Archive EntryPreservation Record
The Punisher
Shelf markLIB-0045
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2005Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- The Punisher
- Release
- 2005 (North America)
- Developer
- Volition
- Publisher
- THQ
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
- Region
- NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-20864
- Medium
- Pressed optical disc · PlayStation 2 retail edition
- Subjects
- Third-Person Shooter · Licensed Action · Marvel · Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
- Condition Report
- Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
- Acquisition
- Private acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 4, 2026
Curator Notes
The Punisher (2005) is Volition’s console and PC action adaptation of the Marvel antihero — interrogation systems, environmental kills, and a tone closer to the comics’ brutality than to a light licensed tie-in. THQ published the North American PlayStation 2 edition (SLUS-20864) in January 2005.
The shelf keeps the optical object because licensed Marvel games of this period are often reduced to checklist entries. Custody here is of the pressed disc and keep-case as they shipped for NTSC-U consoles, not of a later storefront listing.
This filing does not invent a Punisher series map across decades of adaptations. It records one complete retail edition among the PlayStation 2 action holdings.
Collection Documentation
Acquired in August 2026 while expanding the PlayStation 2 physical shelf.
The retained copy is the North American PlayStation 2 edition published by THQ (SLUS-20864). It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept as the reference copy for this filing.
Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
- Original Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2 · NTSC-U/C
- Playback Compatibility
- Pressed for North American PlayStation 2 consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
- Preservation Concerns
- Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
- Edition History
- North American multiplatform release in January 2005; PlayStation 2 serial SLUS-20864 (commonly cited as January 17–18, 2005). Contemporary Xbox and Windows editions are neighboring objects and are not this filing.
- Access Status
- The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. No current digital edition replaces this North American reference copy.
Connections
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.
Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Curator Notes entered
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0045.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the public shelf