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| + | | title=Captain America | ||
| + | | sprite={{sprite | Captain America and the Avengers, Characters.png | crop_width=64 | crop_height=160 | crop_x=128 | crop_y=0}} | ||
| + | | desc=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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| + | | title=Iron Man | ||
| + | | sprite={{sprite | Captain America and the Avengers, Characters.png | crop_width=64 | crop_height=160 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=0}} | ||
| + | | desc=Weapons inventor and president of Stark Industries. His steel suit of armor gives him superhuman agility and strength. He can shoot plasma beams from his hands and travel underwater or into space. | ||
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| + | | title=Hawkeye | ||
| + | | sprite={{sprite | Captain America and the Avengers, Characters.png | crop_width=64 | crop_height=160 | crop_x=192 | crop_y=0}} | ||
| + | | desc=An expert marksman trained by Captain America. He has supernatural sight and is skilled with any thrown or aimed weapon. | ||
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| + | | sprite={{sprite | Captain America and the Avengers, Characters.png | crop_width=64 | crop_height=160 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}} | ||
| + | | desc=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. | ||
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Vision and Iron Man have an aerial downward aimed projectile, while the other two characters propel themselves downwards. | Vision and Iron Man have an aerial downward aimed projectile, while the other two characters propel themselves downwards. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 23 March 2022
- For the Sega Game Gear game, see Captain America and the Avengers (Game Gear).
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| Developer: ISCO, Opera House | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Data East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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. 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.
Contents
Gameplay
The game employs a 2 button setup, which defaults to 
for jumping and 
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 autoscrolling sections that play like a shooting game.
Characters
| Captain America | |
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| 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 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. |
Vision and Iron Man have an aerial downward aimed projectile, while the other two characters propel themselves downwards.
Levels
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Scene 1: "The Avengers" |
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| Living Laser, Klaw, Whirlwind. Help from Quicksilver. | |
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Scene 2: "Target Town" |
| Giant Robot (Sentinel), Grim Reaper. Help from Wonderman. | |
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Scene 3: "Challenge from the Bottom of the Sea" |
| Wizard, Mech. Taco, Mandarin. Help from Namor the Submariner, Quicksilver. | |
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Scene 4: "The Giant Laser Cannon" |
| Juggernaut, Ultron | |
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Scene 5: "The End of Red Skull" |
| Crossbones, Red Skull, Mech. Skull. Help from Wasp, Wonderman. |
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
- 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
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:
also published in:
- Game Informer (US) #8: "January/February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[5]
- Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[6]
Print advert in Hacker (HR) #5: "03-04/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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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
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 76
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Game Informer, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-1x-xx), page 6
- ↑ 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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