Lost In Translation/Marvel Super Heroes

About The Game
Marvel Super Heroes is a one-on-one fighting arcade video game.

10 characters straight out of Marvel Comics prove their worthiness to meet Dr. Doom and Thanos. Includes special power-up gems that can be used and acquired during a match.

Additional Technical Information
Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6

= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP

= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

Trivia
Released in October 1995.

The game background is mainly inspired by the famous comic saga called the Infinity Gauntlet, published in 1991. This gauntlet is wielded by Thanos and allows him to use all the Infinity gems simultaneously.

There are 10 characters available plus the 2 bosses which appears in different Marvel comic books :
 * Black Heart - Daredevil #270
 * Captain America (aka Steve Rogers) - Captain America Comics #1
 * Doctor Doom (aka Victor Von Doom) - Fantastic Four #5
 * Hulk (aka Robert Bruce Banner) - Incredible Hulk #1
 * Iron Man (aka Anthony 'Tony' Stark) - Tales of Suspense #39
 * Juggernaut (aka Cain Marko) - X-Men #12
 * Magneto (aka Erik 'Magnus' Lehnsherr) - X-Men #1
 * Psylocke (aka Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock) - New Mutants Annual #2
 * Shuma-Gorath - Marvel Premiere #6
 * Spider-Man (aka Peter Parker) - Amazing Fantasy #15
 * Thanos - Iron Man #55
 * Wolverine (aka James 'Logan' Howlett) - Incredible Hulk #180

Marvel Super Heroes was released by Capcom in memory of Jack Kirby (aka 'The King of the Comics') [1917 / 1994] who was the most influential and respected illustrator and creator of comic books, at least of the super-hero/adventure variety. He was so important that, with that field now in recession, some are saying that when Jack Kirby died, he took the industry with him.

Sony Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Marvel Super Heroes - SRCL-3448) on 01/12/1995.

Updates
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.

Revision 1 :
 * Euro, Japanese, US and Asia releases (951024).

Revision 2 :
 * Brazil, Japan and Hispanic releases only (951117).

Play as Anita
Press MP, LP, Left, LK, MK at the character selection screen.

Play as Dr. Doom
Press MK, LP, Down, LK, MP at the character selection screen.

Play as Thanos
Press LK, HK, MP(x2), Up at the character selection screen.

Double Power
Select a fighter at the character selection screen, then press Player One Start + Player Two Start.

Continue Fighting
Press Start immediately after winning a round to continue hitting the defeated character.

Disable Gems
To disable Gems in two player mode both players must press and hold Start after choosing their character until the round starts.

Change Character Colour
At the character select screen move to the desired character then hold Up (if on top row) or Down (if on bottom row). After 3 seconds press any punch or kick button to select character.

Gem Power
Here are the different gem effects (which acts during a short time) and when you can get them :
 * Time gem (Red) : You are much more faster than usual.
 * Space gem (Purple) : Your character get unstoppable with this super armor power.
 * Soul gem (Green) : Your fighter slowly recovers life.
 * Power gem (Pink) : Your attacks are more powerful.
 * Reality gem (Orange, on the fifth opponnent) : Your attacks have additionnal effects which makes them more powerful.
 * Mind gem (Blue, owned by Thanos) : The character can recover about 2 energy levels in a few seconds.

The gems are owned by diffrent opponnents: we have one at the beginning, then the first opponnent have the following one then the second, then the third and finally the fifth (the last one is on Thanos). Characters have some special effects using some gems (for instance Magneto got an enegy field around him with the Space gem, Spiderman divide himself in two similar being for symmetrical attacks using the Power gem).

Notice that we can only use the first gem in our gem stack. If you press the Start button during the fight, you will change the gem order in your stack, allowing for you to use any desired gem at anytime.

When we reach the final fight against Thanos, he steal all the gems and collect them in his gauntlet. He uses them his way (for instance : space gem creates a warp which attracts and throw rocks on his enemy).

Staff

 * Planners:
 * Takeshi Tezuka
 * T. Iijima
 * Tomichi
 * Kiyoshi Nishikawa
 * Kei Hiratou
 * Satoru Kimura


 * Programmers:
 * Tarabar-Black
 * Aoi-Peach
 * Kaw-K.Marichan
 * Silver-Kadontz
 * Nobu-Sasami
 * Knishi- (MadDogMc)
 * Pon
 * Dna
 * Frk
 * Yama
 * T. Ueno
 * Youji


 * Scroll Designers:
 * Konomi
 * Buppo
 * Shibata Kayoko
 * Daisuke Nakagawa
 * Yumiko
 * Takapon
 * Akiko Matsunaga
 * Satomi Ishii
 * R.K
 * Yoichi Tanoue
 * M


 * Music Composers:
 * Takayuki Iwai (Anarchy Takapon)
 * Yuki Satomura (Wewe)
 * Tatsuro Zuzuki


 * Sound Designers:
 * Picard Mij
 * Satoshi Ise (Ayano)
 * Ryoji


 * Sound Producer:
 * Arcade Sound Team


 * Voice Designers:
 * Hiroaki Kondo (New-X?)

Object Designers

 * Thanos By:
 * Shinji Sakashita (Sakashita Thing)
 * D-Kurita
 * Takayuki Kosaka
 * Masako.Satoh


 * Dr. Doom By:
 * Satoru Yamashita
 * Ino
 * Seigo Kawakami


 * Wolverine By:
 * Akiman


 * Spider-Man By:
 * Arahijuf
 * Rumi Yamaguchi
 * T.Shirahama


 * Captain America By:
 * Masaaki Tanaka
 * Chimorin Shogun
 * Misako Yamamoto


 * Psylocke By:
 * Eripyon.N


 * Hulk By:
 * Makoto Ishi
 * K.Takechan
 * Miwa
 * Kanako Takami


 * Iron Man By:
 * Yoshino Hiroaki
 * Kiai Ryuken
 * Yukikaze
 * You-Ten Nakano
 * Yutaka Maruno
 * Cepezou
 * Mimura Kenji
 * K?okunaga
 * Eizi Murabayashi
 * Naoki Fukuda
 * Takep
 * Henoheno
 * Yuki


 * Magneto By:
 * A. Iwasaki


 * Shuma-Gorath By:
 * Masayo Tsujimoto, Jun Matsumura (27), Shinya.M, Kako, Masanori Kondo


 * Black Heart By:
 * Alien Pole
 * Fnyaco. F. Fnyao
 * Dway Nishimura
 * Oyabin


 * Juggernaut By:
 * Hiroaki Minobe
 * R. Sato
 * Kazuko Kawanaka


 * Effect:
 * Ntengm Nakatani
 * Sagata
 * Tanuki
 * Kimo Kimo

Voice Actors

 * Captain America & Wolverine:
 * Cathal J. Dodd


 * Black Heart:
 * Jaimz Woolvett


 * Psylocke:
 * Catherine Disher


 * Shuma-Gorath:
 * Franck Perry


 * Spider-Man:
 * Patrick Chilvers


 * Hulk & Thanos:
 * Andrew Jackson


 * Juggernaut:
 * Rick Bennett


 * Iron Man:
 * Chris Britton


 * Doctor Doom, Magneto & Announcer:
 * Lorne Kennedy

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Sony PlayStation (1997)
 * Sega Saturn (1997)