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Marvel Super Heroes

Description

A head-to-head street fight between the classic characters from Marvel Comics. Each character has a list of special moves, plus super-powered infinity moves and infinity gems that increase the characters' abilities.

Marvel Super Heroes was produced by Capcom in 1995.

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 Super Heroes was produced include: Dark Stalkers: The Night Warriors, Eco Fighters, Cyberbots - Fullmetal Madness, Armored Warriors, Alien Vs. Predator, Night Warriors: Dark Stalkers' Revenge, 19XX: The War Against Destiny, Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Mega Man: The Power Battle, and Buster Buddies

Specs

Name	Marvel Super Heroes
Developer	Capcom (Japan)
Year	1995
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8634
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Capcom CPS II - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 6 - Light Punch\|Medium Punch\|Hard Punch\|Light Kick\|Medium Kick\|Hard Kick
Sound	Capcom Q-Sound - Amplified Stereo
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Marvel Super Heroes PCB Image

Game Play

A head-to-head fighter similar to X-MEN: Children of the Atom that includes infinity moves and infinity gems.

Marvel Super Heroes KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.43 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.56

Overall Like	4.50
Fun (Social)	3.80
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.50

Technical Rating: 3.88

Gameplay	4.25
Graphics	4.25
Originality	3.25
Sound/Music	3.75

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.

Images

Trivia

There is also a side-scrolling game for the Super NES entitled War Of The Gems, which has a similar plot. I also believe that both games are based on one of the many "Infinity" story lines from Marvel Comics.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Marvel Super Heroes Census

There are 15,268 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,671 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,977 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 158 known instances of this machine owned by Marvel Super Heroes collectors who are active members. Of these, 23 of them are original dedicated machines. 21 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 113 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Marvel Super Heroes circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Marvel Super Heroes. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Marvel Super Heroes boards sets.

This game ranks a 47 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Manuals

Operation's Manual - Marvel Super Heroes Manual — **Operation's Manual**
(22 pages, 473 kB File)

Operator's Manual - Marvel Super Heroes Manual — **Operator's Manual**
(21 pages, 4.4 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (6a14d18a29c003f6cfe893744630a6b9)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Marvel Super Heroes is playable at 1 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
PinBar	501 17 Ave SW, Calgary	AB	Canada	Arcade	2

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