The Punisher (arcade game)

Infobox VG
title = The Punisher


caption=Sales flyer for the arcade game
developer = Capcom
publisher = Capcom
designer =
release = Arcade
April 22, 1993
Mega Drive/Genesis
flagicon|USA June 1, 1994
flagicon|Europe 1995
genre = Beat 'em up
modes = Single player, 2 player Co-op
cabinet = Upright
arcade system = CPS-1 + QSound
display = Raster, 384 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors
input = 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons
platforms = Arcade, Sega Mega Drive

"The Punisher" is a 1993 arcade game released by Capcom which stars the Marvel Comics anti-hero, The Punisher, and co-starring Nick Fury as the second player's character. It is a beat 'em up where Punisher and Fury are on a mission to thwart the crime lord Kingpin, engaging on various foes and final bosses mostly in a hand-to-hand combat.

Gameplay

The gameplay follows the same side-scrolling beat'em up formula Capcom established in "Final Fight". Much in the same way that Capcom's "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" did before, there's a distinctive feature of this game which is the frequent use of several firearms (Ingram, M-16, flamethrower), along with the traditional melee and thrown (including baseball bats, hammers, knives, Japanese swords and shuriken), as well as improvised weapons (such as pipes or fire extinguishers). There are also several sections of the game in which the characters automatically draw their handguns in order to shoot their enemies to death. Some elements of the background can be destroyed, sometimes for a bonus reward.

Unlike in "Final Fight" and many other side-scrollers of the era, which differentiated characters according to size and speed, Punisher and Nick Fury's size, abilities, and tactics are essentially the same; they both use the same basic punch, throw, and special piledriver and "crowd control" attacks. The game features many types of enemies to be defeated (including street gangs, mafia mobsters, T-800-like cyborgs, and ninja women). There are several end-of-level bosses, some of them well-known Marvel Comics villains such as Bonebreaker, Bushwhacker, Jigsaw, and finally Kingpin. Bruno Costa and his gang also appear in the game as small-fry enemy characters.

ega Mega Drive port

A port of the game was released for Sega Genesis in North America during 1994 and for the European Mega Drive during 1995. This version, while published by Capcom, was developed by Sculptured Software. There were several changes to the game, including some censorship (female ninja enemies are now fully clothed, while the boss Scully is not being shot after his interrogation [ [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/file/586402/44459 "The Punisher" for the Sega Genesis FAQ] ] ).

ee also

*Punisher computer and video games

References

External links

* [http://www.marvel.com/news/vgstories.1502.Make_Mine_Marvel~colon_The_Punisher_Arcade_Game Make Mine Marvel: The Punisher Arcade Game on Marvel.com]
*moby game|id=/punisher__|name="The Punisher" Genesis
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/data/583713.html The arcade game] and [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/586402.html the Mega Drive/Genesis game] at GameFAQs
* [http://capcomarcade.classicgaming.gamespy.com/punish.html "THE PUNISHER" shrine]