The Punisher

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

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-12026
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-12026-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$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).

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) 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

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #70: "May 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
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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
[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]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-U
58
[8]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
58
[9]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
61
[10]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
69
[11]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[12]
Player One (FR)
60
[13]
Play Time (DE)
58
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
60
[15]
Todo Sega (ES)
84
[16]
Top Consoles (FR)
65
[17]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
70
[18]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
69
[19]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[20]
Sega Mega Drive
57
Based on
18 reviews

The Punisher

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Thepunisher md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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