Mercenary Force

[ommadawnyawn2]

"Modern writing about video games has fallen into the vulgar situation where writers always feel the need to balance all compliments and praise with criticism, in some absurd dance to prove themselves objective or impartial (actually, I have no idea why they do it). For me though, my tolerance for flaws is inversely proportional to how much I pay for my games, and considering the wonderfully low prices the cartridge goes for ($3 or thereabouts), I'm willing to put up with the sprite flickering and lack of gratuitous flair which you would otherwise find in, for example, a shmup by Treasure. In the context of what this is - a unique shmup which is cheap to buy - it is a perfect game."

What an emotional and poorly argued tangent to find in a shooter text on here.

[Weasel]

(Checks who wrote the article...)

...Oh. Well, that explains it. =/

[320x240]

I fail to see why Mercenary Force is difficult to classify. It is simply a ground-based hori shmup, just like Guwange is a ground-based vert smhup. Let's not make things more difficult than that. Breakthru is an early example of a ground-based hori. Mike Singletons Shadowfax another.