Iron Man

2009-12-16T07:12:11Z

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{{disambig2|the cool exec with a heart of steel|the Autobot buried under England|Man of Iron}}
:''Iron Man is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] and the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] portion of the [[Crossovers]] franchise.''

[[Image:Ironman.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] realizes pushing Iron Man down a flight of stairs requires a flight of stairs.]]
'''Iron Man''', aka '''Anthony Edward Stark''', appears to be the most sensible member of his species. While a normal, squishy human would be content to walk around vulnerable to attack, he has taken the surprisingly logical step of encasing himself in a metal suit carrying advanced weapons like a ''proper'' being (or, at least, the opposite of a [[Pretender]]).

He is not [[G.B. Blackrock]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Iron Man, not content with being clad in a military-grade armored suit capable of tackling tanks and fighter jets head-on, created an ''even bigger'' suit to tackle [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] threats. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} The new armor proved quite the energy guzzler, nearly expending all its reserves during a battle against some [[Decepticon]]s in [[Latveria]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} It was then dangerously supercharged by an infusion from the internal reactors of the [[Autobot]]s, causing it to shut down. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] severed its head with a blast from his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

===Marvel ''Crossovers'' toy bios===
Working with [[Mister Fantastic]], Iron Man used alien technology to build transforming [[Mech|battle suits]] for the most marketable of [[Earth]]'s [[:Category:Superheroes|heroes]]. Being a control freak, the one he built for himself has an override system allowing him to take control of the rest.<ref>Iron Man's ''Crossovers'' toy bio</ref>

Later, Iron Man painted his battle suit black in order to disguise it as a regular fighter jet and lull his enemy, [[Doctor Doom]], into a false sense of security.<ref>Black Iron Man's ''Crossovers'' toy bio</ref> At some point, he built himself a new suit, along with one for [[Spider-Man]]. These two mechs had the ability to combine with each other.<ref>Spider-Man/Iron Man's ''Crossovers'' toy bio</ref>

==Toys==
===Crossovers===
[[Image:Crossovers IronMan toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Unfortunately, no booze bottle accessory.]]
*'''Iron Man''' (Marvel, 2008/2009)
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles
: The Marvel ''[[Crossovers]]'' Iron Man transforms into a fighter jet of madeup-make, bearing more than a passing resemblance to an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|F-22 Raptor]] with a [[For safety reasons|stubby nose cone]] and large/stretched wings, under-slung with non-firing missiles. Each wing is also equipped with a spring-loaded missile launcher, which can be mounted on the undersides of his robot-mode forearms.
: This mold was later redecoed in gray and black. Note that the toy pictures on the packaging have a different color scheme than the actual toy.
: The toy has been nicknamed "Starkstream" for a number of reasons that should be [[Starscream_(G1)|immediately obvious.]]

*'''Iron Man''' (Marvel, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles

:A black and gray redeco of the previous Iron Man toy resembling Iron Man Armor Model 11 or [[wikia:c:marvel:James Rhodes (Earth-616)|War Machine]]. Early stock photos gave the toy a different deco which resembles [[wikia:c:marvel:Iron Man Armor MK I|Iron Man Armor Model 01]], instead using a silverish gold color for the black parts.

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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_IronMan_unused_deco.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Early stock photo of the redeco Iron Man.]]
[[Image:MarvelCrossoversWarmachine.JPG|thumb|center|200px|The first of many repaints.]]
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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_IronManCombiner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When the "Iron Spider" costume wasn't enough.]]
*'''Spider-Man / Iron-Man''' (Marvel two-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:''
:This Iron Man toy transforms into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber with two firing missiles under its wings. He comes packaged with [[Spider-Man]] (who transforms into a helicopter), and can combine with him in either mode to form a "giant super bomber" or a robot mode that mostly just looks like Spider-Man wearing an Iron Man plane hat.

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==Notes==
* Iron Man is voiced by [[David Kaye]] in the cartoon ''[[wikipedia:Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes|Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes]]'' as a guest character. Voice acting is a small world, [[Megatron (BW)|yeesss]].
* Reprints of Iron Man stories were run as a back-up strip in early issues of the Marvel UK Transformers comics. Further reprints featuring the present day Iron Man appeared in issues #126-129 and #146-152. The Iron Man of 2020 also appeared in a crossover with [[Spider-Man]] reprinted in issues #119-125

==References==
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==External links==
* [[wikia:c:Marveldatabase:Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man at Marvel Database]]
* [[wikipedia:Iron Man|Iron Man at Wikipedia]]

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Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)

2009-12-14T07:55:35Z

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{{nav-BW}}

'''Beast Wars: Transformers''' is a third-person shooting game released for the PC platform in 1996. It was later [[wikipedia:Shovelware|ported]] to the Sony Playstation platform.

[[Image:Bw game wtf.jpg|200px|thumb|Dude! Dude. Seriously... what in the Pit?!]]
Players picked their side and sent their Transformers on missions against both the opposing side and the extradimensional [[Skriix]] aliens.

==Plot==
{{note|This game takes place in an alternate version of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], branching off from main continuity during the first season of the cartoon, presumably at least after [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s introduction in "[[Spider's Game]]".}}
Both Maximals and Predacons have been battling on prehistoric earth for an extensive period of time. So long have they been stranded on this hostile planet, that each warrior now has their own personal base and army, each located in a separate region of the planet. However, as the battle between the Predacons and the Maximals rages on, the aliens known as the Skriix invade the planet, forcing both faction to take arms against this new threat.
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==Gameplay==
The basic object of the game is to run around blindly and shoot everything in sight. You have two meters: your life meter and an energon meter that drains while you're in robot mode (switching to beast mode stops the process and allows it to slowly refill, but you can't attack in this mode regardless of what dangerous beast you are). Both sides have four characters you can play as, and if you lose one, they're lost for good unless you can find a "rescue" icon in the level and complete the resultant rescue mission. It is generally a few shades this side of sadomasochistic.
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==Playable characters==
===[[Maximal]]s===
* [[Optimus Primal]] (normal and "rescue" levels)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] ("rescue" levels only)
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===[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s===
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]
* [[Tarantulas]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (normal and "rescue" levels)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] ("rescue" levels only)
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==Cheat codes==
{| border=1
|+Playstation Version
!Code
!Effect
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|Pause the game, hold L2 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Triangle, X, Square. Continue to hold L2 and then unpause the game.
|Power-Up Weapons
|----
|Pause the game, then hold L2 and press the Up, Down, Left, Right, Triangle, X, X, Triangle, Right, Left, Down, Up. Continue to hold L2 and then unpause the game.
|Complete the Current Mission
|----
|}
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==Notes==
* A game model was made for [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] with plans to have him in the game, but those ultimately fell through.
* The Beast Wars cast did not reprise their characters' voices for the game, and while their presence would've improved the game, it's probably best that they managed to avoid marching in this crap parade.
* While the Playstation version of the game was limited to a single-player affair, the PC version surprisingly had an option to play with up to 8 people over LAN or online; in fact, for a while during the game's release, the MSN Gaming Zone reserved several rooms for multiplayer Beast Wars games. "Fans" of the game claim this is enough to dredge the game out from being horrible to barely mediocre.
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==External links==
* [http://www.download.com/Beast-Wars-Transformers-demo/3000-7563_4-889284.html Playable demo on download.com]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000816230906/http://www.transformers.com/story.html Story of the game on Archive.org]

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