The Punisher
The Punisher is a 1990 video game developed by Beam Software and released by LJN, which stars the Marvel Comics anti-hero, the Punisher. It is one of the few NES rail shooters. In the same year, there was also…
The Punisher is a shooter developed by Beam Software, released 1 November 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System.
What The Punisher is
The Punisher is a shooter game developed by Beam Software and released in 1990. It was published by LJN. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Punisher is a 1990 video game developed by Beam Software and released by LJN, which stars the Marvel Comics anti-hero, the Punisher. It is one of the few NES rail shooters. In the same year, there was also The Punisher computer game for Amiga and DOS systems, unrelated to this one and released by MicroProse.
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
The Punisher is the 13th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was The Amazing Spider-Man in 1990.
What it launched against
The Punisher launched on 1 November 1990, within three weeks of Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
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