MERCURY MELTDOWN REMIX
OFFICIAL TITLE  Mercury Meltdown Remix
COMMON TITLE  Mercury Meltdown Remix
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLES-54432
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Action / Puzzle.

DEVELOPER  Ignition Entertainment.
PUBLISHER  Ignition Entertainment.
DATE RELEASED  30 November 2005
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLES-54432
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLES-54432
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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English

French

German

Italian

Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish); voices in English.

The old wooden labyrinth game gets an upgrade in Mercury Meltdown Remix where you take control of a liquid mercury blob, navigating the mass through environments filled with traps, door switches, spikes, and moving floors. Mercury Meltdown Remix includes over 200 available and hidden levels to conquer in 12 labs with names that include Aero, Bio, Chemical, Electro, Geo, and Atom. Learn to roll in the "Tutorial," go for a spin, and then check out "Replay" mode and see how you have improved. Find bonuses throughout all the labs to unlock party games such as Paint, Race, Rodeo, Matrix, and Shove. The mercury blob comes in four states -- normal, solid, fast, and slow -- and each condition has assets and drawbacks that can help you through the gauntlet of each stage.

Mercury Meltdown is the sequel to Archer Maclean's Mercury, a puzzle game where your job is to guide a blob of mercury, or several blobs, along various mazes, by tilting the game world, while hazard try to zap, attract, repulse, eat, or blow you up.

Mercury Meltdown features a new vibrant visual style, a lot of completely new stages, a free-look camera, ghost mercuries and replays for your best times that can be saved, and much more. The game's original realistic graphics have been turned into a more cartoon style. The mercury now has a black line around the outside of it.

The main change in the game is the ability to change the mercury into 3 more states. Besides normal state now you can turn the mercury into the "Fast" or "Slow" using a heater and a cooler, and using a solidifier you can make it unto "Solid" state, a round, non-breakable ball. The mercury can still be split using a splitter, needed to solve certain puzzles.

Unlike the original Mercury, the game is split into themed "Labs" rather than “Worlds”. There are 10 Labs, with 16 initial stages: Astro, Bio, Chemical, Electro, Geo, Atom, Aero, Hydro, Micro, V.R. (Virtual Reality). The PS2 version adds two more: Chrono and Cryo, as well as twin analog control, support for the rumble feature, improved graphics and all the levels from the original Archer Maclean's Mercury. There are 168 stages in the PSP version and over 200 in the PS2 game. Unlike the previous game, there is no strict order to play the levels. Once a Lab has been unlocked, you can play all the stages included right away.

Attributes show how well you do in the games. The best performance is awarded with a golden cork, based on four conditions: a high score (a 1 sticker), all bonus items found (a star sticker), 100% mercury (a corked test-tube), and complete the level within the time limit. While playing, your progress is measured in faces that replace the time clock. The time limit cannot cause the game to end anymore, instead it just turns into a sad face and players can still complete the level. The mercury limits have also been removed, but 100% mercury is still needed to access some of the later stages.

The top right corner shows a color chart, to help with mixing colors in the game. This can also be done in the paintshop. This release adds multi-paintshops, triangle base pyramid shaped constructions with 3 different coloured gates on either side.

Features:
Unlock party games to play with friends including Paint, Race, Rodeo, Matrix, and Shove
Explore such environments as Aero, Bio, Chemical, Electro, Geo, and Atom
Roll your way through over 200 levels by navigating through door switches, spikes, and moving floors

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

The unique world of Mercury is back!

Guide your shimmering blob of liquid metal through a crazy cartoon world full of tricky traps and devious devices.

The aim is simple: progress through a series of wacky labs, avoid the dangers and escape without spilling your precious mercury.

- Over 200+ Challenging Levels
- Two exclusives Hidden Labs
- New Mercury States
- Dual Analog Control with rumble feedback
- State of the art blob physics
- Awesome lightning and special effects

  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Fantasy theme.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  81 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None.
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  Yes
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.0.0 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
 Tilt tray -  Left Analog Stick
 Tilt or rotate camera -  Right Analog Stick
 Select object in free-look mode -  D-Pad
 Zoom out -  L1 Button
 Zoom in -  R1 Button
 Select next blob left -  L2 Button
 Select next blob right -  R2 Button
 Change between single and multi-blob tracking modes -  R3 Button
 Free-look, help mode -  Select Button
 Pause -  Start Button

 

RAW CODES:

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 NTSC-U:
  • Mercury Meltdown Remix [SLUS-21548]   
     

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