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Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing is a platform video game for the NES and Game Boy. It is based on the animated series of the same name, focusing on the DC Comics superhero character Swamp Thing.

1 December 1992

Swamp Thing is a platform developed by Imagineering Inc., released 1 December 1992 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Swamp Thing is

Swamp Thing is a platform game developed by Imagineering Inc. and released in 1992. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Swamp Thing is a platform video game for the NES and Game Boy. It is based on the animated series of the same name, focusing on the DC Comics superhero character Swamp Thing.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Swamp Thing is the 12th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman Returns in 1992.

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What it launched against

Swamp Thing launched on 1 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Moto Roader MC.

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When did Swamp Thing come out?
Swamp Thing was released on 1 December 1992 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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