Justice League: Chronicles

Justice League: Chronicles is a beat 'em up video game with an overhead view. Players control Justice League members in three episodic storylines ("Dark Winter", "Trial in Ape City" and "Savage Time"), each featuring a specific pair of heroes. Players can switch between heroes in real-time, and each hero has two unique special abilities, such as the Green Lantern's shield or the Flash's spinning attack. Each episode features a challenge with a 3D Mode 7 presentation and concludes with a boss battle. Players can interact with barrels and boxes, which can be picked up and used as weapons. The game supports cooperative multiplayer via a Game Link Cable, allowing two players to control the paired heroes. A Watch Tower Combat Simulator mode allows players to create custom hero pairings outside the story mode. == Plot ==

In "Dark Winter", the Martian Manhunter is suddenly caught off guard by a powerful psychic presence while surveying Antarctica. The Green Lantern and the Flash arrive to investigate a science facility in the area and discover that Killer Frost has taken control of it. The facility's scientists mutter about a black diamond named the Heart of Darkness, which will supposedly unleash Eclipso upon an imminent solar eclipse. Green Lantern and Flash defeat Killer Frost and rush to the Heart of Darkness's location, where they face the emerged Eclipso, who credits his escape to Killer Frost's wicked heart. Upon Eclipso's defeat, he is cast back into the Heart of Darkness, though Green Lantern surmises that as long as darkness exists in the hearts of men, he will always be a threat. In "Trial in Ape City", the Justice League members are arrested at a United Nations meeting by the authorities of Ape City, who charge them with kidnapping their leaders and stealing their technology. Batman, deducing that the League is being framed, suggests allowing themselves to be extradited to ease investigation. Batman and Hawkgirl escape their cell to begin gathering evidence; the other members stay imprisoned to avoid cementing their perceived guilt, and they suspect Gorilla Grodd's involvement. The pair encounter discolored doppelgangers of Superman and Wonder Woman, which they later determine is a single shapeshifting creature. Atop the city's royal tower, Batman and Hawkgirl confront Grodd and the shapeshifter, Amazo, an android stolen from Professor Ivo. Grodd boasts of his plot to stage a political coup of Ape City before Batman and Hawkgirl defeat him and Amazo. The kidnapped leaders are released and Grodd's plan is revealed to the populace, proving the League's innocence. In "Savage Time", Superman, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter enter a temporal anomaly to correct an error in history; Vandal Savage has brought advanced technology to the Axis powers during World War II, putting the Allies at a disadvantage. Superman and Wonder Woman assist at the front lines while Martian Manhunter seeks out the origin of the anachronistic war machines, eventually uncovering Vandal Savage's involvement. The three infiltrate Vandal Savage's headquarters before he can launch a final assault on the Allies and foil his plot to rule the world as the war's victor, preserving Earth's timeline. == Development and release ==

Justice League: Chronicles was published by Midway Games and developed by Full Fat under the direction of Paul Adams, with Midway's Nathan Rose, Warner Bros.' Jason Ades and DC Comics's Ames Kirshen acting as producers. The game was programmed by Florian Raoult and Crispian Daniels. Adams and Peter Ranson were the game's concept designers, with Jamie Byrne and Jamie Bamborough designing the levels. The artwork was created by Byrne, Bamborough and Tony Chen, with Andrew Nixon working on the cutscenes. James Barnard created the game's audio. The stories and scripts were written by Eric DeSantis and Chad Lowe. It was shipped to North American retailers under its final title on November 10, 2003. ==Reception==

Justice League: Chronicles received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. ==References==