Oh yes, no one messes with Magneto. Arguably one of the best beat em up arcade games ever to grace a boardwalk or theme park, X-Men sucked up more of my quarters than any other game except maybe T...
Oh yes, no one messes with Magneto. Arguably one of the best beat em up arcade games ever to grace a boardwalk or theme park, X-Men sucked up more of my quarters than any other game except maybe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
So X-Men is another beat em up, fighting various enemies from the Marvel Universe like miniaturized Sentinels and various members from the Brotherhood of Mutants. Although this came out right around the time of the hugely successful 90's X-Men show, this game was modeled after the failed "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot that ran in the 1980s. You know the one where wolverine is Australian. The characters sport the old costumes and all of the villains are allied with Magneto, even though it doesn't always make much sense.
To mix things up, each character gets their own mutant power to use during combat which helps clear the screen of enemies. Cyclopes gets his optic blast of course, Wolverine has a ranged slicing attack, Storm controls cyclones, Nightcrawler can move all over the screen and the Dazzler uses her energy attacks.
Depending on the version of the game, you could potentially play all six characters simultaneously.
Sometimes, I like to play games alone, but clearly this game is an exception. Nothing beats taking on Magneto with 5 other people in an epic battle.
It's a real shame this arcade game never received a port to consoles. If they had added a few additional levels and maybe an extra character or two, it could have been a great game.
Regardless, if you see this game around the arcade, play it and thank me later.
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Actually, this arcade game came out in April of 1992, I believe and I know that the cartoon started in October 1992 so Konami missed it be a few months.
One of my favorite games as a kid to waste quarters on. Thankfully through some online searching for a few hours I found this game modded for use on a computer. I have it running on both my computers. It's great to relieve this.
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what ever quarts TMNT didn't get the xmen did man good times