Major Marvel 1
Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1992 (original release)
Levels: 5
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Registration bonus: Major Marvel 2 and Major Marvel 3, hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club
Registration price: $20
Related games: Superheroes, Anyworld, Terrain
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Contents
Story[edit]
A spaceship crashes on Earth, and its inhabitant is forced to try to live in a world he knows little about, until he can repair his starcraft. Before he can finish his task, he encounters human beings. Luckily for him, he has a chameleon-like ability to change from his large eyed, blue-skinned form to any shape he chooses.
In human form, he quickly learns to communicate with the human beings after some turbulent experiences. In time, he grows so fond of the people & this beautiful blue world that by the time he repairs his craft he becomes too bonded with his new-found friends and their planet to leave.
About this time, evil aliens attack Earth, and kidnap the president of the United Nations. Although the aliens are from a different world than he is, & he knows nothing about who they are or where they are from, he has the ability to rescue the kidnapped President, with his starcraft, powers, and knowledge, and he offers his services to the United Nations, & he becomes known to the world as Major Marvel, defender of freedom, justice, liberty, and Earth!
Instructions[edit]
YOU GUIDE MAJOR MARVEL WITH:
- Arrow keys - move around.
- [X] - jump right.
- [Z] - jump left.
- [Space Bar] - shoot low.
- [A] - shoot high.
- [P] - pick up objects.
- [D] - drop objects.
- [B] - drop bombs, if you have any.
- [N] - small right jump.
- [F1] - instructions
- [F2] - inventory
- [F5] - saves game
- [F6] - loads saved game
- [F1O]- about Acord Games
Credits[edit]
Resources[edit]
All of the levels are based to some extent on Terrain.
Availability[edit]
Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.
Archive History[edit]
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[edit]
Interviews / Articles[edit]
- Inside the Mind of Gary Acord (Gamasutra)
Listings[edit]
Misc. Links[edit]
Downloads[edit]
- Major Marvel (493 kB)
- Level 1 map (? kB)
- Level 2 map (? kB)
- Level 3 map (? kB)
- Level 4 map (? kB)
- Level 5 map (? kB)
