Marvel Vs. Capcom

Manufacturer: Capcom
Year: 1998
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Fighting
Type: Videogame
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Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Capcom CPS II - JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 6 [Jab Punch|Strong Punch|Fierce Punch|Short Kick|Forward Kick|Roundhouse Kick]

Sound: Capcom Q-Sound - Amplified Stereo

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Marvel Vs. Capcom Description

Various characters from Capcom games and Marvel Comics compete against each other in this classic Vs. brawler from Capcom. Unlike its predecessors, it adds the ability to call out a designated helper character during gameplay.

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Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

CHOOSE YOUR HELPER: After selecting your characters, hold Start and the following buttons to select your helper character:

Shadow (hidden character from Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Forward+Fierce
Sentinel: Strong+Forward+Fierce
Storm (from the X-MEN games): Jab+Short+Fierce (she can be used up to six times.)
Thor: Short+Strong (he can be used up to eight times)
Unknown Soldier (from Forgotten Worlds): Jab (he can be used up to four times)
Pure and Fur: Short (she can be used five times)
Anita (from Dark Stalkers: The Night Warriors): Jab+Strong+Fierce (she can be used five times)
Lou (from Three Wonders): Strong (he can be used eight times)
Rogue (from X-Men Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Strong+Fierce+Short (she can be used seven times)
Colossus(From X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Jab+Strong+Forward (he can be used five times)
Michelle Heart: (female from Legendary Wings): Jab+Short (she can be used six times)
Sir Michael (from the Ghouls 'n' Ghosts games): Jab+Strong (he can be used eight times)
Saki: Fierce (she can be used seven times)
Ton-Pooh(Appears as a boss in Strider Hiryu 2): Jab+Fierce (she can be used nine times)
Iceman(also from X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Strong+Forward (he can be used four times)
Cyclops(X-Men: Children Of The Atom, Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter): Jab+Short+Strong
Magneto: Short+Fierce (he can be used seven times)
U.S. Agent: Forward+Fierce (he can be used five times)
Psylocke(X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Forward (she can be used five times)
Devilot: Strong+Fierce (can be used five times)
Juggernaut(X-Men: Children Of The Atom): Jab+Forward (he can be used three times)

PLAY AS A HIDDEN CHARACTER:

Gold War Machine: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Zangief, then press L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, L, L, D, D, D, D, R, R, U, U, L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, U and Gold War Machine will appear above Zangief. He plays pretty much the same as regular War Machine, except that he cannot block much.
Lilith: Did you notice Lilith at the beginning of Morrigan's entrance pose? Well, it's time to use her! At the character select screen highlight Zangief and push the joystick in the follow order: L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, D, D, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, L, D, D, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, L, L, D, D, D, D, R, D and Lilith's box should appear below War Machine's. Her controls are similar to Morrigan, but her supers are different.
Orange Hulk: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Chun Li, then press R, R, D, D, L, L, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, D, D, R, R, U, U, D, D, D, D, U, U, U, U, L, U and Orange Hulk should appear above Ryu. He has the speed of Wolverine, and is stronger than regular Hulk.
Red Venom: At the character select screen, move the cursor to Chun Li, then press R, D, D, D, D, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, D, D, L, L, D, D, R, R, U, U, U, U, L, L, U and Red Venom will appear above Chun-Li. He looks exactly like Venom, except he is blood red, he performs moves faster, and he has a cool shadow that follows him around the screen.
Roll: When you are at the character select screen, Highlight Zangief then tap the joystick L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, R, U, U, R, R and Roll's box should appear next to MegaMan's! She has the same supers as Megaman but slightly different moves (e.g. you must do a quarter-circle forward and a punch to do a Roll Buster). Enjoy the power that is Roll!
Shadow Lady: Place the cursor on Morrigan and press U, R, R, D, D, D, D, L, L, U, U, U, U, R, R, L, L, D, D, R, R, D, D, L, L, U, U, R, R, U, U, L, L, D, D, D, D, D, D and if you entered the code correctly you will land on a new box under Gambit. Put the cursor on this box, then press any Punch or Kick button.

Game Introduction

The Marvel Super Heroes and the Capcom characters go at it once again in the third installment of the Vs. series. Both team-up to defeat the notorious Onslaught. New characters added to the Vs. series are Megaman, Jin (From Cyberbots), War Machine, Strider Hiyruu, Spider-Man and Captain Commando. Secret characters, who are enabled by activating their specific codes, include Lilith, Roll, Mega War Machine, Orange Hulk, Shadow Lady -- a dark version of Chun-Li -- with a multi jump (if you do this in conjunction with her wall spring, you can get some serious air!) and Red Venom.

Game Play

Players choose two characters to fight opponents in a tag-team style match. During a fight the player has the ability to switch between characters. A special character called a helper is also chosen to assist your character during a battle. Power levels are used to execute Super Moves, and are built up by attacking and defending against your opponent. This game also has the ability to control the two characters you have chosen simultaneously onscreen.

This game is very similar to Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams.

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