Episode 608: The Capcom Marvel Universe
Added 2024-04-22 11:00:08 +0000 UTCGreetings, true believers! Diamond Feit here, back with another podcast about fighting games, Capcom, and superheroes. All three of these elements overlapped 30 years back when the Osaka developer/publisher got Marvel Comics on the phone and the two companies teamed up for a series of exciting arcade titles.
Together with returning voices Kevin Bunch and John Learned, we turn the clock back to a time when comic books sold like gangbusters but Marvel still struggled to keep the lights on, all while Capcom took the genre they revolutionized with Street Fighter II and asked "what if we replace our martial artists with superhumans and robots?"
Edits by Greg Leahy. Art by Nick Wanserski.
09:09 - Ace of Base: "Happy Nation"
18:06 - The Fantastic Four (1994 Unreleased Film): The Doom March
30:46 - The Punisher (1993 Arcade Game): Revenger
41:32 - X-Men: Children of the Atom: Genosha (Sentinel Theme)
51:27 - X-Men: Children of the Atom: Danger Room (Cyclops Theme)
1:01:53 - X-Men: Children of the Atom: The Deep (Omega Red Theme)
1:11:49 - Marvel Super Heroes: Doctor Doom Theme
1:19:16 - Marvel Super Heroes: Shuma-Gorath Ending | X-Men vs. Street Fighter: Intro
1:28:52 - X-Men vs. Street Fighter: Sabretooth Theme
1:36:18 - X-Men vs. Street Fighter: Akuma Theme
1:46:00 - Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter: Ryu Theme
1:54:38 - Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter: Spider-Man Theme
Closing - X-Men vs. Street Fighter: Gambit Theme
Comments
Great episode, I payed a lot of "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" growing up at various bowling alleys and laser tag arenas in town. It was easy to tell someone at Capcom really loved Marvel comics. I think Sabertooth's obscure friend Birdy showed back up in the comics recently. Complete with gigantic gun and epaulettes.
TeamVenom
2024-04-24 13:45:38 +0000 UTCLoving this episode! The Sentinel in Children of the Atom is a Mark V which debuted in 1982's New Mutants issue 2. I only know this because he was my favorite version as a kid. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Sentinels_MK_V?so=search
VanDiagram
2024-04-23 23:12:00 +0000 UTC
