The History of Mercs - arcade console documentary

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @mrf19741
    @mrf19741 2 роки тому +21

    Absolutely Love this game! My friends and I spent an insane amount of quarters on this at our local arcades. I still play it to this day on the Capcom Classics Collection Vol.1 for Playstation.

  • @DiegoCperdido
    @DiegoCperdido 2 роки тому +6

    Commando is one of the games of my childhood (amstrad cpc version) but i'd never realize Mercs was a sequeal till a few years ago.
    Thanks for the video, you speak so clear and slow... Perfect for the non english native like me!!

  • @charliepalmer3244
    @charliepalmer3244 2 роки тому +14

    Oh, SWEET, this is one of my all time favorites! It was ported so well on the Genesis, especially with the "Original" edition, addition. Mercs is the underrated Contra to me. *After watching now, great job as always! Want to mention, the Genesis version has a rapid fire option that makes that version of the game even better.

    • @nemopouncey3827
      @nemopouncey3827 2 роки тому +3

      there was a commando 3?
      how I miss that?

    • @KingofCrusher
      @KingofCrusher 2 роки тому

      @@nemopouncey3827 Probably because it's ugly as shit.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +3

      I wasn't aware of the rapidfire. I agree though, they did a really good job on this conversion. Thanks

    • @charliepalmer3244
      @charliepalmer3244 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, you can set the controller to rapid in the option screen. It does make the game tougher without a torch when playing the arcade ports on PS2 or Xbox having to smash the button. Lol, the little things like that can go a long way sometimes.

    • @tedjomuljono3052
      @tedjomuljono3052 2 роки тому +1

      Original mode has a lot of unique playable commando, the most memorable ones are the Laser Commando and the Homing Missile Commando, good times, and i think the bosses are different too?

  • @sneakyskunk1
    @sneakyskunk1 2 роки тому +2

    That Mercs remake looks pretty great. I never knew about it until this video. I think I will give it a try.

  • @davideselvi3906
    @davideselvi3906 2 роки тому +15

    That SNES Capcom jingle at the beginning......... Along with the presentation of the best UA-cam channel ever.......... Makes me think of lots of positive things!! Especially now that summer's coming to an end!!! YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

    • @mayday0341
      @mayday0341 2 роки тому +7

      Not the (SNES) Capcom jingle, btw. Just the classic Capcom jungle of the time, consoles and arcades 😊

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +3

      Glad you enjoy it! I really appreciated, thanks

    • @davideselvi3906
      @davideselvi3906 2 роки тому

      @@mayday0341 thanks for the correction 😊

    • @nemopouncey3827
      @nemopouncey3827 2 роки тому

      wonder why they stop using super
      joe?
      the mascot of capcom that time forgot.

    • @nemopouncey3827
      @nemopouncey3827 2 роки тому

      superjoe needs to return.

  • @jacobwebb2623
    @jacobwebb2623 Місяць тому

    The "end theme" of the arcade version on the "Sega Genesis" is one of my ALL-TIME favorite pieces of video game music! Great video!

  • @entertainingCed
    @entertainingCed 2 роки тому +8

    yes!!! this was such a great game. thank you for bringing back the memories. i still hear the arcades and smell the mall food court. great job!!!

  • @evanhanley6437
    @evanhanley6437 2 роки тому +5

    Loved playing the Genesis version and the arcade version of Capcom Arcade Collection.

  • @smalldoggymike
    @smalldoggymike 11 місяців тому

    I'll never forget the first time I saw this game at the arcades, I couldn't get enough of it with my friends. It always stuck with me at how when the mercs get dropped off at the beach by the helicopter, the soldiers get out to secure the area and salute them with that intro music in the background. Definitely a highlight of the arcade era.

  • @erikrosenquist9839
    @erikrosenquist9839 2 роки тому +3

    A timeless classic.

  • @g.gabrahams2450
    @g.gabrahams2450 2 роки тому +1

    Mercs on the Megadrive was and still is my favourite Megadrive game of all time - original mode is tremendous fun. Great video as always Pat, thanks. Happpeee little viewer 😂

  • @KingofCrusher
    @KingofCrusher 2 роки тому +2

    You gotta do Caliber .50 next, such a weird game. I played the hell out of it over a few years at a local pizza place back in the day until I could almost one credit it.

  • @daerth4423
    @daerth4423 2 роки тому +2

    Another great episode as always. I loved Mercs (still do) and threw a ton of quarters in that machine back in the day, and to this day I still suck balls at it. You know it's a good game when you're terrible at it for 30+ years and still play it from time to time.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks, LOL I know the feelinG. I'm that way with ghosts and goblins

    • @jamesnoble3502
      @jamesnoble3502 2 роки тому

      @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries GnG is so cruelly difficult (arcade, NES port, doesn't matter) the game designers should be brought up on crimes against humanity 😂

  • @andypayne2743
    @andypayne2743 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. This brought happy old memories, I used to love Mercs and played this with an old school friend and we pumped so much cash into it. Totally worth it.

  • @spineknife2386
    @spineknife2386 2 роки тому +2

    I loved this game so much. Great memories

  • @evilash570
    @evilash570 2 роки тому +2

    Mercs was so awesome when it came out in Arcades, played the hell out of it and Final Fight!

  • @youtube-ventura
    @youtube-ventura 2 роки тому +5

    I've been watching all your videos - top notch, sir! I particularly like when you show off all the different home computer/console versions!

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому

      Thank you very much. Not too sure since a lot of viewers click off and don't watch the different versions at the end. Glad you enjoyed them

    • @inphanta
      @inphanta 2 роки тому +1

      @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I always watch the whole video - and the home computer ports are some of my favourite bits to see in your videos! :)

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому

      @@inphanta Thank you so much, I always enjoyed looking at the different versions as well

    • @pferreira1983
      @pferreira1983 Рік тому

      @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I mean that's the best part! 👀👀

  • @smalldoggymike
    @smalldoggymike 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks

  • @redmist78
    @redmist78 2 роки тому +2

    Almost the end of the week perfect time for one of your awesome videos. Keep up the good work my man

  • @PistNRods
    @PistNRods 2 роки тому

    Count me in as one of those that didn’t realize it was a sequel to Commando until a few years ago. I played this at the local Sega’s Time Out arcade as a break between Street Fighter and MK. Picked up the Genesis version and played that a ton as a kid. I revisit it every once and a while.

  • @noahpierce792
    @noahpierce792 2 роки тому

    Always loved this game but I feel that Shock Troopers perfected this style of game. Another awesome video Patman.

  • @socialistprofessor3206
    @socialistprofessor3206 2 роки тому +1

    Capcom in the 90s was unstoppable! One thing that keeps me plugging along through middle age is firing up games like Mercs, UN Squad, Magic Sword and Street Fighter II on weekends with the speakers blaring.

  • @adrianjohnson8527
    @adrianjohnson8527 Рік тому

    WOW! How have never seen or heard of this game?! This is right up my alley. Great work, Pat! Thanks!

  • @captaincommando2602
    @captaincommando2602 2 роки тому

    One of my favourite run & guns EVER. I played the arcade version on the Capcom Generations Vol. 4 for the PlayStation 1 and also on the Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 for the PlayStation 2.

  • @davidt3563
    @davidt3563 2 роки тому

    How have I never heard of this game?!? The arcade game still looks fun in 2022!

  • @random_gamer_guy82
    @random_gamer_guy82 2 роки тому +1

    I had it as a 8 year old on sega megadrive and absolutely loved it , I had it all the way upto secondary school and still never got past the train boss part . I bought it again for 99p on the capcom collection as a separate on sale with progear , powered gear and giga wing ,cyberbots and these games would absolutely distroy your bank balance seriously in an arcade. I don't know about coin killer, they would send your money to hell and back and send you the bill!!! .... yeah I finished mercs eventually aged 40

  • @Tigerlord4835
    @Tigerlord4835 2 роки тому +3

    This game is on Nintendo Switch and Xbox and Playstation under Capcom arcade stadium

  • @BalearicBeatnik
    @BalearicBeatnik 2 роки тому

    RAD!!! we were lucky snuff to have an Amiga and this was one of my faves, didn't even realise I had the Japanese version for Switch on their Arcade compilation!!! great channel thanks for the vids!

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the nice words. I like the Amiga version back in the day but something always just seemed a bit off about the scrolling. It was still fun to play though

  • @thereviewden
    @thereviewden 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent documentary as always, Patman! Great games and a blast to play😁

  • @Jamie-nx2cg
    @Jamie-nx2cg 2 роки тому +1

    Always good to see a new upload!

  • @watson3047z
    @watson3047z 2 роки тому

    I saw this game at my local arcade and thought it looked way cool. I was happy to see it was on my PS2 Capcom Collection. Thanks Patman

  • @midwestmonster9886
    @midwestmonster9886 3 місяці тому

    This video just made me realize how games like this seldom appeared on the SNES. The NES had games like Commando, Jackal, Heavy Barrel, and even Ikari Warriors. The SNES had Contra III and that was about it. I wonder if they had a policy during their "family friendly" days against adapting military-themed games to the console.

  • @BobAwesomeschannel
    @BobAwesomeschannel 2 роки тому

    Oh man, My friend and I would always play this at the movie theater after the movie. Thanks for doing Mercs.

  • @miguelleandri2435
    @miguelleandri2435 2 роки тому

    The best retro gaming Channel, you will find the amazing history of the games,arcade,console and more 👍🎮👍

  • @robertostephen3733
    @robertostephen3733 2 роки тому +1

    Hmmm I still play Mercs up too this day is one of my favorite arcade game next to Rastan 👾🎮👾👊🏽

  • @thefourhorsemen91
    @thefourhorsemen91 2 роки тому

    Another funny and truly immersive video. Wonderful job.

  • @genjibenkei
    @genjibenkei 2 роки тому

    MERCS 🙌🏻 Freak yeah 😎 I had it on the Genesis and it was one of my favorite games, that first level music is still playing inside my head 🙌🏻

  • @ForkFace2112
    @ForkFace2112 2 роки тому +1

    Oh man I'm all excited... I'm gonna play the shit out of this tonight!!

  • @SinistarsHunger
    @SinistarsHunger 2 роки тому

    Always happy to see a new video, keep up the great work.

  • @sweetsfiend209
    @sweetsfiend209 Рік тому

    I was not aware this game was related to Commando; thanks for another fun, informative video!

  • @mehuejael
    @mehuejael 2 роки тому

    This game, characters, music, script; all are pure 80's movie and pop culture.

  • @kyleolson8977
    @kyleolson8977 2 роки тому +2

    How many arcade games were based on saving a kidnapped person? From the time of Donkey Kong, if not sooner, the easiest video game plot was about killing hundreds due to a single kidnapping. The president, the president's daughter, the mayor's daughter, your karate master's daughter, a princess, your girlfriend, your princess girlfriend, your cow girlfriend, POWs, a secret agent, the guy from a previous video game, Aerosmith...the list goes on.
    When you've got only a few seconds worth of scenes to get the plot going, kidnapping is the answer.

  • @Mintcar923
    @Mintcar923 Рік тому

    I didn't even realize Commando had a true sequel until I found it on the PS2 compilation.. It's basically Contra & Metal Slug but top down.. Good stuff!

  • @ats2099
    @ats2099 2 роки тому +1

    This was one of the games I would always gravitate towards in the arcade when I was a kid. Even if I sucked at it, it was always worth the quarter for the few minutes I could play. Is it just me, or are some of the sound effects you played from the arcade version very reminiscent of some from the GI Joe arcade game?

  • @TheDeath138
    @TheDeath138 2 роки тому

    It never occurred to me that Commando and Bionic Commando were the same series until you mentioned Super Joe and I remembered him being mentioned in Bionic Commando.

  • @RyanRead
    @RyanRead 2 роки тому

    My friends and I playing at the Huskie Den. Bowling and Mercs. Good times… sadly only 3 of the 5 of us left from those days.

  • @steveafanador6441
    @steveafanador6441 2 роки тому +2

    I loved mercs back in the day. The Sega version was awesome too.

  • @PhillBowser
    @PhillBowser 2 роки тому +1

    Love your videos and humor..great content

  • @Unquestionable
    @Unquestionable 2 роки тому

    The local corner store, a place my parents mostly bought cigarettes, also weirdly had a Mercs cabinet for a short period of time. No other arcade machines, just Mercs in the corner opposite the video rental section. And we're talking corner store size, beyond the rental and magazines it was all just snacks. Sadly it was only there for maybe a handful of months around 90/91 so by the time I was old enough to walk down there on my own it was gone. Didn't get much of a chance to play it until compilations years later.

  • @monsieurmagic
    @monsieurmagic 2 роки тому

    I love your videos, good sir. Keep 'em coming.

  • @bleirdo_dude
    @bleirdo_dude 2 роки тому

    Wow! Slipped under my radar. I never knew this game existed.
    Thanks for the video. 👍

  • @kevinkingslayer2450
    @kevinkingslayer2450 Рік тому

    How come I've never seen this game?? It looks great!! Thanks again Patman for heads up!! Time to emulate!😏😁

  • @doggyd5874
    @doggyd5874 5 місяців тому

    great video for a great game. Mecs Genesis is a "love at the first sight" in 2024... as a Commando lover (Amiga and Arcade) ❤

  • @Speed202
    @Speed202 2 роки тому

    I used to always pop a few quarters in this one back in the day but could never commit myself to completing it because it was so easy to die. I ended up beating it on the home console and loved the Commando reboot on XBOX Live arcade.

  • @mattb9664
    @mattb9664 2 роки тому

    Shock Troopers looks like it lifted a lot of its ideas from Mercs. I'll have to give Mercs a try eventually on Launchbox.

  • @henrimedot
    @henrimedot 2 роки тому +3

    Sorry it's not senhō but Senjō no ōkami.
    By the way, I just love your videos. Thank you for your great work.
    Greetings from France

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 2 роки тому

    Thanks Pacmanqc great work Sir

  • @kjhoskins
    @kjhoskins 2 роки тому +1

    Good stuff. Thanks for the video.

  • @tubedouin
    @tubedouin 2 роки тому

    I was expecting you to talk about how you have to assemble a super weapon by collecting all six parts. Turns out that my memory had grown rusty over the decades: I had confused Mercs with Heavy Barrel.

  • @nemopouncey3827
    @nemopouncey3827 2 роки тому

    this was a pretty fun game.
    beated it on the compilation.

  • @jackdanger918
    @jackdanger918 2 роки тому

    Another stellar video!

  • @democrazy69
    @democrazy69 2 роки тому

    Another great history outline on a game. My suggestion: do a video on a notoriously bad game with the intro "Crappy little games". 😆

  • @mymomsaysimcool9650
    @mymomsaysimcool9650 2 роки тому

    Played the hell out of this in co-op with buddies at a Ft Bragg satellite PX. Had a lot of fun with it, but it was replaced by Arch Rivals by the time we got back from Desert Storm😔

  • @nps1016
    @nps1016 2 роки тому

    Good game, played this one in the arcades back in the day.

  • @TV-Tony
    @TV-Tony 2 роки тому

    Cool, one of my all-time favorite arcade games. Didn't know there was a potential bad ending if you took too long on the final boss.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +1

      Yes sir

    • @TV-Tony
      @TV-Tony 2 роки тому

      @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Cool, gonna check and see if there's a video of it. I hated that arcade games had bad endings. I always felt if you spent all those quarters to get that far, you shouldn't have to lose just to have to start all over to try again to win. It tok me a second try with Operation Thunderbolt, the sequel to Operation Wolf, but finally figured it out. Also took me a second attempt for the live action first person shooter Target: Terror. I had to look up how to beat that one (shoot the remote detonator instead of the terrorist. You only get one shot).

  • @baileywatts1304
    @baileywatts1304 2 роки тому

    Wild, I never knew this was Commando 2. I'd always thought of Bionic Commando as the sequel, and maybe this one as the third.

  • @dashalpha
    @dashalpha 2 роки тому

    glad I was able to pick up "Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3" on the PS3 PSN years ago, these games are fun

  • @JROC2112
    @JROC2112 2 роки тому

    Thank you. Love your videos. ♥️

  • @lasskinn474
    @lasskinn474 2 роки тому

    I liked the arcade the couple of times i played it back in the day. Didn't have a chance often

  • @blandoworthlessness
    @blandoworthlessness 2 роки тому

    Another great video. Did you notice the MERCS logo is in the same style as the word NERDS in the revenge of the nerds movie poster? I'm pretty sure nerds came out in 84 so maybe they got the idea from that.

  • @J45yu456
    @J45yu456 2 роки тому

    Love this game. Great review

  • @TheRealKaiProton
    @TheRealKaiProton 2 роки тому +1

    The return of the wife jokes!! I love it.

  • @jnnx
    @jnnx 2 роки тому

    Yes, everyone who was old enough knew this was a Commando sequel. We weren’t idiots, it plays just like Commando.

  • @kbramlett6877
    @kbramlett6877 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Patman,
    Does your wife know that you crack jokes about her in good fun? "Drop faster than I do after smelling my wife's SBDs." I needed a good laugh. Thank you.

  • @hw5091
    @hw5091 Рік тому

    We like a lot of the same games, and this is no exception, such a great game. Although they should've called it it commando returns to directly tie it in to the first one.

  • @PANTYEATR1
    @PANTYEATR1 2 роки тому

    I had Commando for the NES, but i never played the arcade version. I don't recall ever playing Merc. I really like the arcade version of Ikari Warriors. I need to get all these games for PS2

  • @method0123
    @method0123 2 роки тому

    Broke my heart that the genesis version wasn't multi-player. I loved that game

  • @Krullmatic
    @Krullmatic 2 роки тому

    The faster you blow the faster you go!🤣🤣🤣🤣 You slay me! You've got the best dad jokes out there!

  • @orderofmagnitude-TPATP
    @orderofmagnitude-TPATP 2 роки тому

    I adored this game. Arcade and megadrive.

  • @spineknife2386
    @spineknife2386 2 роки тому

    Couldn't help but think of patman when I opened the xbox marketplace this morning and saw PBA Pro Bowling 2023 is in the new releases lol

  • @saltytexasranger6301
    @saltytexasranger6301 2 роки тому

    Never played MERCS, but I think I'll MAME it one of these days.
    Hey Patman, what about doing an episode on Pang!, Super Pang!, Pang! 3 and Mighty! Pang? (kind of a weird placement for the exclamation point...) Anyway, I think the games were called Buster Brothers, Super Buster Brothers and Buster Buddies in the States. I don't know about Mighty! Pang in the states because I only recently discovered it on MAME, but I think it is honestly the best in the series, followed by Pang! 3. When I was stationed in Louisiana in the late 90s, the PX near my barracks had Pang!3 so I got quite good at it.

  • @unorthdoxcleric6953
    @unorthdoxcleric6953 2 роки тому

    Top vid as always

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 2 роки тому

    MERCS was a great game for the SEGA Genesis, which had both the arcade & original modes.

  • @kenwheeler3637
    @kenwheeler3637 2 роки тому

    I don't recall ever getting to join in on a three player assault but I'm sure it would've been awesome.

  • @jamesnoble3502
    @jamesnoble3502 Рік тому

    Are there ANY games on the ZX that don't look and play like an LSD trip? I've yet to see anything even the least bit playable or even not painful to look at that was released for that system

  • @Lauren_Tyler
    @Lauren_Tyler 2 роки тому

    How do you handle launching the Mega Crush on the one-button computers like the Amiga and the C64?

  • @subzippo
    @subzippo 2 роки тому

    I'd love to see this get an HD remake, or even just 16:9 with online multiplayer.

  • @Invidente7
    @Invidente7 2 роки тому +2

    The one true sequel to Commando. There would eventually be a Commando 3 but ...

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +2

      I show Wolf of the battlefield commando three in the video and I thought it was pretty good especially for a $10 title

    • @annoyeduk
      @annoyeduk 2 роки тому +1

      @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries nononono no original mode and so generic... still bought it tho XD

  • @RetroPlayer4000
    @RetroPlayer4000 Рік тому

    That super sexy cps1 hardware u showed cost me do much money because i had no idea about the suicide battery issue with it disabling the software forever. I finalized cane across the pheonixing fix and now im one happy man. Hard 220 dollar lesson learned.....over a ten cent battery

  • @roberthunter479
    @roberthunter479 2 роки тому

    Never saw this one in the arcades. Seems like a decent game.

  • @nathanbradshaw6552
    @nathanbradshaw6552 2 роки тому

    Great video.

  • @zartan138
    @zartan138 2 роки тому

    These contra like games remind me of the Salamander/Life Force Games.
    Also the Imari warrior games , Heavy Barrel.

  • @priestmorrison6564
    @priestmorrison6564 2 роки тому

    Man, that thumbnail Screams testosterone

  • @Rando1975
    @Rando1975 2 роки тому

    I was never much of a fan of Commando (I sucked at it), but I absolutely loved Mercs.

  • @SirGriefALot
    @SirGriefALot 2 роки тому

    This game was so good. I traded my friend Growl for this on Genesis.
    But you could die super quick if you didn't take your time until you know what's coming. I wonder what this game would have played like if it had a twin stick or a rotary joystick like Heavy Barrel.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому

      Commando three works really good with twin stickS I just wish there is some way they could hack it to make it so :-)

  • @Sinn0100
    @Sinn0100 Рік тому

    I loved Mercs especially on the Series Genesis. I do wish Series/Capcom would have went for a bigger cart. The Sega Genesis and CPS-1 are very, very close in hardware specs. I believe with another 8-megs it could have been so close to the arcades it would have been hard to spot the distance without having both versions side-by-side. Think of Ghouls n' Ghosts and Strider (especially Strider) for what could have read been achieved.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  Рік тому

      The problem comes with the lower resolution and colors on the Genesis but yes a bigger cartridge could have helped

  • @bicgohill8756
    @bicgohill8756 2 роки тому

    I didn’t even about the SQL game thanks bro.

  • @mikewolfe4822
    @mikewolfe4822 2 роки тому +1

    Hey ZX Spectrum guy, how do you prepare for battle?
    "I just blue myself"

  • @nemopouncey3827
    @nemopouncey3827 2 роки тому

    the soundtrack waz bangin.

  • @PedroFerreira-sx2gd
    @PedroFerreira-sx2gd 2 роки тому

    Loved to play on the arcades when i was Younger, but the game for me did not stand the test of time because of only One simple thing: controls. Actually i ONLY tolerate controls like shoock troopers or twin stick on this kind if games. My only exception is the Simple single shot in the game outzone were struggling with the controls in tight corridors is part of the fun. Great videos. Best regards.

    • @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
      @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries  2 роки тому +1

      The twin stick work good on Wolf of the battlefield three. I'm sure it would've been great on here as well