TheMarvel Comicsanti-hero thePunisher has made several appearances on numerous electronic and gaming platforms.
Also in 1990,MicroProse produced a Punisher computer game forDOS andAmiga.[1] It features three different modes of gameplay: driving the Punisher's "Battle Van", walking through NYC's streets and select buildings, and scuba diving.
A Punisher game for theNintendo Entertainment System was produced byLJN Toys in 1991. The player controls the Punisher character from an over-the-shoulder perspective through variousNew York City locations, shooting thugs and battling supervillains as bosses (the final boss was theKingpin).
The game was ported to theGame Boy in 1992. It plays in a manner similar toOperation Wolf and features a cameo appearance bySpider-Man. The Kingpin was the finalboss in all versions except for Game Boy, which usedJigsaw.
A Game Boy game with Jigsaw as the main villain and cameos from Spider-Man.
A coin-operatedarcade game titledThe Punisher was released in 1993 byCapcom. The game is a side-scrollingbeat-'em-up in the vein of Capcom'sFinal Fight, where the player can control the Punisher orNick Fury on their quest to kill The Kingpin, and would engage various foes inhand-to-hand combat, occasionally drawingfirearms in lieu of melee combat. A home conversion developed bySculptured Software was released for theMega Drive/Genesis in 1994.
In 2004, a violent Punisheraction game designed for adult players was released by Volition, Inc. Players take control of the vigilante hero to track down criminals and make them pay for their deeds. The game's story is a loose mixture of the2004 film, as well as the2000 mini-series,Welcome Back, Frank, written byGarth Ennis and pencilled bySteve Dillon, wherein the character has no aversion to committing acts of extreme violence.Thomas Jane, who portrayed the title role in the 2004 Punisher film also provides the voice of The Punisher in the game.
APlayStation 3 Punisher game was developed byZen Studios and released bySony Computer Entertainment on July 2, 2009, forPlayStation 3.[2] The game includes many characters from the comics such asNick Fury,Dum Dum Dugan,Outlaw, andYelena Belova.
There is a hack ofStreets of Rage 2 known as The Punisher & Action Heroes that features four playable characters: two that are a part of Marvel who are The Punisher and Nick Fury who were the selectable characters in The Punisher game in the arcades and for Sega Genesis by Capcom, and two action heroes who happen to beBruce Lee and Arnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger). It features three gameplay modes: Two modes that play like a side-scroller, and one plays like a one-on-one fighting game. The game was originally titled The Punisher in Streets of Rage 2.
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