Captain America and the Avengers

For the Sega Game Gear game, see Captain America and the Avengers (Game Gear).

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Captain America and the Avengers

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher:

Data East (Japan, US)

Sega (Europe)

Developer: ISCO, Opera House

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
US	1992-12^[1]	$54.9554.95^[2]	T-13056
EU	1993-04^[3]		1031-50
EU (Classic)	199x		1031-50
PT	199x
UK	1993-04^[3]	£39.9939.99^[4]^[3]	1031-50
AU	199x
BR	199x		044560
KR	199x		GM93023JG

Non-Sega versions
Arcade Game Boy Super NES

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 and and move backwards and forwards in the plane with and . They dash with and , which can be used to attack enemies. Each character can fight hand-to-hand with or or use a ranged special attack with + or +. Captain America throws his shield, Hawkeye shoots arrows, and Iron Man and Vision shoot energy beams. Characters can guard attacks by holding down or . Characters jump with and can perform a special aerial attack by pressing or 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 or 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 , , or .

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

	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.
	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.
	Hawkeye
	An expert marksman trained by Captain America. He has supernatural sight and is skilled with any thrown or aimed weapon.
	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

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

Stages

	The Avengers
	The Avengers battle the Living Laser, Klaw, and Whirlwind and receive help from Quicksilver.
	Target Town
	The Avengers battle the Giant Robot (Sentinel) and the Grim Reaper and receive help from Wonderman.
	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).
	The Giant Laser Cannon
	The Avengers battle Juggernaut and Ultron.
	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

Source:

In-game credits^[5]

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Informer (US) #8: "January/February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]
Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Hacker (HR) #5: "03-04/1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

30

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

31

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

40

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)

80

^[13]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

67

^[14]

Game Power (IT)

60

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[16]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

46

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

72

^[18]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-U

50

^[19]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

62

^[20]

Mega Force (FR)

64

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

27

^[22]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

57

^[23]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

67

^[24]

Player One (FR)

25

^[25]

Play Time (DE)

28

^[26]

Power Up! (UK)

60

^[27]

Power Play (DE)

40

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

61

^[29]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

37

^[30]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

41

^[31]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

52

^[32]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

82

^[33]

Supersonic (FR)

78

^[34]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

32

^[35]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[2]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

54

^[36]

	52
Based on 29 reviews

Captain America and the Avengers

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Collector's Pin)
Cover
Cart Manual Collector's Pin

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (Classic Mega Drive)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Technical information

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

References

↑ GamePro, "September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 29
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-15), page 80
↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 74
↑ File:Captain America and the Avengers MD credits.pdf
↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 103
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "February 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 65
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 47
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 72
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-08)
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 36
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 29
↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42
↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 238
↑ Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 46
↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 42
↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-28), page 52
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 92
↑ Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 03, 1993" (UK; 1993-07-03), page 1
↑ Power Play, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-xx), page 142
↑ Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 44
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63
↑ Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 56
↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 72
↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38
↑ Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 97

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[:File:GamePro_US_038.pdf_p29-1] GamePro, "September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 29

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_48.pdf_p86-2] 2.0 ^2.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:CVG_UK_137.pdf_p80-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-15), page 80

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p74-4] Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 74

[:File:Captain_America_and_the_Avengers_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Captain America and the Avengers MD credits.pdf

[:File:GameInformer_US_008.pdf_p19-6] Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaVisions_US_11.pdf_p103-7] Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 103

[8] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "February 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 65

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 47

[:File:CVG_UK_138.pdf_p72-11] Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 72

[digitiser1993-02-08-12] Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-08)

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 36

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p29-14] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 29

[:File:GamePower_IT_10.pdf_p36-15] Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:GamePro_US_043.pdf_p42-16] GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_004.pdf_p81-17] GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81

[:File:Joypad_FR_016.pdf_p68-18] Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Joystick_FR_034.pdf_p238-19] Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 238

[:File:Mega_UK_02.pdf_p46-20] Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 46

[:File:MegaForce_FR_18.pdf_p112-21] Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-11.pdf_p42-22] Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 42

[:File:MegaTech_UK_14.pdf_p38-23] MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38

[:File:MeanMachinesSega05UK.pdf_p52-24] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-28), page 52

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_033.pdf_p92-25] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 92

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-05.pdf_p104-26] Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104

[27] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 03, 1993" (UK; 1993-07-03), page 1

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1993-02.pdf_p142-28] Power Play, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-xx), page 142

[:File:SegaPower_UK_41.pdf_p44-29] Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-30] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p63-31] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63

[:File:SegaZone_UK_04.pdf_p56-32] Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 56

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p72-33] Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 72

[:File:Supersonic_FR_12.pdf_p32-34] Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 32

[35] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-02.pdf_p97-36] Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 97

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Captain America and the Avengers

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Characters

Items

Stages

Music and sound

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References