<s>
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
is	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
handheld	O
console	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Epyx	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
is	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
spacecraft	O
destroying	O
enemy	O
spaceships	O
and	O
buildings	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
earn	O
money	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
buy	O
upgrades	O
between	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
war	O
had	O
been	O
going	O
on	O
for	O
years	O
between	O
the	O
Mendicant	O
and	O
the	O
Zarlor	B-Application
races	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
n't	O
going	O
anywhere	O
so	O
the	O
Zarlors	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
hire	O
outside	O
help	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sixth	O
and	O
final	O
mission	O
is	O
Cedmite	O
City	O
the	O
only	O
city	O
on	O
the	O
Mendicant	O
planet	O
,	O
the	O
Zarlors	B-Application
have	O
asked	O
for	O
everything	O
to	O
be	O
destroyed	O
,	O
all	O
to	O
be	O
cleared	O
out	O
for	O
colonisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Engelbrite	O
at	O
Epyx	O
who	O
was	O
known	O
for	O
including	O
easter	O
eggs	O
and	O
mini-games	O
in	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
games	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
cellular	O
automata	O
,	O
Conway	O
's	O
Game	O
of	O
Life	O
in	O
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
Paul	O
Glancey	O
called	O
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
"	O
a	O
decent-looking	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
,	O
but	O
quite	O
difficult	O
and	O
not	O
overly	O
exciting	O
to	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kyle	O
Knight	O
of	O
AllGame	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
moves	O
sluggishly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
GamesRadars	O
Jeff	O
Dunn	O
wrote	O
that	O
Zarlor	B-Application
Mercenary	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Blue	B-Application
Lightning	I-Application
were	O
the	O
"	O
obscure	O
but	O
excellent	O
games	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
