Defenders of Dynatron City
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| Developer(s) | Lucasfilm Games |
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| Publisher(s) | JVC |
| Designer(s) | Gary Winnick |
| Platform(s) | NES |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Defenders of Dynatron City is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by JVC and Lucasfilm Games (later, 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.
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.
The game was adapted into an animated pilot by DIC Entertainment. It featured the voices of Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Curry. Originally, Doctor Mayhem was voiced by Christopher Walken. Steve Purcell recalled, "It was lively and hilarious. For god-knows-what-reason the producers at the last minute replaced him with a more cartooney voice."Fox Kids aired this pilot as a special on February 22, 1992. It failed to be picked up as a series and was subsequently released on VHS. No DVD or digital video release has surfaced as of yet.
Marvel Comics released six issues of a comic book adaptation, written by Steve Purcell. The first issue was released in February 1992.
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