 A console port of "The Punisher" was released for the Genesis in North America in 1994 and for the PAL region Mega Drive in April 1995.This version, while published by Capcom, was developed by an independent American company Sculptured Software.In addition to the worse graphics and sound, lesser variety of enemies, and a smaller number of objects on screen than in the original, many of the previously breakable background objects were rendered unbreakable due to the limitations of the Genesis' hardware.