Mercenary - Escape from Targ

Information

Genre

Adventure / Arcade - 3-D

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1

Programmer(s)

Woakes, Paul

Graphic Artist(s)

[n/a]

Sound

[n/a]

Cover Artist(s)

Gudynas, Peter

Year

1985

Publisher

Novagen Software (UK)

Developer

[n/a]

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape, Disk

Rarity

7 (Tape), 7 (Disk)

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.8/10 · Votes: 1,747 · Downloads: 5,195 · Hits: 36,398

Additional Comments

Screenshots (5)

Cover Art (4)

Instructions (6)

Tips (1)

Maps for <b>Mercenary - Escape from Targ</b>

Maps are taken from Novagen's official Survival Kit, originally a special order product that was released later along with Mercenary - Compendium Edition.

Comments (6)

• JR — 14 Oct 2013

  Anyone know how to get this actually working using Altirra? Preferably with the 64k Version.

• Baz — 1 Oct 2013

  Of all the XL games I played, I think this was the most impressive technically thanks to it's impressive graphics, speed and open world nature where one was free to explore at ones own pace. Great fun sometimes loading it up to mess around a la GTA, shooting and watching the buildings collapse. Despite that, I did manage to complete this entirely without any help or hints. Took a long time to crack it but it felt wonderful when I finally escaped and won. A stunning achievement for it's time. I didn't play the follow up because by then I couldn't get hold of it but did play later episodes on the Amiga which were graphically superior but never quite the same for me though I enjoyed them. A definite ten out of ten... better still it used to wind my miseryguts Dad up... he'd see me playing it and groan "oh no... not this one again!" It bored him stuff watching me play this.

• Underfly — 13 Jan 2012

  This was a complete non-linear classic, there were no limits, you have an entire planet to explore, but only 1 city, but you never know what you might find in the wildness. You could Fly, Drive or walk, even explore secret underground complexs, and if thats not enough you can always explore the sky!

• ArnaudL — 27 Mar 2009

  So much places to visit... in a so small memory footprint... Amazing ! One of my favorites games, with shadow of the beast (amiga),ElektraGlide and Silent Service (microprose).

• Dirty8 — 30 Dec 2008

  I went to the Birmingah User Group with the guys that programmed this game. They would turn up and show us every week, how much of the game they had done. Happy days.

• Two-Pi — 16 Aug 2006

  What a great game! I spent HOURS with this thing. Try skydiving: Get the CHEESE, fly up to the space station. Get out. Take cheese, jump off. Wheeeeeee!