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Captain America and the Avengers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Data East,
Sega Game Gear
Mindscape
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Data East
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-13056
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1031-50
Sega Mega Drive
EU
(Classic) 		1031-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		044560
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-87028

Captain America and the Avengers is a beat-'em-up developed by Data East. Ports were made to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear, as well as the competing SNES. Despite being developed by a Japanese team, it never saw a release in Japan. The music was arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto, who is well regarded among Sega Mega Drive composers. Interestingly, the PAL version appears to have been optimized in both music speed and gameplay.

Gameplay

The game employs a 2 button setup, which defaults to A for jumping and B for attacking, although the controls can be redefined. By holding down the attack button, it's possible to guard attacks. Pushing jump and attack simultaneously fires a projectile attack. By attacking late or early during a jump either a dive attack or an aerial shot can be performed. Stages are littered with rocks, tires, scrap etc. These can be picked up and thrown, as well as downed opponents. Two stages feature auto scrolling sections that play like a shooting game.

Playable characters

  • Vision
  • Iron Man
  • Captain America
  • Hawkeye

Vision and Iron Man have an aerial downward aimed projectile, while the other two characters propel themselves downwards.

Trivia

For unknown reasons the game uses an unoptimized color palette, with lots of details getting lost due to neighboring colors having a too similar shade.

Versions

The SNES 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.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • 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

Game Gear version

  • Programming: Steve Ettinger
  • Backgrounds: Phil Knowles
  • Animations: Lance Hutto
  • Assistant Programmer: Cheryl Harada
  • Map Layouts: Alan Hickey
  • Music and Sounds: Eric Swanson
  • Producer for Realtime Associates: Dave Warhol
  • Producer for Software Toolworks: Steve Hutchins
  • Associate Producer for Realtime Associates: Ann Lediaev
  • Testing: Robert Arellano, Marty Lafleur, Wikian Tang, Rob Vance

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
31 №138, p72[6]
83 №43, p40/41[7]
46 №4, p81
72 №16
50 №34, p238
35 №6, p65
62 №2, p46/47/48[8]
57 №14, p38/39/40
67 №5, p52-54[9]
25 №33, p92
61 №41, p44
41 №19, p63
37 №18, p64
52 №4, p56
82 №14, p72-74[10]
78 №12, p32
Sega Mega Drive
 55
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[11]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
31
[6]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
40
[13]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
78
[14]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)
80
[15]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
67
[16]
Game Power (IT)
60
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
46
[18]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
80
[19]
Joypad (FR)
72
[20]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-U
50
[21]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
62
[8]
Mega Force (FR)
64
[22]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
27
[23]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
57
[24]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
67
[9]
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
[10]
Supersonic (FR)
78
[33]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
32
[34]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
60
[35]
Video Games (DE) PAL
54
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
 54
Based on
31 reviews

Captain America and the Avengers

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Captain America MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
(Classic Mega Drive)
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Captainamerica md br manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR

Game Gear version

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 e0639ca2
MD5 1dc96693afd74e7b0623a6e06fbdcf87
SHA-1 ae71b5744de7ca6aa00d72ccd7713146d87ca002
1MB 1992-12 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 43225612
MD5 60f06161f62e0c11d2de317ceed3c24e
SHA-1 66ec647175251d8c109c6c21440d415e13e14001
1MB 1992-12 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 baac59c0
MD5 39b52537d5e9ee1420b299930168af52
SHA-1 af8271c0c99637413006bdd8c66a7b5412e0ebd7
1MB 1992-12 Page

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 137.pdf, page 80
  2. ↑ File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 74
  3. ↑ File:GamePro US 038.pdf, page 29
  4. ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 19
  5. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 103
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 138.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:GamePro US 043.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 043.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Mega UK 02.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 02.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega05UK.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega05UK.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
  12. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 47
  13. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-08)
  14. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 76
  15. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 36
  16. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 29
  17. ↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
  18. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81
  19. ↑ Game Informer, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-1x-xx), page 6
  20. ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  21. ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 238
  22. ↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
  23. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 42
  24. ↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38
  25. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 92
  26. ↑ Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104
  27. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 03, 1993" (UK; 1993-07-03), page 1
  28. ↑ Power Play, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-xx), page 142
  29. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 44
  30. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  31. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63
  32. ↑ Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 56
  33. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 32
  34. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38
  35. ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
  36. ↑ Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 97
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