Senjou no Ookami II (Japan 900302)

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

戦場の狼II (c) 1990 Capcom.
(Senjou no Ookami II)

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.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "CP System" hardware
B-Board ID: 89625B-1

Players: Up to 3
Control per player: 8-way joystick
Buttons per player: 2

- TRIVIA -

Senjou no Ookami II was released in March 1990 in Japan. It is known outside Japan as "Mercs".

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Wolf of the Battlefield II'.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Capcom 3 - PCCB-00030) on May 21, 1990.

- 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. Senjou no Ookami (1985)
2. Senjou no Ookami II [CP-S No. 09] (1990)

- STAFF -

Chief designer : S. Okano, Tokuro Fujiwara (A. Kume), Kijima
Character designers : Hitoshi Nishio, T. Hayashi
Sound : M. Gotoh
Sound programmer : Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (Y. Sakaguchi)
Programmers : M. Akahori, T. Ohta, Y. Matsui

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (sept.27, 1991) "Senjou no Ookami II [Model G-4051]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (nov.12, 1998) "Capcom Generation Dai 4 Shou Kokou no Eiyuu [Model T-1235G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (nov.12, 1998) "Capcom Generation Dai 4 Shou Kokou no Eiyuu [Model SLPS-01701]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (mar.2, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLPM-66317]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Sony PSP (sept.7, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model ULJM-05104]"

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