Fantastic Four is a platform-style video game developed by Digital Eclipse and released by Jakks Pacific

Jakks Pacific

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a designer and marketer of toys and consumer products, with a range of products that feature numerous children's toy licenses...

 as part of its TV Games line of dedicated video game consoles.

Though released in conjunction with the 2005 Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four (film)

Fantastic Four is a 2005 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four. It was directed by Tim Story, and released by 20th Century Fox. It is the second live-action Fantastic Four film to be filmed. The previous attempt, a B-movie produced by Roger Corman only for the...

feature film, the game is based upon the comic book version of the classic Marvel

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 superhero team.

The graphics and level design are heavily reminiscent of the eight-bit and 16-bit scrolling platform action games of the mid- to late 1980s.

The game has a separate level for each of its four characters, which are separated into four shorter stages. Levels feature the Human Torch

Human Torch

The Human Torch is a fictional character and superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, he is a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four, debuting in The Fantastic Four #1...

 (Johnny Storm) fighting to foil a casino heist by the Wizard

Wizard (Marvel Comics)

The Wizard , also known as the Wingless Wizard, is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe...

, the Thing

Thing (comics)

The Thing is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1...

 (Ben Grimm) battling the Mole Man

Mole Man

The Mole Man is a comic book supervillain that exists in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #1, and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...

 and his minions in a wrestling arena, the Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

Susan "Sue" Storm Richards is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, and was the first female superhero created by Marvel in the Silver Age of Comics...

 (Susan Richards) breaking out of an Atlantean prison to face Lady Dorma

Lady Dorma

Lady Dorma is a fictional character that appeared in comic books by Timely Comics .A native of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis, the character was Namor the Sub-Mariner's cousin and his close confidant in many of his original appearances in the 1940s, and was reintroduced in the late 1960s and...

, and Mister Fantastic

Mister Fantastic

Mr. Fantastic is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the Fantastic Four. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 ....

 (Reed Richards) infiltrating Castle Doom to do battle with Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom

Victor von Doom is a fictional character who appears in Marvel Comics publications . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #5 wearing his trademark metal mask and green cloak...

 and his robotic army. Once all of these levels are completed, a fifth level is unlocked in which the heroes pursue Doom to his orbital space station for a final showdown.

The levels are relatively short, and can be adjusted for three degrees of difficulty. A built-in memory feature allows the player to save his progress throughout the course of play. The game has a slot for a TV Games' GameKey

GameKey

GameKeys are expansion modules made by Jakks Pacific for the purpose of adding games to GameKey-ready entries in their Plug It In & Play TV Games product line.-History:...

, an accessory that allows players to unlock additional games in TV Games controllers. However, it is unknown whether any such GameKeys have as yet been released for Fantastic Four.

Fantastic Four has an ESRB

Entertainment Software Rating Board

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Content Rating of E10+ because of "cartoon violence".