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Should Iron Man Be in That Game?
2008-04-18 13:26:04









Hey, Marvel gamers. It’s Chris again. I’ll admit, I had planned to bring you another installment in our 20th-century Iron Man games mini-series…but then a little thing called New York Comic-Con 2008 came along—complete with some pretty big news for folks like you—and didn’t give Justin and I time to delve into the old days as much as we would like to have this week. We’ll make it up to you soon, though.

In the meantime, I thought it might be fun to celebrate Iron Man in games in a different way—or, rather, something else that’s quite the opposite. There are a number of game titles out there that one could just as easily apply to the Armored Avenger as to their actual subject matter. So, with that in mind, I give you…

THE TOP FIVE NON-MARVEL GAMES WITH TITLES THAT COULD JUST AS EASILY APPLY TO IRON MAN (That wasn’t very succinct, was it?)

5. “Avenger”

I just found out about this old arcade game. It was apparently released by a company called Electra (just a K away from being an awesome company name) in 1975 and, unlike well over 99 percent of games out there, it’s actually older than me (not Justin, though—he’s ancient). Here’s what the Killer List of Videogames has to say about it:

The game has a top-down view of a [sic]aircraft scene. Your fighter is at the bottom and you control its speed and horizontal position with the joystick. The scene scrolls from top to bottom and enemy aircraft appear at top of screen, flying down towards you. The Afterburner button lets you quickly speed up.

Hey, what do I know?…Maybe “your fighter” was Iron Man…Well...if Iron Man were a fighter jet.

4. “Rayman Brain Games”

Iron Man shoots repulsor rays, making him sort of a “rayman.” And he’s got a big brain, so he’d be the perfect developer for quality edutainment.

What? You’re not buying it? Okay, moving on…

3. “Armored Core”

This mech series from From Software (I’ve always loved saying “from From” for some reason—and did you know Justin worked on their game "Chromehounds?" Anyway, leaving this parenthetical…) has had quite the cult following since its 1997 PlayStation debut. I might actually be among that cult if it were to include the guy with a real “armored core”!

2. “Metal Gear”

You mighta heard of this one. Maybe. I think there’s, like, another entry to the series coming out this year or something. I’m sure if you search the gaming sites you might find some news on that tucked away somewhere. Possibly.

But anyway, no one sports more metal gear than Tony Stark. No one.

1. “Ironman Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road”

Even with Ivan Stewart instead of Tony Stark, this 1989 arcade classic from Leland ranks among my personal biggest quarter-munchers of all time. It was only recently upended by a certain May 2 release from Sega as the game I’ve played most with “Iron Man” (or some one-word variant thereof) in the title.

Honestly, has there ever been a more fun racing experience? The only way to improve it would be to actually have four Iron Men racing around the track, using the afterburners in their suits instead of nitro.

Actually, no…that would be terrible. But it wouldn’t surprise me if someone has already made a homebrew clone game like that.

So, your turn…What did I leave off the list here?...
How about the Metroid Series?
Samus, in a way, is very similar to Iron Man. At least in the aspect that she could shoot energized projectiles and rockets from her right arm. Not to mention she has an array of high tech gadgets, just like Iron Man. ESPECIALLY if you factor the Metroid Prime games where she had the added ability to analyze stuff with her on-board computer.



Posted by Aziroth on 2008-04-18 16:03:25
Metroid
You make a point about Metroid i have never really noticed untill you sayed it but yeah the two are similar :)

Posted by thrasher_2k7 on 2008-04-21 03:31:06
Hmmm
I think Herbie the Post Bot aught to spread the word about the video game blog. :)

Am also eagerly awaiting the next blog.

Posted by Aziroth on 2008-04-21 08:01:45
Retake
Ok... let me try this again (botched the last post as it is now gone apparently):

Iron Man would fit in neatly with the Metroid series because he and Samus use advanced suits of technology not disimilar to one another. Their suits and weapons may not be alike, but they both have on-board scanners, and access to a vast database (namely referring to the Metroid Prime series), while Iron Man has access to both S.H.I.E.L.D. and (very likely) public records.

They both fly very high-tech air-bourne vehicles, and they both have a tendecy of having Run-Ins with hideous aliens.

Posted by Aziroth on 2008-04-24 13:30:36
Note and one other game
By Iron-Man and Samus' suits not being very alike, I meant by their designs (and their points of origin).


Iron-Man (a reference to, or at least an aspect of Tony Stark's personnae) would also have fit in the Game Boy Advance's Robot Wars because of his ingenuity. Thinking highly efficient robot with a durable design balancing speed, maneuverability, and raw power. Plus, it'd probably look really cool.

Posted by Aziroth on 2008-04-24 13:46:49
E-SWAT
How about E-SWAT? You start off as a normal guy, and slowly he gets more and more hardware attached to him.

Here's a good line from KLOV:

"The further you get into the game, the more armor and weapons you can obtain. " Sound familiar?

Oh, and it was made by SEGA, so you have that connection as well.

(PS: I said I'd post weekly, didn't I?)

Posted by emmagracefrost on 2008-04-27 02:58:12
so what
so what if metroid is like ironman, Ironman is 10 times better than metroid

Posted by Gambit.028 on 2008-08-06 13:16:52
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