X-Men is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1992. It is a side-scrolling fighting game based on the characters of the same name under license from Marvel Comics. The animation of the X-Men and the supervillains is based on the 1989 X-Men pilot episode titled Pryde of the X-Men.

The player chooses one of six X-Men: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, or Dazzler. Their objective is to stop the villain Magneto from wreaking havoc on human civilization. They must fight through an army of hundreds of Sentinels and supervillains such as Pyro, Blob, Wendigo, Master Mold, The White Queen, Juggernaut--who strangely wields a bazooka in his boss fight-- and Mystique, who was also a boss enemy in the game, although she simply took the form of Magneto and attacked players with punches and kicks. Later, Magneto kidnaps Professor X and Kitty Pryde, prompting the heroes to go on a rescue mission.

Although Final Fight set the standard^{[citation needed]} for scrolling fighters, X-Men contained several 'improvements' including the ability to hit fallen opponents to prevent them from getting back up (as first seen in the arcade game Crime Fighters by Konami (1989) and its sequels), as well as a character-specialized "mutant power," which could clear most of the screen of enemies (like the 'crowd control' attack in Final Fight achieved by hitting both the jump & attack buttons together). Those mutant powers can be stored like items (similar to Golden Axe's magic powers), but if there are none stored the mutant power can still be used, but it slightly reduced the player's health.

Depending on the machine, the maximum number of simultaneous players varies from two to six. The six-player version used a multiple screen set up, similar to The Ninja Warriors. ^[1]

The game is fondly remembered^{[citation needed]} by those who played it for its fun, addictive gameplay and colorful graphics. However, it is also sometimes criticized^{[citation needed]} for its wooden voice acting and often ungrammatical, engrish-like script, particularly from Magneto ("I am Magneto, Master of Magnet" and "Welcome to Die!"). The Japanese version of the game featured enemies that would drop health and Mutant Power refills upon their defeat. These enemies were absent from the American release of the game.

Note that this game is not to be confused with a later X-Men game, X-Men: Children of the Atom, which was developed by Capcom and released in arcades, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and PC.

• "Go and save the city!"
• "BALLISTIC BARRAGE!!" (Wolverine's Special attack)
• "Pyro will turn you to toast!"
• "Nothing moves the Blob!"
• "Wendigo!"
• "The White Queen welcomes you to die!"
• "Juggernaut will flatten you!"
• "You must rescue the professor!"
• "X-men! Welcome... to die!"
• "I am Magneto, you are nothing!" (Note: Magneto would say this exact line again in the EA Marvel fighting game, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects as one of his entrance lines)
• "I am Magneto, Master of Magnet!"
• "Alas, that was Mystique, not Magneto. Magneto is in another place. Go, X-Men."
• "Magneto is over there!"
• "You are helpless against my power, X-Men!"
• "X-Chicken!"
• "Kill you!"
• "You are dead!"
• "X-men! Nice Job. Magneto is over there! Follow me!"
• "I think Tony is a cutie and I want to touch his penis :)" - Wolverine

• X-Men video games on Marvel.com
• X-Men at the Killer List of Videogames
• Gamespot - The Greatest Games of All-Time
• The Best and Worst Comic Book Video Games
• X-Men Walkthrough (Arcade Version)
  • X-Men (Arcade) FAQ By "White Mage"
• Character Guide version 1.02

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