Ex-Mutants
Action game based on the Ex-Mutants comic book series by Malibu Comics. Leaping from the pages of the popular comic book come the Ex-Mutants. Choose Shannon or Ackroyd as you weave your way through the nuclear…
Ex-Mutants is a platform developed by Malibu Interactive, released 18 November 1992 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Ex-Mutants is
Ex-Mutants is a platform game developed by Malibu Interactive and released in 1992. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ex-Mutants was a comic book series created by writer David Lawrence and artist Ron Lim along with editor David Campiti in 1986. It was later published in a revamped version by Malibu Comics. A videogame for the Sega Genesis based on the Malibu version was released. In the Malibu version of Ex-Mutants, there were three males (Dillon, Ackroyd and Bud) and three females (Shannon, Piper and Tanya). These six were mutants who were gathered by Professor Kildare, a robotic-looking cyborg and turned into humans. Ackroyd and Shannon were the playable characters in the Sega Genesis game.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ex-Mutants launched on 18 November 1992, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Super Star Wars and Shin Megami Tensei.
Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Super Star Wars, Shin Megami Tensei.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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