Iron Man (video game)

Iron Man, known as Iron Man: The Official Videogame in Europe, is a 2008 video game based on the film of the same name. It was released on May 2, 2008, to coincide with the release of the film in cinemas.
A significant feature has Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard and Shaun Toub reprising their roles from the movie.
==Differences Between Versions==
The game is available to play on , , , , , , and .
There are four versions of the game that are not compatible with each other.
===Next Gen. Consoles===
*The enemies are Advanced Idea Mechanics, the Maggia and the Ten Rings terrorist group. The super-villains in the game include Whiplash, Madame Masque, Titanium Man, Melter, and Iron Monger.
===Playstation 2===
*The story plot is the same as the next gen. console
**The Controller is in this version. In other versions, Iron Man battles a large vessel called a Controller Submarine in the Arctic.
**The Titanium Man's armor does not allow him to fly in this version.
**Iron Man attacks the Nefaria Compound from the inside in this version. In other versions, he attacks it from the outside.
**The Flying Fortress falls into the ocean when destroyed, but in the next gen. version, if you don't stop it in a time limit, it falls into a city.
**Madame Masque is killed by a collapsing wall while in the next gen. version, she survives this encounter.
**Whiplash 1 and Scott Campbell are present in this version.
===Nintendo DS===
*Although the story is much of the same, A.I.M., James Rhodes, Whiplash, Madame Masque, Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar and Titanium Man are not present.
**While escaping the Ten Rings facility, Stark has to fight a giant drill
**The Controller is in this version. In other versions, Iron Man battles a large vessel called a Controller Submarine in the Arctic.
**In level three, Tony Stark has to go to a Maggia facility in White Sands, New Mexico where he is given instructions by an unknown informant.
**While fighting the Maggia, Stark learns of a "Microwave Repulsor Beam" weapon that they have in their arsenal.
**During the final battle, Iron Monger creates "Tech Suits" to help him fight Stark, who defeats Stane without the Arc Reactor, but instead with just punches and repulsers.
===Java ME===
*The plot of the game is not the same in this version, but instead it is a shortened version of the movie that the game is based off of.
**Ho Yinsen is not alluded to.
**Tony Stark destroys the Ten Rings Base as his first act as Iron Man.
**The Ten Rings gain access to even more Stark weapons and fortify their bases while taking over Gulmira.
**Stark attacks a plane in an island landscape.
**In the end, Stark ends up deciding to destroy his Mark I Iron Man armor.
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==Chapters==
#Escape
#First Flight
#Stark Weapons
#Maggia Factories
#Maggia Compound
#Flying Fortress
#Arctic Battle
#Lost Destroyer
#On Defense
#Save Pepper
#Island Meltdown
#Space Tether
#Showdown
==Plot==
To be added
==Cast==
Main Article: Iron Man Credits
*Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
**Stephen Stanton as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pilot, Engineer, Afghan Soldier
*Terrence Howard as Lt. Col. James Rhodes
*Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen
*Dimitri Diatchenko as Boris Bullski/Titanium Man, Russian Soldier
*Gavin Hammon as Bruno Horgan/Melter
*Zach McGowan as Marc Scarlotti/Whiplash, Stark Engineer
*Meredith Monroe as Pepper Potts
*Gillon Stephenson as J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Fred Tatasciore as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, A.I.M. President, Afghan Soldier, A.I.M. Soldier
*Courtenay Taylor as Whitney Nefaria/Madame Masque
*Jim Ward as A.I.M. Soldier
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Tony Stark/Iron Man
*Pepper Potts
*James Rhodes
*Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
*Ho Yinsen
*J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar
*Bruno Horgan/Melter
*Boris Bullski/Titanium Man
*Whitney Frost/Madame Masque
*Marc Scarlotti/Whiplash
*A.I.M. President
*Hajid
===Locations===
*Afghanistan
**Ten Rings Base
*California
**Los Angeles
***Stark Industries Headquarters
*Washington, D.C. (mentioned)
*Arlington, Virginia
**Pentagon (mentioned)
*Arctic, Russia
**Russian Nuclear Facility
*Nefaria Compound
*A.I.M. Headquarters
===Events===
*Kidnapping of Tony Stark
*Attack on Stark Industries Headquarters
*Attack on the Maggia Weapons Caches
*Chase of the Maggia Weapons Transport
*Attack on the Nefaria Compound
*Destruction of the Flying Fortress
*Robbery of the Russian Nuclear Facility
*Attack on Iron Man
*Rescue of Pepper Potts
*Attack on A.I.M.'s Island
*Attack on A.I.M. Headquarters
*Duel of Los Angeles
===Items===
*Iron Man Armors
**Mark I Iron Man Armor
**Mark II Iron Man Armor
**Mark III Iron Man Armor
**Classic Iron Man Armor
**Extremis Iron Man Armor
**Hulkbuster Iron Man Armor
**Classic Mark I Iron Man Armor
**Silver Centurion Iron Man Armor
**Ultimate Iron Man Armor
*Stark Sparrow Missiles
*Iron Monger Armor
*Omnium Steel
*Melter Armor
*Titanium Man Armor
*Tatyana
*Proton Cannon
*Prometheus Missile
*Arc Reactor
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===Vehicles===
*Dreadnaught
*F-22 Raptor
*Flying Fortress
*Controller Submarine
===Organizations===
*Stark Industries
*Ten Rings
*Maggia
*A.I.M.
*United States Armed Forces
**Manhattan Project (mentioned)
*Russian Armed Forces
*Los Angeles Police Department
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===Mentioned===
*Howard Stark
*Luchino Nefaria
*Natasha Romanoff
*Danny Rand
*Charlie 2-0
*Tatyana
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==Music==
*Black Sabbath
==Achievements==
Achievement 	Trophy	Requirements
Sidekick 	 	Complete all missions on Easy difficulty (or harder)
Hero 	 	Complete all missions on Normal difficulty (or harder)
Super Hero 	 	Complete all missions on Formidable difficulty
Disarmed 	 	Destroy stockpiled Stark weapons in the Escape mission
City Protector 	 	Destroy drones without civilian damage in the First Flight mission
Decommissioner 	 	Destroy all Prometheus missiles in the Maggia Compound mission
In the Drink 	 	Avoid civilian casualties in the Flying Fortress mission
Tatyana, Interrupted 	 	Protect the nuclear facility in the Arctic Battle mission
Not a Scratch 	 	Avoid harming the destroyer and its crew in the Lost Destroyer mission
Power Saver 	 	Avoid disrupting the city's power supply in the On Defense mission
Shocking! 	 	Protect outlying occupied buildings in the Save Pepper mission
Proton Shut Out 	 	Prevent cannon attacks on civilian targets in the Island Meltdown mission
Escape Velocity 	 	Sever the tether before the satellite overloads in the Space Tether mission
You're Fired! 	 	Destroy power regulators in the Iron Monger mission
Excelsior! 	 	Complete Hero Objectives for all missions
Ten Rings Obsoleted 	 	Complete the One Man Army vs. Ten Rings challenge without an armor breach
Maggia Obsoleted 	 	Complete the One Man Army vs. Maggia challenge without an armor breach
Mercs Obsoleted 	 	Complete the One Man Army vs. Mercs challenge without an armor breach
AIM Obsoleted 	 	Complete the One Man Army vs. AIM challenge without an armor breach
AIM-X Obsoleted 	 	Complete the One Man Army vs. AIM-X challenge without an armor breach
Air Superiority 	 	Destroy all dropships before the Stark Gunship is stolen in the First Flight mission
Road King 	 	Destroy all convoy vehicles in less than 2 minutes in the Stark Weapons mission
Launch Aborted 	 	Destroy all Prometheus missiles within 10 minutes in the Maggia Compound mission
Collateral Damage 	 	Destroy a Prometheus missile by destroying a fuel truck in the Maggia Compound mission
Personnel Vendetta 	 	Defeat 20 soldiers in the Arctic Battle mission
Overkill 	 	Defeat a soldier using the Unibeam
Smack Down 	 	Defeat Titanium Man before his second recharge in the On Defense mission
Impenetrable 	 	Complete a mission (other than Escape or First Flight) without an armor breach
An Object in Motion 	 	Destroy any target using a ramming attack
Grounded 	 	Successfully grapple and throw a plane
Your Own Medicine 	 	Damage or destroy another enemy while grappling a SAM launcher
Long Shot 	 	Damage or destroy another enemy while grappling a howitzer
Hulk Smash! 	 	Successfully grapple an opponent in the Hulkbuster armor
Ground Pound 	 	Defeat an opponent using the ground pound in the Extremis armor
Classic Confrontation	 	Defeat Titanium Man using the Classic armor
Old School 	 	Defeat Iron Monger using the Silver Centurion armor
Pugilist 	 	Complete any mission (other than Escape) without using weapons systems
Eject! 	 	Spare the US fighter pilots in the Stark Weapons mission
Guardian 	 	Protect warehouse workers in the Maggia Factories mission
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==Plot==
During a business trip to Afghanistan to demonstrate Stark Industries' new weapon, Tony Stark is kidnapped by the terrorist group the Ten Rings, who order him to build a missile for them. Instead, he and fellow captive Ho Yinsen secretly build a powered suit of armor in the months following his capture. During this time, Yinsen also acts as Stark's mentor, showing him humility and telling him of the horrors his company has caused, making Stark reconsider his life. Stark impresses himself after finishing the armor, calling it "the future". Armed with a flamethrower, Stark uses the armor to defeat several terrorists and destroy their weapons stockpile, but Yinsen is killed during the escape. Stark then escapes from the Ten Rings' caves, but his suit is destroyed when he crashlands in the desert. Upon being picked up by the Air Force and returning to the United States, Stark declares that his company will no longer manufacture weapons, a move disapproved by his business partner Obadiah Stane.
With the help of his personal A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S., Stark develops an updated and more powerful version of his armor, adding Stark Industries' new repulsor technology and flight capability. While testing his new suit at Stark Industries, Stark is informed by his assistant Pepper Potts that armed men are attacking the facilities. Stark then decides to use his suit to deal with the attackers, and notices that they are Maggia soldiers. After the attack, Stark discovers that Maggia is providing weapons for the Ten Rings, and he returns to Afghanistan to battle them. Using his new Mark III "Iron Man" armor, Stark destroys Maggia's weapons stockpiles and an armored hovercraft. On the way back home, he is confronted by the United States Air Force. A pair of F-22 Raptors are sent after Stark; one is damaged during the chase, but Stark manages to save the pilot. He then establishes contact with his friend Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, who learns of Stark's identity and orders the jets to disengage.
Stark then returns home, where Potts discovers what he was doing with the Iron Man suit. Rhodes then starts helping Stark in his fight against Maggia, informing him of a weapons transport in Afghanistan. Stark follows the transport, destroying the weapons, defeating the villain Whiplash, a former Stark Industries worker, in the process. He proceeds to the Maggia's compound to destroy the rest of the weapons, and after infiltrating the mansion he confronts Madame Masque, who is killed when a wall falls on her. Stark then discovers Maggia's last weapon: a heavily armed Flying Fortress. Iron Man then attacks the fortress and destroys it, ending Maggia's evil once and for all.
While Stark was confronting Maggia, his corrupt business partner Obadiah Stane secretly recovered the first Iron Man armor in Afghanistan and started working with the company Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) to create a power source. After Rhodes informs him that A.I.M. has attacked a nuclear facility in Russia, Stark decides to confront them, also because A.I.M. was Stark Industries' top buyers before he stopped manufacturing weapons. Iron Man ends the nuclear energy robbery and detects a strong radiation signal underground. After following this signal Stark is confronted by Boris Bullski, who created a titanium armor similar to that of Iron Man, thus becoming the "Titanium Man". However, Stark is able to defeat Bullski and then returns to the United States. Rhodes then informs him that A.I.M. has attacked a military ship in the Arctic, and Stark once again prevents them from stealing nuclear energy, as well as defeating the Controller.
After returning to Stark Industries, Stark sends Potts to hack the Industries computer and find the shipping records, so he can track down the illicit shipments and destroy them. However, the facilities are attacked by A.I.M. forces under the command of Titanium Man, who was actually sent by Obadiah Stane to steal the Iron Man suit. After discovering Stane's involvement with A.I.M. and the Ten Rings, Stark once again defeats Bullski. Stark then returns to his workshop, where he is ambushed by Stane, who steals his arc reactor to create a power source for his own armor. Stark is rescued by Rhodes, and is informed by him that A.I.M. kidnapped Potts to use her as bait. He then uses his armor to save Potts from an A.I.M. facility and prevents the explosion of their reactor. Stark then decides that A.I.M. is a bigger menace than Stane, and decides to confront them first. He heads to their island and destroys their proton cannon, and later confronts and defeats the Melter. Stark then attacks their headquarters, ending the A.I.M. menace.
Stark then returns to the United States and contacts Obadiah Stane, discovering that he kidnapped Potts. Stark then heads back to Stark Industries, where he confronts an armored Stane in the surrounding streets. Stane then flies to the top of Stark Industries, and Stark orders Potts to overload the Arc Reactor at the building to damage the Iron Monger Armor. The plan works and Stane is defeated. After the defeat of Maggia, Advanced Idea Mechanics and the Iron Monger, Stark decides to continue helping mankind as Iron Man.
==Cast==
Main Article: Iron Man Credits
*Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
**Stephen Stanton as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pilot, Engineer, Afghan Soldier
*Terrence Howard as Lt. Col. James Rhodes
*Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen
*Dimitri Diatchenko as Boris Bullski/Titanium Man, Russian Soldier
*Gavin Hammon as Bruno Horgan/Melter
*Zach McGowan as Marc Scarlotti/Whiplash, Stark Engineer
*Meredith Monroe as Pepper Potts
*Gillon Stephenson as J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Fred Tatasciore as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, A.I.M. President, Afghan Soldier, A.I.M. Soldier
*Courtenay Taylor as Whitney Nefaria/Madame Masque
*Jim Ward as Basil Sandhurst/Controller, A.I.M. Soldier
*David Zyler as Whiplash 1
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Tony Stark/Iron Man
*Pepper Potts
*James Rhodes
*Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
*Ho Yinsen
*J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Basil Sandhurst/Controller
*Bruno Horgan/Melter
*Boris Bullski/Titanium Man
*Whitney Frost/Madame Masque
*Marc Scarlotti/Whiplash
*A.I.M. President
*Hajid/A.I.M. Operative Controller
*Scott Campbell
*Whiplash #1
*Howard Stark
===Locations===
*Afghanistan
**Ten Rings Base
*California
**Los Angeles
***Stark Industries Headquarters
*Washington, D.C. (mentioned)
*Arlington, Virginia
**Pentagon (mentioned)
*Arctic, Russia
**Russian Nuclear Facility
*Nefaria Compound
*A.I.M. Headquarters
===Events===
*Kidnapping of Tony Stark
*Attack on Stark Industries Headquarters
*Attack on the Maggia Weapons Caches
*Chase of the Maggia Weapons Transport
*Attack on the Nefaria Compound
*Destruction of the Flying Fortress
*Robbery of the Russian Nuclear Facility
*Hijacking and Retaking of the Air Force Ship
*Attack on Iron Man
*Rescue of Pepper Potts
*Attack on A.I.M.'s Island
*Attack on A.I.M. Headquarters
*Duel of Los Angeles
===Items===
*Iron Man Armors
**Mark I Iron Man Armor
**Mark II Iron Man Armor
**Mark III Iron Man Armor
*Stark Sparrow Missiles
*Iron Monger Armor
*Omnium Steel
*Melter Armor
*Titanium Man Armor
*Tatyana
*Proton Cannon
*Prometheus Missile
*Arc Reactor
*
===Vehicles===
*Dreadnaught
*F-22 Raptor
*Flying Fortress
===Organizations===
*Stark Industries
*Ten Rings
*Maggia
*A.I.M.
*United States Armed Forces
**Manhattan Project (mentioned)
*Russian Armed Forces
*Los Angeles Police Department
*
===Mentioned===
*Luchino Nefaria
*Charlie 2-0
*Tatyana
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*
==Music==
*Black Sabbath
|-|Nintendo DS=
==Chapters==
#The Escape
#Gulmira Weapons Cache
#White Sands
#Nefaria Family Compound
#Maggia Flying Fortress
#Controller
#Greek Islands
#Iron Monger
==Plot==
To be added
==Cast==
Main Article: Iron Man Credits
*Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
*Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen
*Stephen Stanton as Tony Stark/Iron Man
*Gillon Stephenson as J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Fred Tatasciore as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
*Gavin Hammon as Informant
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Tony Stark/Iron Man
*Pepper Potts
*Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
*Ho Yinsen
*J.A.R.V.I.S.
===Locations===
*Afghanistan
**Ten Rings Base
*California
**Los Angeles
***Stark Industries Headquarters
*Greece
*Nefaria Compound
===Events===
*Kidnapping of Tony Stark
*Duel of Los Angeles
===Items===
*Iron Man Armors
**Mark I Iron Man Armor
**Mark II Iron Man Armor
**Mark III Iron Man Armor
*Stark Sparrow Missiles
*Iron Monger Armor
*Omnium Steel
*Arc Reactor
===Vehicles===
*Dreadnaught
*F-22 Raptor
*Flying Fortress
===Organizations===
*Stark Industries
*Ten Rings
*Maggia
===Mentioned===
*Basil Sandhurst/Controller
|-|Java ME=
==Plot==
To be added
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Tony Stark/Iron Man
*J.A.R.V.I.S.
*Pepper Potts
*Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
*Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar
*James Rhodes
*Happy Hogan (mentioned)
===Locations===
*Afghanistan
**Ten Rings Base
*California
**Los Angeles
***Stark Industries Headquarters
===Events===
*Kidnapping of Tony Stark (mentioned)
*Duel of Los Angeles
===Items===
*Iron Man Armors
**Mark I Iron Man Armor
**Mark III Iron Man Armor
*Iron Monger Armor
*Omnium Steel
*Arc Reactor
===Vehicles===
To be added
===Organizations===
*Stark Industries
*Ten Rings
*Interpol (mentioned)
*NATO (mentioned)
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==Behind the Scenes==
===Continuity===
Regarding the canonicity of the game, Producer Andy Alamano said that: "The beginning of the movie is the beginning of the game and the end of the movie is the end of the game, but everything that happens in between is where we got to create parts to our own story. By using material found within the comics, we were able to create our own side story that still ties in tightly with the events of the film."Iron Man Video Game Q&A
The video game has many differences to the film it is based on as well as the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. A.I.M. is a prevelant organization that tries to smuggle weapons from Stark Industries while in the main continuity, Stark is unaware of A.I.M. until the events of Iron Man 3 and only heard of it from the founder, Aldrich Killian, in 1999.
In other important notes, Marc Scarlotti appears as a Maggia member and former Stark Industries employee. Not only does he take the codename of Whiplash, which is used by Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2, but he also appears in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode A Fractured House which contradicts the Scarlotti of this game.
Another member of the Maggia is Whitney Frost, who also appears in Agent Carter as the main antagonist in 1947.
Stark mentions knowing Natasha Romanoff whom he has know knowledge of until Iron Man 2. He also is an acquaintance of Danny Rand who is in K'un-Lun at this time in Iron Fist.
Therefore, it is deemed as non-canon material.
==Videos==
Official Iron Man Video Game Trailer
Iron Man (PS2, PS3, PSP, NDS, Wii, X360, PC) - Story Trailer
Iron Man The Making of The Video Game From SEGA
Iron Man- The Making of The Video Game The Suit From SEGA
Making Of Iron Man (Video Game)
Iron Man - Making Of the Wii game
==Trivia==
*In the version of the game, Iron Man jokes that Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan would make a great couple with Potts later sarcastically referring to him as her "future husband." This is a reference to their marriage in the comics.
*In the version, when talking about Iron Monger, James Rhodes says to Iron Man, "This sounds just like your kind of War Machine" which is a reference to Rhodes' codename, War Machine.
==References==
==External Links==
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