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{{sub-stub}}'''''The Punisher''''' is a beat-'em-up game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]], based on the comic book series with the same name. It is a port of an earlier arcade game by [[Capcom]], and stars The Punisher (player 1) and Nick Fury (player 2) attempting to defeat The Kingpin (also the antagonist of ''[[Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin]]'').
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{{sub-stub}}'''''The Punisher''''' is a beat-'em-up game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]], based on the comic book series with the same name. It is a port of the 1993 arcade game of the same titleby [[Capcom]], and stars The Punisher (player 1) and Nick Fury (player 2) attempting to defeat The Kingpin (also the antagonist of ''[[Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin]]'').
  
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''The Punisher'' is one of the few examples of Capcom bringing one of their many arcade games to the Mega Drive and not to the Super Nintendo.  
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''The Punisher'' was the second game published by Capcom on the Mega Drive (following ''[[Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition]]'') after a history of licensing porting rights to [[Sega]] themselves, although the actual development of this game was outsourced to [[Sculptured Software]]. Several heavy cuts had to be made to fit the game onto the (still generous) 16Megabit cartridge, with most sprites and background redrawn. This was notably the only home conversion of ''The Punisher'' arcade game ever produced and despite Capcom's prominent support for Nintendo platforms at the time, no Super NES version was made.
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Several heavy cuts had to be made to fit the game onto the (still generous) 16Megabit cartridge, with most sprites and background redrawn. The game is complete however.  
 
  
 
==Promotional Material==
 
==Promotional Material==

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The Punisher
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
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The Punisher is a beat-'em-up game for the Sega Mega Drive, based on the comic book series with the same name. It is a port of the 1993 arcade game of the same titleby Capcom, and stars The Punisher (player 1) and Nick Fury (player 2) attempting to defeat The Kingpin (also the antagonist of Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin).

The Punisher was the second game published by Capcom on the Mega Drive (following Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition) after a history of licensing porting rights to Sega themselves, although the actual development of this game was outsourced to Sculptured Software. Several heavy cuts had to be made to fit the game onto the (still generous) 16Megabit cartridge, with most sprites and background redrawn. This was notably the only home conversion of The Punisher arcade game ever produced and despite Capcom's prominent support for Nintendo platforms at the time, no Super NES version was made.

Promotional Material

  • ThePunisher MD US PrintAdvert.jpg

    US print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №55, p114
65 №4, p98/99/100/101
77 №46, p62/63
Sega Mega Drive
 67
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
60
[3]
FLUX (US) NTSC-U
25
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
53
[5]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
58
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-U
58
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
58
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
61
[9]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
69
[10]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[11]
Player One (FR)
60
[12]
Play Time (DE)
58
[13]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
60
[14]
Todo Sega (ES)
84
[15]
Top Consoles (FR)
65
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
70
[17]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
69
[18]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[19]
Sega Mega Drive
 57
Based on
19 reviews

The Punisher

Mega Drive, US
ThePunisher MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Punisher MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Thepunisher md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
ThePunisher MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
ThePunisher MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 182
  2. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 165
  3. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  4. ↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 38
  5. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 49
  6. ↑ Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 104
  7. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 52
  8. ↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 69
  9. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 78
  10. ↑ Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
  11. ↑ Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 79
  12. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 116
  13. ↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 107
  14. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 104
  15. ↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  16. ↑ Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 98
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 21
  18. ↑ Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 97
  19. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
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