Avengers

Avengers
Also known as: Hissatsu Buraiken (JP) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platform: Arcade (Section Z hardware) Released internationally: February 1987 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has regional differences.

Avengers is an overhead beat 'em up. It doesn't star The Avengers, just two guys who want to avenge six kidnapped women and rescue their town from the forces of Geshita.

So what I'm saying is that there's no Hulk in this game.

Unused Graphics

	A tiny version of the player character -- possibly meant to be used as a high score cursor -- doing a kicky dance. Look at him go!
	A land mine object that would, presumably, behave like a land mine, and not like a dog or hacksaw or porcupine.
	Bonus graphics for smaller values. In the actual game, no point values are displayed for enemies worth less than 500 points.

Unused Music

ID#	Track	Notes
35		An alternate ending track, perhaps. It doesn't loop at all.
36		This track is played for about 5 seconds while the copyright message is on screen. What the track was formerly used for is unknown.

Development Text

A build date string can be found in the main CPU memory starting at 0x00058. This date is for the Japanese game; it was never updated for other versions.

87 01 31 No 0_1

Another string, a driver version number, is in the ADPCM program (Used for voice samples) starting at 0x0020:

 Talking forROM Ver 1.10

Regional Differences

High Score List

Japan	International

High score names reduced from 10 to 3 characters. Effort for default names reduced to 0.

Ending

Japan	International

The International game shifts around the tiles for the title screen without updating the tile map for the ending. This breaks the player portrait.

(Source: Original TCRF research)