10 Marvel Superhero Video Games You Never Knew Existed
5. Captain America In: The Doom Tube Of Dr. Megalomann
The very first Captain America game is also a real mouthful, as they definitely seemed to like long titles when it came to games featuring the good Cap. It was released in 1987 by GO! for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Atari ST computers – the latter 16-bit version being by far the best.
Your mission is to infiltrate the Doom Tube, the secret lair of Dr. Megalomann, this is made up of three such tubes, one inside the other like a Russian doll. Each tube is split into several decks, which are then divided again into several rooms. They are all connected together by a lift called the Orbivator, the last room is the missile silo.
As well as defeating the bad guys you also have to solve several puzzles in order to progress in the game. These take up several forms such as finding a serum to cure a deadly virus that infects you and revealing security codes that you need to keep for later in the game. The whole game is played in real time with just one hour being allocated for you to stop Dr. Megalomann and save the world from impending doom.
Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann received quite mixed reviews from the press and it’s easy to see why. The game is pretty challenging and not particularly intuitive, meaning only the most ardent fans of Cap will probably want to check it out.