Defenders of Dynatron City (USA)
Defenders of Dynatron City is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by JVC and LucasArts in August 1992. The designer of the game was Gary Winnick. This was Winnick's first project as sole designer. He was previously the co-designer of Maniac Mansion, alongside Ron Gilbert.
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Technique
CPU
- maincpu N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
Affichage
- Orientation Yoko
- Résolution 255 x 240
- Fréquence 60.098 Hz
Contrôles
- Nombre de joueurs 4
- Nombre de boutons 2
- Type de contrôle
- triplejoy (8 ways)
- triplejoy (8 ways)
- triplejoy (8 ways)
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Videogame
The game centers on a team of superheroes who protect a futuristic metropolis from Dr. Mayhem and his robotic henchmen. The Defenders are:
The game won praise in its preproduction by many video game magazines for the creation of an original superhero team. However, when the game was released it was widely panned by video game critics for, among other things, having a notoriously poor hit detection that required extremely precise aim for attacks to hit enemies.
- Ms. Megawatt (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in the animated series), who can shoot electric bolts
- Jet Headstrong (voiced by Pat Fraley in the animated series) , who can fire his head like a rocket
- Buzzsaw Girl (voiced by Candi Milo in the animated series), who has a buzzsaw blade instead of legs
- Toolbox (voiced by David Coburn in the animated series), a robot with a smashing hammer head
- Monkey Kid (voiced by Brian Stokes Mitchell in the animated series), a blue monkey armed with exploding bananas
- Radium Dog, who can fly and has jaws strong enough to pick up cars with his mouth
Critical response
The game won praise in its preproduction by many video game magazines for the creation of an original superhero team. However, when the game was released it was widely panned by video game critics for, among other things, having a notoriously poor hit detection that required extremely precise aim for attacks to hit enemies.
TV show
The game was adapted into an animated pilot by DiC Entertainment. It failed to be picked up and was released on VHS. It featured the voice of Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, and almost Christopher Walken.Fox Kids aired this pilot as a special on February 22, 1992.
Comics
Marvel Comics released six issues of a comic book adaptation, written by Steve Purcell. The first issue was released in February 1992.