X-Men
X-Men is a sidescrolling beat'em up/platform game, much like its homonymous Mega Drive/ Genesis counterpart. Several X-Men characters are playable throughout the game. The player can choose from two characters…
X-Men is an arcade developed by Sega of America, released 31 December 1994 on Sega Game Gear.
What X-Men is
X-Men is an arcade game developed by Sega of America and released in 1994. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Men is a sidescrolling beat'em up/platform game, much like its homonymous Mega Drive/ Genesis counterpart. Several X-Men characters are playable throughout the game. The player can choose from two characters from the start, Cyclops and Wolverine, and three Levels are accessible. In the course of the game, the player can unlock five other X-Men, namely Storm, Iceman, Rogue, Nightcrawler and Psylocke.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men is the 40th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Captain America and the Avengers in 1994.
What it launched against
X-Men launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.
Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.
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