10 Marvel Superhero Video Games You Never Knew Existed

2. Spider-Man And Captain America In Dr. Doom’s Revenge

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Yet another game with a stupidly long name, this title was released in 1989 and sees Spider-Man and Captain America team up for the very first time in a video game. Published by Empire for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, PC, Amiga and Atari ST it also features Dr. Doom as the main antagonist.

Essentially a Street Fighter II-style fighting game, you alternate between both characters as you take on a series of opponents in one-on-one battles. These include characters that will be very familiar to fans of the comic books including Machete, Boomerang, Oddball and Electro. Interestingly, it also has a cameo by The Hulk.

Before each fight you are greeted with some great looking comic book style panels telling the story so far. But once in the game it’s far less interesting with extremely boring battles that drag on too long and don’t offer a wide enough range of moves.

Dr. Doom’s Revenge gets lots of things right – the comic book presentation and range of characters being the most notable. However, the tedious gameplay ruins any enjoyment you may get out of it.

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Kieren is from England and is a well known figure in gaming circles. As a writer he is probably best known for his work on the award-winning Retro Gamer magazine but over the years he has written for numerous publications and websites. A keen games collector himself, he is also the organiser of several UK-based gaming events and has a big social media presence.