To mark the occasion, here is a full playthrough of this fun arcade beat em up classic.
Captain America and the Avengers is an arcade side scrolling beat em up game developed and published by Data East in 1991. The game has a single player or four player co op options, with players choosing from one of the four Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Vision and Hawkeye. There are about five stages in total.
The game is your usual beat em up: Battle through hordes of enemies, picking up objects to use as projectiles against them. The player has a limited health bar that if they get further damage will result in a game over. Also, along the way, various other Avengers will also help out: Wasp will help out during the shoot em up stages, Quicksilver will drop health refills and Sub Mariner will help fight during the under sea stages.
Plotwise, the evil Red Skull using a vast fortune has amassed a large army of super villains to take over the world. So, it falls upon the good Cap and Avengers to take him down!.
Here, I play as Captain America (cause its 4th of July) and do a full playthrough.
(All rights to game developer and publishers Data East, 1991).
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