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Picture the scene. Evil Dr Victor Von Doom (Vic to his mates), sole ruler of Latveria, has decided to go for global domination. So what does Vic do? Well, he has somehow managed to steal a top US made nuclear missile and now plans to launch the warhead at New York City and blow it all out of proportion unless the United States surrenders and agrees to become a colony of Latveria with Vic ruling supreme over the good old US of A.

Given the ultimatum of surrender or face destruction, the President of the US and his cabinet decided it was high time they got a superhero to help them out. Rather than asking just one superhero (maybe the job is too big to be handled just by one), they have decided to enlist the help and support of two.

Enter Captain America and Spider Man. Armed with their skills and strengths, and no doubt a passport, this dynamic all American duo must set off for the far and distant land of Latveria where they must stop the launch of the warhead and apprehend the dreaded Dr Doom.

In order to make his fortress as difficult to enter as possible, Dr Doom has been on a recruitment drive to hire some similar like minded Super-Villians such as Batroc, Machete, Oddball and more. Each Super Villain has a particular different strength. For example, Maxwell Dillon is able to shoot lightning bolts from his fingers and Eduardo Lobo has razor sharp claws.

So, after a number of years, we have another game based around several characters from the famous Marvel Comics. In Dr Doom's Revenge you the player must take on the role of your two superheroes, Spider Man and Captain America. In order to go from screen to screen you will have to do combat against the bad dies. But before even that starts, when you first load the game, you must select your options as to the difficulty of the game. There are three options: beginner, hero or superhero. Once selected, you are then asked a number of questions about characters in the game to make sure you are not playing a pirated version. So it really does pay to read the whole manual, or else if you get a question wrong the program crashes and you must start again.

The actual combat games are very similar in gameplay to those classic Karate style games of a few years ago. Except, as well as doing sweeping kicks, jumps, somersaults and so on, add to your choice of moves those which Captain America and Spider-man can do. Captain America can use his famous shield and give the villains a big thumping with it. Spider Man can throw webs as well as being able to stick to the ceiling.

The game is quite good fun, unfortunately, it does not offer much of a long lasting challenge. For example, if you press your joystick to hit mode the villain, and leave your hand on it, you will find yourself winning that screen quite easily, as the villain is beaten-up every time he comes close to your action.

The graphics look very nice and when the characters are moving, it is quite smooth and detailed. Sadly, there isn't much in sound except for a few noises during fighting. Why there wasn't a theme tune or some other form of music added to the game seems a bit strange to say the least.

If you are looking for a fun game which is also quite disposable, then check this out, otherwise wait until it comes out as a budget game.