The Punisher

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The Punisher

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Sculptured Software

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-02^[1]		T-12026
EU	1995		T-12026-50
AU	1995-04^[2]	$89.9589.95^[2]	FPUN00SMC

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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 title 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).

History

The Punisher was the fourth game published by Capcom on the Mega Drive (following Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter II and Mega Man: The Wily Wars) 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) 16 Megabit cartridge, with most sprites and background redrawn to fit a smaller scale.

This was notably the only home conversion of The Punisher arcade game ever produced as despite Capcom's prominent support for Nintendo platforms at the time, no Super NES version was made.

Production credits

Uncredited

Cover artwork: Lou Harrison

Magazine articles

Main article: The Punisher/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #70: "May 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[3]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[5]

FLUX (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[7]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[8]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

58

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

58

^[10]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

61

^[11]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[12]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[13]

Player One (FR)

60

^[14]

Play Time (DE)

58

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

60

^[16]

Todo Sega (ES)

84

^[17]

Top Consoles (FR)

65

^[18]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

70

^[19]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

69

^[20]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[21]

	57
Based on 19 reviews

The Punisher

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 116
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 11
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 182
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 165
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 38
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 49
↑ Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 104
↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 52
↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 69
↑ Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 78
↑ Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
↑ Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 79
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 116
↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 107
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 104
↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 98
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 21
↑ Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 97
↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p116-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 116

[:File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf_p11-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 11

[3] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 182

[4] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 165

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p36-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[6] FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p49-7] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:GameInformer_US_086.pdf_p104-8] Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-06.pdf_p52-9] MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 52

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-07.pdf_p69-10] MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 69

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-06.pdf_p78-11] Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 78

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0603.pdf_p47-12] Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

[:File:NextGeneration_US_07.pdf_p79-13] Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 79

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p116-14] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 116

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-07.pdf_p107-15] Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 107

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p104-16] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 104

[:File:TodoSega_ES_26.pdf_p36-17] Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_04.pdf_p98-18] Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 98

[19] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 21

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-06.pdf_p97-20] Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 97

[:File:VideoGames_US_77.pdf_p92-21] VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

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The Punisher

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Production credits

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References