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agent Nick Fury) in pursuit of the Mafia enforcer Bruno Costa who ordered the killing of Castle's family; the chase ends with a fight against
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it was based on. Featuring buckets of blood, some nasty moves and hordes of enemies, action came thick and fast, and so did the excitement". The magazine too expressed a wish for it to be included in a compilation re-release for a more modern gaming system, in this case the
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outright panned the port, commenting that the special moves are too difficult to pull off, the sound effects are weak, the gameplay is generic and unimaginative beat 'em up fare, and "the graphics never come close to the
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included it among the top ten most iconic Marvel video games in 2013, calling it "one of the few games that benefits from its cheesiness" and stating that in 1993 the two-player experience "was pretty much what
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Collector's Guide: Sega Mega Drive - Top Rarest PAL Games: The Punisher".
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Brawlers: Punisher (1993)"".
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in a waterfront warehouse. After that, the Punisher attacks the
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was a brutally violent fighter that perfectly captured the
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game that this cart is based on". It was also lambasted by
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as one of the most popular arcade games at the time.
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1309:"The Top 25 Beat 'Em Up Video Games Part 2"
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1347:"Quarter Crunchers: The Punisher".
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1182:"Top Five Marvel Arcade Games"
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2325:"10 Best Retro Beat Em Ups"
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3042:The Punisher: No Mercy
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2092:"Compilation Heaven"
2037:Sega Saturn Magazine
2017:Sega Saturn Magazine
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1321:on 17 September 2014
1284:on 27 September 2013
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2032:"Capcom Generation"
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2798:Cosmic Ghost Rider
2408:Video games portal
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2240:on 20 January 2013
2052:"In the Year 2000"
1957:"Mega Reviews!!".
1943:Mean Machines Sega
1938:"Punish Me Gently"
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1505:Udon Entertainment
1411:Nerdist Industries
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