Reception
| Mercenary reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Zzap!64 | 97% |
| Crash | 96% |
| RUN | A |
| CU Amiga | 8/10 |
| Damocles reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| CU Amiga | 8/10 |
| Zzap!64 | 95% |
| Amiga Computing | 73% |
| Amiga Format | 92% |
| Mercenary III reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| CU Amiga | 70% |
| Amiga Computing | 92% |
| Amiga Format | 87% |
| Zero | 89% |
All three Mercenary titles received strong reviews from gaming magazines across all platforms, with the original Mercenary receiving a Gold Medal from Zzap!64 magazine. RUN reviewer Bob Sodaro noted the replay value of Mercenary, writing "Prior to marking up the maps, you should make a number of photocopies so you'll have clean copies when playing subsequent adventures".
The ZX Spectrum version was voted number 15 in the Your Sinclair Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time.
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