The Punisher (arcade game)
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 Sales flyer for the arcade game |
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Sega Mega Drive |
| Release date | Arcade April 22, 1993 Mega Drive/Genesis  June 1, 1994 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2 player Co-op |
| Input methods | 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | CPS-1 + QSound |
| Display | Raster, 384 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
The Punisher is a 1993 arcade game released by Capcom which stars the Marvel Comics anti-hero, The Punisher. It is a beat 'em up where the player can control The Punisher and/or Nick Fury on their quest to kill the crime lord Kingpin, engaging on various foes and final bosses mostly in a hand-to-hand combat.
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[edit] 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.
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 spin attacks.
The game features many types of enemies to be defeated (including street gangs, mafia mobsters, T-800-like cyborgs, and ninja women), and several end-of-level bosses, some of them a well-known Marvel Comics villains (including Bonebreaker, Bushwhacker, Jigsaw, and finally the Kingpin). There are also hostage girls to be rescued and some elements of the background can be destroyed for a bonus reward.
[edit] Ports
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A port of the game was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in North America during 1994 and the European PAL region during 1995. This version, while published by Capcom, was developed by Sculptured Software.
There were several changes including some censorship: female ninja enemies (rather skimpy-clothed in the arcade version), are now wearing full-body catsuits, while the boss Scully is now merely thrown after being interrogated (instead of being summarily executed afterwards).[1]
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[edit] External links
- Make Mine Marvel: The Punisher Arcade Game on Marvel.com
- The Punisher Genesis at MobyGames
- The arcade game and the Mega Drive/Genesis game at GameFAQs
- THE PUNISHER shrine
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