Captain America and The Avengers
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Developer(s) |
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Publisher(s) | Data East
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Composer(s) |
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Platform(s) |
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Release | October 1991
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Genre(s) | Beat 'em up, scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Up to 4 players simultaneously |
Captain America and the Avengers
Gameplay
The Red Skull has assembled an army of supervillains and other henchmen in a plot to take over the world. Along with battling generic enemies, players also face
Players can choose to play as one of four members of the Avengers:
Most game levels feature side-scrolling fighting, with free movement as in traditional arcade brawlers. Occasionally, players take flight for side-scrolling flying & shooting sequences; Iron Man and Vision fly on their own, while Captain America and Hawkeye use flying machines.
Versions
The original arcade game was sold in two forms. One version allowed four players to play simultaneously, with each player position controlling a specific character. An alternate version featured two-player gameplay, with players able to select from any of the available four characters.
Data East released a home version of the game in North America for the
Data East also released a different NES game with the same title. The NES version is a side-scrolling action platform game. The only playable characters in this version are Captain America and Hawkeye; their mission is to save the Vision and Iron Man from Mandarin, then defeat the Red Skull. As with the Genesis/Mega Drive port, the NES game was developed in Japan but not released there.
Data East's third and final entry in their Captain America and The Avengers licensed video games was the
, which was an arcade exclusive fighting game that became the first to feature assist characters and duplex desperation moves.In 2021, Arcade1Up released the game in a special Marvel themed cabinet that also featured Avengers in Galactic Storm and X-Men.[5]
Other appearances in media
An arcade cabinet of the game can be spotted in the 1994 comedy Airheads.
One page of Matt Fraction and David Aja's run of Hawkeye comics directly lifts from the arcade game's artwork.
Reception
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | (ARC)[10] (NES)[11] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 32/50 (Game Gear)[6] |
Game Players | 6/10 (SNES)[7] |
GamePro | 11.5/20 (Game Gear)[8] |
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Sinclair User | Games Most Likely To Save The Universe[9] |
Arcade
In the United States, it topped the RePlay arcade earnings chart for upright arcade cabinets in November 1991.[12] In Japan, Game Machine listed Captain America and The Avengers on their January 1, 1992 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[13]
The November 1991 issue of Sinclair User gave it the shared award for "Games Most Likely To Save The Universe" as one of the best superhero games, along with Spider-Man: The Video Game and Captain Commando.[9]
Game Gear
In reviewing the Game Gear version, GamePro called the game "a forgettable scroller" with mediocre animation and sound.[8] Electronic Gaming Monthly said it "fares well on this Game Gear version, even without the Two-player Simultaneous Play Option". [sic][6]
SNES
In 2018, Complex ranked the SNES version 85th on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".[14]
Notes
References
- ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm
- ^ "株式会社オペラハウス". opera-house.co.jp. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Realtime Associates - Past Projects". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "X-Men Arcade, Killer Instinct, Dragon's Lair, and More Announced by Arcade1Up".
- ^ a b "Review Crew: Captain America". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 57. EGM Media, LLC. April 1994. p. 46.
- ^ Moon, Billy R. (December 1993). "Captain America and the Avengers". Game Players. No. 35. p. 176. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Captain America and the Avengers". GamePro. No. 58. IDG. May 1994. p. 130.
- ^ a b "Coin Ops - Games Most Likely To Save The Universe". Sinclair User. November 1991. pp. 62–63.
- ^ "Captain America and The Avengers (Arcade) Review". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16.
- ^ "Captain America and The Avengers (NES) Review". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16.
- ^ "RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. Vol. 17, no. 2. November 1991. p. 4.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 418. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 January 1992. p. 37.
- ^ Knight, Rich (April 30, 2018). "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
External links
- Captain America and The Avengers at MobyGames
- Captain America and the Avengers (NES) at MobyGames
- Captain America and The Avengers at the Killer List of Videogames