Marvel Super Heroes Screens & Movies

Marvel Super Heroes takes some of your all-time favorite Marvel Comics characters (Captain America, Spider-Man, The Hulk, and Iron Man), matches them up with X-Men Wolverine and Psylocke, and pits them all against a horde of angry supervillains.

Heading up the evil cast and serving as the final boss is the mad god Thanos, who has set out on yet another quest for the powerful Infinity Gems, accompanied by the ever-scheming sub-boss Dr. Doom. Other familiar baddies - all of whom are selectable - include X-Men villains Magneto and Juggernaut (neither of whom were playable in X-Men: Children of the Atom); Ghost Rider's nemesis, Blackheart; and Dr. Strange's many-tentacled foe, Shuma-Gorath.

The game's storyline is modeled after the 1992 Marvel Comics miniseries, The Infinity Gauntlet, in which Thanos joined the six Infinity Gems (which carry the powers of Time, Soul, Space, Reality, Mind, and Power) to become... nearly omnipotent. Only the combined might of the strongest Marvel Super Heroes, and Thanos' inherent character flaws, allowed good to triumph in the end (players should have it so lucky).

The main feature that distinguishes Marvel Super Heroes from X-Men: Children of the Atom is the inclusion of the Infinity Gems, which appear on the screen and provide powerful - though temporary - special abilities to the characters. Each gem has a different effect, while each character has a specific gem that can enable an even more powerful attack. For example, having Spider-Man use the Power Gem allows him to execute the Maximum Spider move, where he bounces around the screen like a crazy rubber ball, hitting his opponent from practically every angle. Players will definitely need to bone up on this and other features if they ever expect to meet and beat Dr. Doom and Thanos.

The PlayStation version of the game will be out by the month's end in Japan, while both the PlayStation and Saturn versions are expected to be released in the US this fall.

Expect a full review of Marvel Super Heroes on the site soon, but in the meantime, check out the following screenshots and video (which show footage of the game using the Saturn's RAM cart).