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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 and 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.

References

External links

• Captain America and the Avengers at the Killer List of Videogames

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Captain America and the Avengers
Developer(s)	Data East
Publisher(s)	Data East
Designer(s)	Hidenobu Ito
Release date	Arcade: 1991 (NA) NES: December 1991 (NA) Sega Genesis: 1992 (NA) Super Nintendo: September 1993 (NA) Game Boy: 1994 (NA)
Genre	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player 2-4 players Cooperative
Age rating(s)	N/A Arcade NES Game Boy Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Super Nintendo VRC: GA Game Gear
Platform(s)	Arcade Nintendo Entertainment System Game Boy Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Game Gear Super Nintendo
Media	Cartridge NES
Input	Arcade: 8-Way Joystick, 2 Buttons NES Controller Sega Genesis Controller Super Nintendo Controller
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Captain America and the Avengers is an arcade game, that was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Super Nintendo.

Gameplay

The game that lets players take control of four Marvel Comics characters: Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye and The Vision. Each has different attacks and abilities. Up to four players can play cooperatively against a whole stable of Marvel Comics villains.

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NES Boxart	Game Boy Boxart	Sega Genesis Boxart	Game Gear Boxart
Super Nintendo Boxart

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