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Avengers in Galactic Storm(アベンジャーズ・イン・ギャラクティックストーム)is a1995fightingarcade gamedeveloped and published byData East.It features a single or two-player story mode or multiplayer head-to-head mode, and was the first modern fighting game to feature assistant characters commonly referred to by gamers either as "helpers" or "strikers". The game is based on characters in theMarveluniverse, primarilyThe Avengersbut also theKree.The game's plot and roster of playable characters is based on theOperation: Galactic Stormstory arc. Before their bankruptcy in2003,it was one of Data East's last fighting games, as well as their third and last game based on The Avengers after their two1991video games: theCaptain America and The Avengersbeat 'em uparcade and theNESplatform gameof the same name.
| Avengers in Galactic Storm | |
|---|---|
 North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Data East |
| Publisher(s) | Data East |
| Producer(s) | Iwao Horita Naomi Susa |
| Designer(s) | Makoto Kikuchi |
| Programmer(s) | Takatoshi Katahata Kagenobu Murata |
| Artist(s) | Masayuki Inoshita Hideyasu Shibahara Shintaro Tamai Makoto Nozu Gorimori Wataru Oguri Yoshinari Kaiho Shinobu Suzuki |
| Composer(s) | Seiichi Hamada Ring Ring Takuto Kitsuta Shogo Sakai |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Versus fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player,multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Data East MLC System hardware |
On February 26, 1996,Pony Canyonand Scitron Label added thebackground musicofAvengers in Galactic Stormwith the background music of another Data East MLC System title,Skull Fang,both into an album titledSkull Fang / Avengers in Galactic Storm,which was released exclusively in Japan. The game never received a console release, but, in 2021,Galactic Stormwas included in anArcade1Upcabinet collection alongsideX-MenandCaptain America and the Avengers.[1]
Gameplay
editAvengers in Galactic Stormis mostly space-themed and plays similarly to other 2D versus fighting games during its release, which the player's character fights against his or her opponent in best two-out-of-three matches in a single player tournament mode with the computer or against another human player. The player has a character roster of eight playable fighters to choose from, each with their moves and fighting styles from the comics. The main unique feature ofAvengers in Galactic Stormis the assistant character roster. Players choose both a playable character and an assistant to fight with before proceeding with the selected mode.[2][3]There are three types of bars above the fighting segments: health, power and assistant. If the health bar becomes empty, that character becomes knocked out. If the power bar becomes full, that character now has a chance to perform desperation moves. If one of the two assistant bars become full, that character can call out his or her assistant to briefly attack his or her opponent (up to two times) before they leave the stage.
There are two modes in the game, "Story Mode" and "VS Mode". In "Story Mode", when selected, the player has to select one of two "Mid-Game Participants": "Friend (Team Member)" or "Foe (Opponent)". One player can either fight alone or team up with a second player against opponents throughout this mode. The object of this mode is to knock out several characters in order of appearance throughout theOperation: Galactic Stormstory arc. Each player will have two lives either at the beginning or when continuing. When completed, the game will force players to fight previously fought characters randomly selected and played by the computer player. When two players team up, and when both players' power bars are full, one of the players can create a "double-powerful tandem move", a duplex desperation move which is another unique feature of the game later inspiring others likeMarvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super HeroesandRage of the Dragons."VS Mode" is like most multiplayer modes of other 2D versus fighting games, which two players fight head-to-head against each other.
Plot
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The game's plot and roster of playable characters and their assistant characters are based on theOperation: Galactic Stormstory arc. All the characters in the game are voiced byJon St. JohnandLani Minella.
Characters
editPlayable characters
edit- Avengers:
- Kree:
- Korath-Thak
- Doctor Minerva
- Shatterax
- Supremor
- Galen Kor (non-playable Boss )
Assist characters
editReception
editComputer and Video Gamescalled the game an improvement over Data East's previous versus fighting game,Fighter's History.They wrote that the 3D rendered graphics were just as good as the ones inKiller Instinct,but called the backgrounds "totally flat". The magazine said that the game was not bad, was "not great either".[2]A reviewer forNext Generationstated that despite the Avengers license, innovative assist character mechanic, and graphics (like Computer and Video games, he compared them favorably to those ofKiller Instinct), atGolflandhe observed a huge crowd around theStreet Fighter Alpha 2cabinet while one person was playingAvengers in Galactic Storm.He theorized that even with all its attractive "bells and whistles", the game could not complete in a market presently flooded with outstanding fighting games due to its merely average gameplay and character animations. He scored it 2 out of 5 stars.[4]
References
edit- ^"X-Men Arcade, Killer Instinct, Dragon's Lair, and More Announced by Arcade1Up".
- ^ab"Avengers in Galactic Storm". Computer and Video Games. May 1996. p.10
- ^"Marvel Comics Avengers in Galactic Storm".Next Generation(13).Imagine Media:135. January 1996.
- ^"Avengers in Galactic Storm".Next Generation.No. 17.Imagine Media.May 1996. pp. 101, 104.