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Superheroes
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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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Previous Current Next
Ultimare Superheroes Anyworld
Zapper series
Previous Current Next
Ultimare Superheroes Anyworld
Capn Zapn series
Previous Current Next
Ultimare Superheroes Anyworld
Major Marvel series
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Jaxon Zoose Superheroes Anyworld
Jaxon Zoose series

Story[edit]

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Acord Games

Resources[edit]

Sprites[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[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.

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