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Instruction booklet · September 1993

Captain America and The Avengers

FightingPlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em up1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Captain America and the Avengers is an arcade game released by Data East in 1991. It features the Marvel Comics characters The Avengers in a side-scrolling brawling and shooting adventure to defeat the evil Red Skull.

Specifications

Released: September 1993
Developer: Realtime Associates
Publisher: Mindscape
Players: 1
Genre: Fighting · Platform · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Captain America
Themes: Action
View: Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 65/100 (42 ratings)
GP: 6/10

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