X-Men

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X-Men
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Western Technologies Inc.
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1993-04 $54.9954.99 1057 EU 1993 1057 UK 1993-06 £39.9939.99 1057 GR 199x AU 199x BR 199x 044210

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X-Men is a sidescrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was followed by X-Men 2: Clone Wars.

Story

Series staple antagonist Magneto infects the X-Men's training facility with a virus and must be stopped.

Gameplay

is a character specific mutant power that can only be used as long as special power is available, is for attacking, is for jumping. Quickly double tapping it results in a high jump. Stages must be cleared by reaching the exit, fighting bosses and collecting keys/solving puzzles. Characters can be switched 2-3 times during stages. If a character loses all health, he'll be gone permanently.

The game can't be completed on the lowest difficulty level as it stops after stage 3.

X-Men is one of the few video games in history which requires the use of the Mega Drive's reset button in order to progress through a certain point in the game. This means the game is impossible to beat when played on systems (or emulators) which lack a soft reset feature of some description.

This game became infamous for it's high difficulty level, which stems from the game's awkward hit detection, lack of continues and difficult to grasp boss battles and stage layouts. While plenty of shortcuts (mainly through Nightcralwer) and failsafe boss strategies (e.g. a full health Wolverine can take every hit from the lighthouse boss and still win) exist, these were made difficult to explore by the way the game was designed.

Characters

• Playable
  • Cyclops
  • Wolverine
  • Nightcrawler
  • Gambit
• Assist
  • Storm: 1x full screen attack
  • Rouge: 1x aimed attack
  • Archangle: 3x spreadshot
  • Iceman: builds a bridge that lasts for a limited amount of time

Production credits

• Developed By: Western Technologies Inc
• Producer: E. Ettore Annunziata
• Art Design: Bruce Straley, Steven Ross
• Art: Mira Ross, Eric Iwasaki
• Music and Sound Effects: Fletcher Beasley
• Programming, Design: Jeff Fort
• Programming: John Bojorquez, Ray Frericks, Alan Wise
• Marketing: Scott Steinberg
• Special Thanks: Jay Smith, JFD and EWF
• Additional Input: Sam Kjellman, RK
• Lead Tester: Vy Nong
• Testers: Steve Patterson, Joe Cain, Tony Lynch, Jason Kuo, Eric Rawlins, Jeff Todd, Siegie Stangenberg, Dermot Lyons, Bill Person, Casey Grimm, Vince Nason

Source: In-game credits

• Producer: E. Ettore Annunziata
• Programming: Jeff Fort, Ray Fredricks, John Bojorquez, Allan Wise
• Art: Burce Stanley, Mira Ross, Steven Ross
• Sound and Music: Fletcher Beasley
• Design: Bruce Straley, Jeff Fort, Steven Ross, Mira Ross
• Marketing: Scott Steinberg
• Lead Test: Vy Nong, Steve Patterson, Joe Cain
• Test: Tony Lynch, Jason Kuo, Erik Wahlberg, Harry Chavez, Eric Rawlins, Keith Higashihara, Greg Becksted, Vince Nason, Dianna Myers, Dave Forster, Casey Grimm, Bill Person, Joe Van, Greg Fleming, Dermot Lyons, John Russell, Jill Schwartz, Chris Sinclair, Siegie Stangenberg, Ben Szymkowiak, Conan Tigard, Jeff Todd
• Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw, Vy Nong
• Special Thanks: Sam Kjellman, Jay Smith, Steve Apour, Gloria Birulin

Source: US manual

Uncredited

• Cover artwork: Phil Winslade

Magazine articles

Main article: X-Men/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Play media

US TV advert

Play media

US TV advert

Print advert in GamePro (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) #53: "June 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mega Sega (ES) #1: "xxxx 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Consoles + (FR) 78 №21, p120-122 Computer & Video Games (UK) 72 Electric Brain (UK) 65 GamePro (US) 95 GamesMaster (UK) 73 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 91 №10, p28/29 Mega (UK) 85 №9, p40/41 Mega Action (UK) 80 №5, p16 MegaTech (UK) 82 №17, p42-45 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 88 Player One (FR) 80 №33, p82/83 Sega Power (UK) 81 №43, p52/53 Sega Pro (UK) 78 №19, p38 Sega Zone (UK) 87 №7, p18-20 Sega Force Mega (UK) 82 Sonic the Comic (UK) 70 №1, p12

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Mega Drive, US
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Cart Manual Poster

Mega Drive, US (Special Edition)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart PCB

Mega Drive, GR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	1MB	1993-01	Cartridge (US)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	1MB	1993-01	Cartridge (EU)