Mean City

In the cities of the world, humans once again have a new battle, after
surviving a world wide nuclear war there is a new war against against semi
nomad mutants who live outside the cities in the barren wastelands. You take
the role of one such mutant named Sante and you have to attempt to enter the
city of Concurb 2 G-Gow to rescue your Father, Hante who is the leader of the
Tribal Federation of Mutants. Once you manage to enter the city you must find
four pieces of a digital key to enter your Father’s cell and take him back to
your cave outside the city. To make matters worse, your cousin Calte (played
by player two or the computer) is also trying to gain entry and find your
Father, not to rescue him but to kill him so he can become leader and if he
finds you as well he will kill you.

Mean City is viewed from above with the screen split into three horizontal
sections with the top and bottom parts the playing area for the players. The
middle part of the screen has both players panels which show the score,
health, lives, messages and a pointer showing the direction of the nearest
mutant. As you move about outside and inside the city controlled by the
joystick, you can shoot or avoid the humans, droids or police and if you touch
one or are shot then you lose health which is shown in your panel as a heart
monitor which decreases the more you are hit. Once you lose enough health then
you lose one of five lives. Some citizens will leave behind a weapon which can
be collected but only before they stop flashing.