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This brings Damocles and Mercenary III to PC. Play the original games with the usual graphics, or use an enhanced OpenGL quality (definition, anti-aliasing), a faster rendition speed, a larger viewpoint, or even a VR version (Oculus Rift). It emulates the Amiga version of Damocles (1990) including Mission Disks and Mercenary III (1991). Games can be saved on the PC hard drive. Having a larger viewpoint (without the Author's Computer) is a great addition. More details have been added, such as the stars moving in the sky with the planets at night. You can select between the original speed rendition, or a far more fluid one. Those improvements may go with a few glitches, such as de-synchronized dialogs with Benson during flights or taxi rides. Space navigation is a bit more complicated too, as planets dots are smaller, thus harder to notice - but you can switch back anytime to the original rendering or speed. You may also notice the inter-city's flight shake a lot, a side-effect of an original effect in Mercenary III. Damocles is a sequel to the 1985 game Mercenary, the planet Eris is in danger: A comet, fittingly named "Damocles", is on a straight collision course with the planet. Within only a few hours, the comet will obliterate Eris. It is your job to prevent this. In the maddeningly short time frame, you will have to explore the galaxy (which contains 9 planets and 19 moons) and try to find a way to stop the comet. Just like Mercenary, you play this game in the first person perspective, this time however with detailed filled polygon graphics. You can walk on the planets, drive vehicles and fly spaceships. It is very non-linear, you can go to any planet and any moon at any time and do whatever you like. You'll have to find and use objects and examine buildings and places... and stay away from Eris if you can't destroy Damocles in time. Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis You once again find yourself in a race against time to save the galaxy, this time from the evil PC BIL. Again the non-linear nature of this series is taken further in the vast number of ways you can stop the tyrant. Exploration of the game's large number of planets and moons will reveal clues of the many different routes you can take to achieve this goal. Run for president, become a property tycoon - or a violent 'eco' terrorist. The 'go anywhere, do anything' motto is still in full effect in this first-person perspective hybrid game. |
