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Superheroes

Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1993 (original release)
Levels: 17
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Registration bonus: Superheroes 2 and Superheroes 3, hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club
Registration price: $20
Related games: Major Marvel, Capn Zapn, Jaxon Zoose, Zapper, The Fantastic Zapman, Spacecraft, Anyworld, Ultimare, Sample, Terrain, Houses

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This appears to be a cross-over of several of Acord's characters. Sort of a Justice League of insanity.

Pretty straightforward structure, despite the scale.

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Zapper series

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Capn Zapn series

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Major Marvel series

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Jaxon Zoose series

Story

Join Acord's superheroes -- Zapper, Zapman, Zoose, Capn Zapn, Major Marvel, others -- and run, jump & shoot your way thru 18 unique worlds & areas, as you guide them past alien enemies in a close encounter of the WORST kind!

Instructions

Making houses out of samples in Superheroes

[ARROW KEYS] move around.

[Z] jumps left.

[X] jumps right.

[SPACE BAR] shoots low.

[A] shoots high.

[N] jumps low.

[P] picks up objects.

[D] drops objects.

[B] drops bombs, if any.

[ESC] exits game.

[F1] gives instructions.

[F2] gives inventory.

[F5] saves games.

[F6] loads saved games.

[F1O] tells about Acord Games.

Credits

Acord Games

Resources

Sprites

The game includes:

• Major Marvel (level 1),
• Capn Zapn (levels 3, 18),
• Jaxon Zoose (levels 4, 11, 12),
• Sam Stone (level 10),
• the Spacecraft (level 13),
• and several versions of Zapper (levels 5, 14), including:
  • a version without antennae (level 2),
  • a version without mask or hair (levels 6, 9, 16),
  • a sort of Earth-2 variant (levels 7, 17),
  • and a version wearing green pants (levels 8, 15).

Maps

• Levels 2-4, 10, and 13 appear to be original.
• Levels 1 and 7 are based on Terrain.
• Levels 5-6, 8, and 12 are based on Nebula.
• Level 9 is based on Sample.
• Level 11 is based on Animation.
• Levels 14-15 and 17 are based on Penguin Pete.
• Levels 16 and 18 are based on Pipemare.

Availability

Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.

Archive History

On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.

Links

Listings

• archive.org entry
• demu.org entry

Misc. Links

• Play Superheroes (Condensed) online

Downloads

• Superheroes (1.1 MB)
• Level 1 Map (? kB) Level 2 Map (? kB) Level 3 Map (? kB)
• Level 4 Map (? kB) Level 5 Map (? kB) Level 6 Map (? kB)
• Level 7 Map (? kB) Level 8 Map (? kB) Level 9 Map (? kB)
• Level 10 Map (? kB) Level 11 Map (? kB) Level 12 Map (? kB)
• Level 13 Map (? kB) Level 14 Map (? kB) Level 15 Map (? kB)
• Level 16 Map (? kB) Level 17 Map (? kB) Level 18 Map (? kB)