X-Men
X-Men is a side-scrolling action game based on the comic book series of the same name. The player can control one of four playable characters: Gambit, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, or Cyclops. In addition, it is…
X-Men is a fighting developed by Western Technologies Inc., released 8 March 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What X-Men is
X-Men is a fighting game developed by Western Technologies Inc. and released in 1993. It was published by Sega of America. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Professor X's Danger Room is a training facility that can fully re-create environments in which the X-Men can practice their powers, similarly to the holodeck in Star Trek. One day, the danger room starts to go crazy, and randomly loading up dangerous simulations. It turns out that Magneto, the leader of the mutant Brotherhood and the main adversary of the X-men, has loaded a virus into the Danger Room's computer, and now the X-Men have to stop it.
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men is the 27th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man 3: Invasion of Spider-Slayers in 1993.
What it launched against
X-Men launched on 8 March 1993, within three weeks of Star Fox and Kirby's Adventure.
Released around the same time: Star Fox, Kirby's Adventure.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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