Captain America and the Avengers

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Captain America and the Avengers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Data East (Japan, US)
Sega Mega Drive
Sega (Europe)
Developer:
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Data East
Sound driver: Terpsichorean (Hitoshi Sakimoto) (68k port)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$54.9554.95[2] T-13056
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1087-50
Sega Mega Drive
EU
(Classic)
1087-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£39.9939.99[6][3] 1087-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
044560
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM93023JG
Non-Sega versions

Captain America and the Avengers is a beat-'em-up developed by Data East. Ports were made to the Sega Mega Drive as well as the competing Super NES. Despite being developed by a Japanese team, it never saw a release in Japan.

Story

The Red Skull has assembled an army of supervillains and other henchmen in a plot to take over the world.

Gameplay

The game is a belt-scrolling beat-'em-up that can be played with one or two players. Players can choose to play as one of four members of the Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision. Characters walk with Left and Right and move backwards and forwards in the plane with Up and Down. They dash with LeftLeft and RightRight, which can be used to attack enemies. Each character can fight hand-to-hand with B or C or use a ranged special attack with A+B or A+C. Captain America throws his shield, Hawkeye shoots arrows, and Iron Man and Vision shoot energy beams. Characters can guard attacks by holding down B or C. Characters jump with A and can perform a special aerial attack by pressing B or C during the jump. Captain America and Hawkeye perform diving kicks, while Iron Man and Vision fire their energy beams at a downward angle.

Stages contain rocks, barrels, tires, scrap, and so forth, which can be picked up with B or C and thrown. Opponents can also be grabbed and thrown. Other Avengers, including the Wasp, Quicksilver, Wonder Man, and Namor the Sub-Mariner appear in the stages to assist the players.

Some stages feature autoscrolling sections that play like a shoot-'em-up. Iron Man and Vision fly on their own, while Captain America and Hawkeye wear special equipment. During these sections, the character can move in any direction with the D-Pad and shoot with A, B, or C.

Characters have a life scale that starts at 100 and goes down as they take damage from opponents. The scale can be restored by collecting special items (and can also go higher than 100). When characters runs out of life, they are defeated, and the player must use a credit to continue. Players share credits in two-player games. After being defeated, the player can choose a different hero to play. The game ends when the players run out of credits.

The main game can be played cooperatively with two players. The second player can join at any time during gameplay by pressing  START . Players can choose the difficulty level (Easy, Normal, or Hard) and starting number of credits (3, 5, or 7) prior to starting the game. There is also a competitive Training mode where players can fight each other.

Characters

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Captain America
Leader of the Avengers. A one-man army created as a result of the experimental "Super Soldier" project during World War II. His special ability is throwing his nearly indestructible shield.
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Iron Man
Weapons inventor and president of Stark Industries. His steel suit of armor gives him superhuman agility and strength. He wears a mechanized suit of armor that can shoot plasma beams from his hands and travel underwater or into space.
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Hawkeye
An expert marksman trained by Captain America. He has supernatural sight and is skilled with any thrown or aimed weapon.
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Vision
An artificial being who draws his power from light collected by the gem in his forehead. He can fire this stored energy as a solar beam from the gem.

Items

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Small Life Disc
Increases the life scale by 10 points. Appears in the shooting segments.
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Large Life Disc
Increases the life scale by 20 points. Dropped by Quicksilver on some stages.
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Wasp Item
Summons the Wasp, who protects the player for a duration. Appears in the shooting segments.

Stages

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The Avengers
The Avengers battle the Living Laser, Klaw, and Whirlwind and receive help from Quicksilver.

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Target Town
The Avengers battle the Giant Robot (Sentinel) and the Grim Reaper and receive help from Wonderman.

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Challenge from the Bottom of the Sea
The Avengers battle the Wizard, Mech. Taco, and the Mandarin and receive help from Namor the Sub-Mariner and Quicksilver. The name "Mech. Taco" comes from the Japanese word for octopus, tako (タコ).

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The Giant Laser Cannon
The Avengers battle Juggernaut and Ultron.

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The End of Red Skull
The Avengers battle Crossbones, Red Skull, and Mech. Skull and receive help from Wasp and Wonderman.

Music and sound

The music was arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto, who is well-regarded among Sega Mega Drive composers.

Versions

The PAL version appears to have been optimized in both music speed and gameplay.

The Super NES version has more detailed graphics, but has control issues and lacks voice data. It was not ported by Data East but instead by Mindscape. The Sega Mega Drive version is also closer to the arcade version's stage layout. However, the game uses an unoptimized color palette, with details getting lost due to neighboring colors having a too similar shade.

Production credits

  • Producer: Mentaiko
  • Planner: E.Nishiyama, H.Iwano
  • Graphics: T.Ishiro, T.Sawajiri, Yorokin, H.Sasaki
  • Software: S.Miki, H.Fujiwara, Y.Mizutani
  • Sound: S.Shougo, Tom.Satoh, Ymoh.S
  • Marketing: K.Nakamura, S.Miller
  • P.R.: S.Takeuchi, D.Saitoh
  • Arcade Staff: H.Itoh, K.Miyazawa, H.Ohnuki, T.Haga, M.Tokoro
  • Special Thanks: M.Nakamura, K.Yokoyama, H.Yamaguchi
  • Director: E.Nishiyama, T.Ishiro
© 1992 Data East Corporation
Source:
In-game credits
Captain America and the Avengers MD credits.pdf
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Magazine articles

Main article: Captain America and the Avengers/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • (US) #8: "January/February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[8]
  • (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[9]
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Print advert in (KR) #1993-11: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • (KR) #1993-12: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)[10]
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Print advert in Hacker (HR) #5: "03-04/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
35 [11]
Sega Mega Drive
35
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(RU)
30
[12]
(RU)
30
[13]
(UK)
31
[14]
(UK) PAL
40
[15]
(US) NTSC-U
78
[16]
(RU)
80
[17]
(UK)
67
[18]
(IT)
60
[19]
(US) NTSC-U
83
[20]
(UK) PAL
46
[21]
(FR)
72
[22]
(FR) NTSC-U
50
[23]
(UK) NTSC-U
62
[24]
(FR)
64
[25]
(DE) NTSC-U
27
[26]
(UK) NTSC-U
57
[27]
(UK) NTSC-U
67
[28]
(FR)
25
[29]
(DE)
28
[30]
(UK)
60
[31]
(DE)
40
[32]
(UK) NTSC-U
61
[33]
(UK) PAL
37
[34]
(UK) PAL
41
[35]
(UK) NTSC-U
52
[36]
(UK) PAL
82
[37]
(FR)
78
[38]
(RU)
32
[39]
(US) NTSC-U
60
[2]
(DE) PAL
54
[40]
Sega Mega Drive
53
Based on
30 reviews

Captain America and the Avengers

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Mega Drive, EU (Classic Mega Drive)
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Technical information

Main article: Captain America and the Avengers/Technical information.

References

  1. GamePro, "September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 29
  2. 2.0 2.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
  3. 3.0 3.1 Computer & Video Games, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-15), page 80
  4. Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 10
  5. Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 18
  6. Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 74
  7. File:Captain America and the Avengers MD credits.pdf
  8. Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 19
  9. Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 103
  10. Game Champ, "xxxx" (KR; 199x-xx-xx), page 8
  11. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "February 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 65
  12. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
  13. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 47
  14. Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 72
  15. Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-08)
  16. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 76
  17. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 36
  18. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 29
  19. Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
  20. GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42
  21. GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81
  22. Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  23. Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 238
  24. Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 46
  25. Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
  26. Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 42
  27. MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38
  28. Mean Machines Sega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-28), page 52
  29. Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 92
  30. Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104
  31. Power Up!, "Saturday, July 03, 1993" (UK; 1993-07-03), page 1
  32. Power Play, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-xx), page 142
  33. Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 44
  34. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  35. Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63
  36. Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 56
  37. Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 72
  38. Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 32
  39. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38
  40. Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 97


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