The Punisher is a 1990 video game developed by Beam Software and released by LJN

LJN

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, which stars the Marvel Comics

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...

 anti-hero

Anti-hero

In fiction, an antihero is generally considered to be a protagonist whose character is at least in some regards conspicuously contrary to that of the archetypal hero, and is in some instances its antithesis in which the character is generally useless at being a hero or heroine when they're...

, the Punisher

Punisher

The Punisher is a fictional character, an anti-hero appearing in comic books based in the . Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru, the character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 .The Punisher is a vigilante who employs murder,...

. It is one of the few NES

Nintendo Entertainment System

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 rail shooters.

In the same year (1990) there was also The Punisher computer game for Amiga

Amiga

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 and DOS

DOS

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 systems, unrelated to this one and released by MicroProse

MicroProse

MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since...

.

Gameplay

The player controls the Punisher character from an over-the-shoulder third-person perspective

Third-person shooter

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 through various New York City

New York City

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 locations, shooting thugs and battling supervillains as bosses

Boss (video games)

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. The final boss is the Kingpin

Kingpin (comics)

The Kingpin is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Kingpin is one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe. The character is a major adversary of Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man...

.

Game Boy port

In 1991 the game was ported to the Game Boy

Game Boy

The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...

. The Game Boy version, titled The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback, featured a cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

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 of Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

, while the final boss was Jigsaw

Jigsaw (Marvel Comics)

Jigsaw is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Throughout his many appearances, he has served as one of the Punisher's few recurring villains...

 (changed from the Kingpin in the NES version).

External links

• The Punisher for NES at MobyGames
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• The Punisher for NES at GameFAQs
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