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Description

Various characters from Capcom games and Marvel Comics compete against each other in this classic Vs. brawler from Capcom. Unlike its predecessors, it adds the ability to call out a designated helper character during gameplay.

Marvel Vs. Capcom was produced by Capcom in 1998.

Capcom released 229 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Marvel Vs. Capcom was produced include: Pocket Fighter, Battle Circuit, Street Fighter III - New Generation, Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter, Red Earth, 1945, Rival Schools - United By Fate, Magical Tetris Challenge Featuring Mickey, Jojo No Kimyou Na Bouken, and Jojo's Venture

Specs

Name Marvel Vs. Capcom
Developer Capcom (Japan)
Year 1998
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8636
Class Wide Release
Genre Fighting
Monitor
Conversion Class Capcom CPS II - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 6 - Jab Punch|Strong Punch|Fierce Punch|Short Kick|Forward Kick|Roundhouse Kick
Sound Capcom Q-Sound - Amplified Stereo
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Marvel Vs. Capcom Control Panel Image
PCB Marvel Vs. Capcom PCB Image

Game Introduction

The Marvel Super Heroes and the Capcom characters go at it once again in the third installment of the Vs. series. Both team-up to defeat the notorious Onslaught. New characters added to the Vs. series are Megaman, Jin (From Cyberbots), War Machine, Strider Hiyruu, Spider-Man and Captain Commando. Secret characters, who are enabled by activating their specific codes, include Lilith, Roll, Mega War Machine, Orange Hulk, Shadow Lady -- a dark version of Chun-Li -- with a multi jump (if you do this in conjunction with her wall spring, you can get some serious air!) and Red Venom.

Game Play

Players choose two characters to fight opponents in a tag-team style match. During a fight the player has the ability to switch between characters. A special character called a helper is also chosen to assist your character during a battle. Power levels are used to execute Super Moves, and are built up by attacking and defending against your opponent. This game also has the ability to control the two characters you have chosen simultaneously onscreen.

This game is very similar to Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams.

Marvel Vs. Capcom KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.86 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.96

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 4.20
Fun (Solo) 4.25
Collector Desire 3.60

Technical Rating: 4.44

Gameplay 4.75
Graphics 4.75
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 4.25

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

CHOOSE YOUR HELPER: After selecting your characters, hold Start and the following buttons to select your helper character:

  • Shadow (hidden character from Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Forward+Fierce
  • Sentinel: Strong+Forward+Fierce
  • Storm (from the X-MEN games): Jab+Short+Fierce (she can be used up to six times.)
  • Thor: Short+Strong (he can be used up to eight times)
  • Unknown Soldier (from Forgotten Worlds): Jab (he can be used up to four times)
  • Pure and Fur: Short (she can be used five times)
  • Anita (from Dark Stalkers: The Night Warriors): Jab+Strong+Fierce (she can be used five times)
  • Lou (from Three Wonders): Strong (he can be used eight times)
  • Rogue (from X-Men Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Strong+Fierce+Short (she can be used seven times)
  • Colossus(From X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Jab+Strong+Forward (he can be used five times)
  • Michelle Heart: (female from Legendary Wings): Jab+Short (she can be used six times)
  • Sir Michael (from the Ghouls 'n' Ghosts games): Jab+Strong (he can be used eight times)
  • Saki: Fierce (she can be used seven times)
  • Ton-Pooh(Appears as a boss in Strider Hiryu 2): Jab+Fierce (she can be used nine times)
  • Iceman(also from X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Strong+Forward (he can be used four times)
  • Cyclops(X-Men: Children Of The Atom, Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Short+Strong
  • Magneto: Short+Fierce (he can be used seven times)
  • U.S. Agent: Forward+Fierce (he can be used five times)
  • Psylocke(X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Forward (she can be used five times)
  • Devilot: Strong+Fierce (can be used five times)
  • Juggernaut(X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Jab+Forward (he can be used three times)

PLAY AS A HIDDEN CHARACTER:

  • Gold War Machine: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Zangief, then press L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, L, L, D, D, D, D, R, R, U, U, L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, U and Gold War Machine will appear above Zangief. He plays pretty much the same as regular War Machine, except that he cannot block much.
  • Lilith: Did you notice Lilith at the beginning of Morrigan's entrance pose? Well, it's time to use her! At the character select screen highlight Zangief and push the joystick in the follow order: L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, D, D, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, L, D, D, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, L, L, D, D, D, D, R, D and Lilith's box should appear below War Machine's. Her controls are similar to Morrigan, but her supers are different.
  • Orange Hulk: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Chun Li, then press R, R, D, D, L, L, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, D, D, R, R, U, U, D, D, D, D, U, U, U, U, L, U and Orange Hulk should appear above Ryu. He has the speed of Wolverine, and is stronger than regular Hulk.
  • Red Venom: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Chun Li, then press R, D, D, D, D, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, D, D, L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, L, L, U and Red Venom will appear above Chun-Li. He looks exactly like Venom, except he is blood red, he performs moves faster, and he has a cool shadow that follows him around the screen.
  • Roll: When you are at the character select screen, Highlight Zangief then tap the joystick L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, R, U, U, R, R and Roll's box should appear next to MegaMan's! She has the same supers as Megaman but slightly different moves (e.g. you must do a quarter-circle forward and a punch to do a Roll Buster). Enjoy the power that is Roll!
  • Shadow Lady: Place the cursor on Morrigan and press U, R, R, D, D, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, R, R, U, U, L, L, D, D, D, D, D, D and if you entered the code correctly you will land on a new box under Gambit. Put the cursor on this box, then press any Punch or Kick button.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Marvel Vs. Capcom Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 232 known instances of this machine owned by Marvel Vs. Capcom collectors who are active members. Of these, 45 of them are original dedicated machines. 43 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 143 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Marvel Vs. Capcom machines for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Marvel Vs. Capcom circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Marvel Vs. Capcom. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Marvel Vs. Capcom circuit board set.

This game ranks a 46 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Legacy

  1. XMen Children Of The Atom
  2. Marvel Super Heroes
  3. X-Men Vs. Street Fighter
  4. Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter
  5. Marvel Vs. Capcom
  6. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 New Age Of Heroes

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