Curated Footage

Videos

Ten curated videos covering Mercenary and Damocles: complete longplays, walkthrough guides, live commentary sessions, gameplay mechanic clips, and a tribute to Paul Woakes and Novagen Software. All videos confirmed embeddable from YouTube.

Longplays

Mercenary: Escape from Targ -- C64 Longplay

World of Longplays -- C64, 1985 -- Full playthrough

Mercenary: Escape from Targ -- C64 Longplay (alternate)

C64, 1985 -- Full playthrough showing the wireframe 3D world

Damocles: Mercenary II -- Amiga Longplay

Amiga, 1990 -- Full playthrough across the Eris solar system

Retrospectives

Paul Woakes -- Head of Novagen (Tribute)

Stu-dog, YouTube, 2017 -- Tribute to Paul Woakes following his passing, covering Novagen's history and the Mercenary trilogy

Mercenary -- Playguide Review (Lemon64)

Lemon64.com, YouTube, 2014 -- Detailed review covering gameplay mechanics, controls, and why Mercenary was a ground-breaking triumph of 1985

Mercenary: Escape from Targ -- C64 Walkthrough

C64, 1985 -- A guided walkthrough through the open 3D world of Targ, showing exploration, vehicle theft, and faction choices

Technical / Demos

Peri Plays Damocles -- Mercenary II (Full Amiga Longplay, Live)

Retro Recipes (Perifractic), YouTube -- Live commentary walkthrough explaining the game's mechanics, solar system navigation, and Novagen history

Reviews / Gameplay Clips

Damocles -- Novabomb Sequence (1/8)

Amiga, 1990 -- Focused gameplay clip showing the Novabomb mechanic at the core of Damocles' plot: obtaining and deploying the device that redirects the comet

Damocles -- Novabomb on Icarus (2/8)

Amiga, 1990 -- Alternate ending scenario: deploying the Novabomb on the moon Icarus, one of the game's multiple valid solutions to the comet crisis

Damocles -- Computer Method Ending (3/8)

Amiga, 1990 -- Paul Woakes hid himself as an NPC in the game; this clip shows finding and using the developer's in-game computer terminal to resolve the crisis