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	73	^[17]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	80	^[18]
Consoles + (FR)	93	^[19]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	92	^[20]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)	90	^[21]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)	88	^[22]
Famitsu (JP)	60	№146, [1]
Game Informer (US)	88	^[23]
GamePro (US)	92	^[24]
Games-X (UK)	90	№28
Game Zone (UK)	78	№2, p35
Hippon Super (JP)	40	№1991-10, p90
Hobby Consolas (ES)	90	^[25]
Joypad (FR)	90	№2
Joystick (FR)	90	^[26]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	13	№5, p93
Mega (UK)	72	№9, p21
MegaTech (UK)	90	^[27]
Mean Machines (UK)	88	^[28]
Player One (FR)	80	^[29]
Play Time (DE)	57	^[30]
Power Play (DE)	70	№1/92
Sega Power (UK)	45	^[31]
Sega Pro (UK)	74	^[32]
Sega Pro (UK)	75	№18, p66
Sega Force (UK)	89	^[33]
Video Games (DE)	70	^[34]

	75
Based on 28 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart PCB

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Console XS (UK)

PAL

73

^[35]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

PAL

81

^[36]

Games-X (UK)

PAL

90

^[37]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

90

^[38]

Joypad (FR)

74

^[39]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

85

^[40]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

80

^[41]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

67

^[42]

Mean Machines (UK)

PAL

81

^[43]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

81

^[44]

Player One (FR)

PAL

70

^[45]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

70

^[46]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

68

^[47]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

73

^[48]

	77
Based on 14 reviews

Mercs

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, IT
Cover

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	16113a72
MD5	4643f5da530463356ce56fae5c346ddc
SHA-1	ab633913147325190ef13bd10f3ef5b06d3a9e28

1MB

1991-08

Cartridge

?

CRC32	d7416b83
MD5	7d5696c3da0dbed04b35543f7bdbef40
SHA-1	f2cfad96a116bde9a91240eb1ad520dc448fa20f

512kB

Cartridge (EU)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

Mercs

[:File:Mercs_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:Mercs MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200720095133.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)

[:File:Mercs_SMS_EU_Box.jpg_p-3] File:Mercs SMS EU Box.jpg

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-09.pdf_p7-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-08), page 7

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p92-5] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 92

[:File:CVG_UK_121.pdf_p18-6] Computer & Video Games, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-15), page 18

[:File:Supergame_BR_07.pdf_p30-7] Supergame, "Fevereiro 1992" (BR; 1992-02-xx), page 30

[:File:SegaPower_UK_27.pdf_p12-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 12

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180306233554.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp.2Fwii.2Fvc.2Fsoftware.2F08.html-9] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/08.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 23:35)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20090203130933.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fvc.sega.jp:80.2Fvc_senjo2-10] ttp://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_senjo2 (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-03 13:09)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170609032445.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fmegadrive.2Fwolf_of_the_battlefield_mercs-11] 11.0 ^11.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/wolf_of_the_battlefield_mercs (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-09 03:24)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FkLPHJ-12] ttps://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Wolf-of-the-Battlefield-MERCS-280141.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20101122225004.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fdetail.2FxEzg9EmKxrvklt3OVu_Wit0IrKxzncQc-13] 13.0 ^13.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/xEzg9EmKxrvklt3OVu_Wit0IrKxzncQc (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:50)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120403024858.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.au.2Findex.php.3Faction.3Dcatalogue.26prodcat_id.3D41.26prod_id.3D19788.26pageID.3D4-14] ttp://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19788&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:48)

[:File:MD_UK_Box_Back_SonicEASDH_Alt.jpg_p-15] File:MD UK Box Back SonicEASDH Alt.jpg

[:File:ACE_UK_52.pdf_p104-16] ACE, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-08), page 104

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf_p37_.2835.29-17] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 35 (37)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-18] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_003.pdf_p56_.2856.2F57.29-19] Consoles +, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-07), page 56/57 (56)

[:File:CVG_UK_121.pdf_p18_.2818-20.29-20] Computer & Video Games, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-15), page 18-20 (18)

[:File:CVG_IT_12.pdf_p82_.2882.2F83.29-21] Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1992" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 82/83 (82)

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p69-22] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 69

[:File:GameInformer_US_002.pdf_p10_.288.2F9.29-23] Game Informer, "November/December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 8/9 (10)

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p54_.2850.29-24] GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 50 (54)

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_005.pdf_p48_.2856.2F57.29-25] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 56/57 (48)

[:File:Joystick_FR_021.pdf_p142-26] Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 142

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p40_.2840-42.29-27] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 40-42 (40)

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_15.pdf_p80_.2878-80.29-28] Mean Machines, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 78-80 (80)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_017.pdf_p87-29] Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 87

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-02.pdf_p94-30] Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:SegaPower_UK_26.pdf_p39-31] Sega Power, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-05), page 39

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p38_.2836.2F37.29-32] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 36/37 (38)

[:File:SegaForce_UK_01.pdf_p76_.2876.2F77.29-33] Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 76/77 (76)

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-04.pdf_p25-34] Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 25

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p142-35] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 142

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p144-36] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 144

[:File:GamesX_UK_32.pdf_p28-37] Games-X, "28th November-4th December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 28

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_005.pdf_p48-38] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:Joypad_FR_004.pdf_p58-39] Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p154-40] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 154

[:File:MegaForce_FR_03.pdf_p89-41] Mega Force, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 89

[:File:Micromania2_ES_046.pdf_p36-42] Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_16.pdf_p64-43] Mean Machines, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-27), page 64

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p135-44] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 135

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_015.pdf_p91-45] Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:SegaPower_UK_28.pdf_p45-46] Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 45

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p58-47] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p71-48] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71

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Mercs

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References