Captain America and the Avengers |
Promotional flier for the 1991 arcade version of Captain America and the Avengers |
Developer(s) |
Data East |
Publisher(s) |
Data East, Mindscape, Inc |
Designer(s) |
Hidenobu Ito |
Platform(s) |
Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy |
Release date(s) |
1991 Arcade, NES 1992 Genesis 1993 SNES, Game Gear 1994 Game Boy |
Genre(s) |
Beat 'em up, platformer, Action |
Mode(s) |
Up to 4 players simultaneously |
Input methods |
8-way joystick, 2 buttons |
Cabinet |
Upright |
CPU |
2x ARM6 9.3333 MHz, HuC6280 4.0275 MHz |
Sound |
Yamaha YM2151, (2x) OKI MSM6295 |
Captain America and the Avengers is a coin-op arcade game released by Data East in 1991. It features the Marvel Comics characters The Avengers.
Gameplay
Players can choose to play one of four of the Avengers, being the superheroes Captain America; Iron Man; Hawkeye and the Vision. What follows are a series of battle against supervillains across various locations in a bid to stop the villain the Red Skull. Other Avengers including the Wasp; Quicksilver; Wonder Man and Namor the Sub-Mariner make cameo appearances.
Opponents include villains Klaw; The Living Laser; Whirlwind; Wizard; the Grim Reaper; the Mandarin; The Juggernaut; Ultron and the assassin Crossbones. The game also has two and four-player options.
Versions
Screenshot of the 1991 Arcade version
Data East originally released a home version of the game for the Sega Genesis. The game was later licensed to Mindscape, who released their own ports of the arcade game for the Super NES, Game Boy and Game Gear. The versions published by Mindscape were developed by Realtime Associates. [1] Data East also released an NES game with the same title. The NES version is a side-scrolling action platform game. The only playable characters in this version are Captain America and Hawkeye; their mission is to save the Vision and Iron Man from Mandarin.
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