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| Justice League Task Force | |
|---|---|
 North American Genesis box art by Sal Velluto | |
| Developers | Condor (Genesis) Blizzard Entertainment (SNES) |
| Publisher | Acclaim Entertainment |
| Producer | Samwise Didier (SNES) |
| Designer | Dan MacArthur |
| Composers | Matt Uelmen (Genesis) Glenn Stafford (SNES) |
| Platforms | Genesis,Super NES |
| Release | Mega Drive/Genesis:Super NES: |
| Genre | Fighting |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Justice League Task Force is a competitivefighting game for theGenesis andSuper Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. The Genesis version was developed byCondor (later known as Blizzard North) and the Super NES version was byBlizzard Entertainment.
It involves characters fromDC Comics'Justice League, includingSuperman,Batman,Wonder Woman,Green Arrow,The Flash, andAquaman. Additional Justice League membersMartian Manhunter andFire, as well as the supervillainShrapnel, were also planned to appear but had to be omitted due to memory limitations.[3]
Darkseid attacks the planetEarth, destroying a military base in the process. The player takes control of a member of theJustice League of their choosing, and tracks down the other members for information, only to be attacked by them. As the hero defeats the other Justice League members, they discover that they are android duplicates. Coming to this conclusion, the hero battlesCheetah andDespero for more information.
They both lead the hero to Darkseid, who then forces the hero to fight their duplicate. Upon defeating the clone, the hero must face Darkseid himself. After the hero defeats him, the other League members are freed, and the military base is restored.
Justice League Task Force received mostly negative reviews. The four reviewers ofElectronic Gaming Monthly scored the Genesis version a 5.875 out of 10, criticizing the choppy animation, the limited number of moves, and most especially the poor controls, which they said made executing special moves "too much work to be any fun."[6]GamePro gave negative reviews to both the Genesis and SNES versions, similarly citing poor controls, unimpressive special moves, and sprites which look good in still frame but ugly in animation.[7]
Next Generation reviewed both ports of the game and gave them two out of five stars. For the Genesis, they stated, "Squint your eyes and you could swear you're playing any of the other many fighting games, that doesn't meanJustice League is awful, it's just real normal."[8] For the SNES version: "comic book fans and fighting fans should get a kick out of it, but everyone else is likely to yawn."[9]
In 2024, McFarlane Toys released 7" action figures of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and The Flash based on the game as part of the DC Multiverse line. Each figure includes parts to collectively build a fifth figure, Darkseid.