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The Mighty Marvel Game List!
2009-06-19 18:21:19

I’ve been working with Marvel games for more than a year and half now, which is almost as long as I’ve had the list I’m sharing with you here. What’s on this list, you ask (if, for some reason, you totally skipped out on reading the title)? Oh, only like EVERY SINGLE MARVEL GAME EVER MADE!!!

Marvel Games: Past, Present, Future

OK, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement. Inevitably, a game or two has been neglected from this list, a release date is incorrect, I left off a platform, etc. But as near as I can tell, every Marvel-related game that has been released for arcades, consoles, computers, handheld systems or mobile phones is represented here, from "Spider-Man" on Atari 2600 (check out the awesome commercial!) to all the announced games of the future. (I’ll have to add the Flash games and some other anomalies later.)

A couple of things might strike you as a little odd regarding how things are organized in the embedded list below, though. But this is my list, and I’m gonna organize it any way I want! Bear with me as I explain my rationalizations here (or just skip to the list itself if you’re the antsy type…).

First of all, notice that there is only one date associated with each game. In many cases—especially with the older games in which something known as an “arcade version” led the charge—the first release of a game was in a different year than subsequent releases of the same game on different platforms. In cases such as these, I’m only listing the year the first version of the game debuted. For example, Frank Castle was teaming up with Nick Fury the Kingpin’s forces to shreds in arcades in 1993’s “The Punisher,” but the duo waited another year to do the exact same thing on Sega Genesis. For simplicity’s sake, “The Punisher” came out in 1993 all the way around. (If you’re just dying to know when a certain version of a game came out on another platform, check out sites like MobyGames, the All Game Guide or Wikipedia.)

The final thing you need to know is that my definition of “game” might actually be different than yours in the product sense. The way I see it, there are “titles” and there are “games”: “Titles” are the branding; the “games” are the content under the hood of the branding. So, while there may be five releases titled "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows," as this list sees it, there are actually two games with that name: The Nintendo DS version is an entirely different gaming experience that in no way resembles the game played on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC. (There are even seven versions of three games if you group "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows—Amazing Allies Edition" for PSP/PS2 into the bunch.) Get my drift?

In a handful of cases, the same “game” was even available from as high-end as arcade to as low-end as a handheld system doing its best to adapt the game. For instance, though the arcade version of “Captain America and the Avengers” is decidedly the best version of the game, the same characters, general level designs and gameplay mechanics were adapted even to the original Game Boy—thus, as far as this list is concerned, they’re the same game.

Did somebody say something about a big huge megalist? Oh yeah, it’s right here. So…how many of these have YOU played?...

Marvel Videogames 1982-1991

Marvel Videogames 1992-1996

Marvel Videogames 1997-2002

Marvel Videogames 2003-2007

Marvel Videogames 2006-2007

Marvel Videogames 2008-future

Want this as an Excel file with even more information? Even organized by the hero(es) starring in the game? Download my list here…

And, dare I ask, do you see any mistakes? If so, please report them in the comments below.

Excelsioryuken!
C-Bake

Brilliant
I've tried pulling some (what I thought) were obscure games from my memory, only to find it recorded above. Great list.

And..."Excelsioryuken" hurts in such a good way.

Posted by emmagracefrost on 2009-06-19 19:13:26

Fantastic.
This is brilliant! I was surprised sonsidering my age how many of these games I either have played, owned or currently own.
I still say that the 2000 Spiderman on playstation is the best Spidey game out there. Though I have yet to play web of shadows.

V€ery well done list, I love it. I'm almost considering a download of the full list.

Posted by zelrox on 2009-06-20 07:00:55

How Many?
31, I think.

Posted by PseudoSherlock on 2009-06-20 08:25:29

Thanks for the comments...
emmagracefrost, it's my pleasure to hurt you like that.

zelrox, I certainly can't fault you for that opinion on the 2000 Spidey game. Funny side note: When I worked on the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, I reviewed that game, and Activision used my line "the best super hero game ever made" in their web banners. Also, before the game came out, I met Activision's TQ Jefferson, who was working on the game...and now he's the Director of Games here at Marvel!

PseudoSherlock... All I can say is "wow"! Nice work...

Posted by Marvel_Interactive on 2009-06-20 12:52:38

To answer my own question...
It occurred to me I hadn't counted how many of these I have played myself. After going down the list, it looks like I'm just one away from 70.

Posted by Marvel_Interactive on 2009-06-20 13:37:39

I did like x-men origins.The costumes are cool.

Posted by kwagner on 2009-07-04 15:03:29

v.i.p.
im a kid.my dad works at marvel games.

Posted by kwagner on 2009-07-04 15:04:50

Hes worked there 19

Posted by kwagner on 2009-07-04 15:05:51

Thats a very
...very long list...

Posted by Venomfan1995 on 2009-07-05 14:09:16

NO WAY!!!
Marvel wants us to support them by buying their products, and in particular their games.....

BUT WHERE IS OUR SUPPORT?????????

Marvel wants us to buy their CHILD ORIENTED mmo, having scrapped the REAL mmo we were told we would be getting... but not only this..

This pathetic excuse for a game is the ONLY RELEASE for the PC...wth???

You want us to buy your crap... but don't offer PC gamers the goodies?

Marvel... go try sell your garbage mmo to the console crowd, just like the rest of your games..

Give PC gamers your primary product.... don't try to fob us off with excuses and third rate rubbish.

When you show us absolutely no respect as gamers, why the heck should we regard you as game makers? Until you make your premier ip's as available on the PC as you do on the console I have no intention of buying ANY of your other products.

Posted by Goombah on 2009-07-15 21:44:58

Lots of Games, Indeed
http://www.internapse.com/marvel/merchandise/videogames/

Having created the above site, I can tell you that there are a boatload of Marvel games... past, present, and future. I actually had a list very similar to the one posted above in the Blog Entry and then proceeded to create a page for each game. I'm still not completely done as there are tons of videos and images to add for each game, but I wanted to get the basic pages up; and boy, it took a long time - months of copy, paste, save, upload. I'm still working on the Upcoming Games section, as you can see Wolverine is still in there, but it's coming together quite nicely.

Keep up the excellent work Marvel!

Posted by Internapse on 2009-08-07 14:26:19

WOW!
Amazing work, Internapse! Keep it up!

Posted by Marvel_Interactive on 2009-08-07 14:37:01

Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words, the work is never done :)
http://twitter.com/MarvelBlip/status/3181528356
Even a tweet..!

Posted by Internapse on 2009-08-12 14:32:19

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