Difference between revisions of "X-Women: The Sinister Virus"
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| − | {{sub-stub}}'''''X-Women: The Sinister Virus''''' is an unreleased | + | {{sub-stub}}'''''X-Women: The Sinister Virus''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Mega Drive]] game featuring the female characters of Marvel's ''[[wikipedia:X-Men|X-Men]]'' comic book series. It was due to be released as part of the last batch of first-party Mega Drive games in North America, with a release date planned for late 1996. It would have acted as a spiritual sequel to ''[[X-Men 2: Clone Wars]]''. |
| + | ''X-Women'' would have allowed players to control popular female characters from the ''X-Men'' cast, including Storm and Rogue. It was a side-scrolling action game supposedly being developed by [[Clockwork Tortoise]], and was previewed in an early state at [[E3]] 1996, with the aim of being released later in the year. ''X-Women'' was later mentioned in EGM #89 (December 1996), presumably having missed its original deadline. | ||
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| + | The reason for its cancellation are not fully understood - Clockwork Tortoise disbanded in late 1996/early 1997, and focus at [[Sega]] was shifting away from the Mega Drive and onto the [[Sega Saturn]]. ''X-Women'' was considered to be scrapped by early 1997. No prototypes of ''X-Women'' have ever been found. | ||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Clockwork Tortoise |
| Genre: Action |
| Number of players: 1 |
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X-Women: The Sinister Virus is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive game featuring the female characters of Marvel's X-Men comic book series. It was due to be released as part of the last batch of first-party Mega Drive games in North America, with a release date planned for late 1996. It would have acted as a spiritual sequel to X-Men 2: Clone Wars.
X-Women would have allowed players to control popular female characters from the X-Men cast, including Storm and Rogue. It was a side-scrolling action game supposedly being developed by Clockwork Tortoise, and was previewed in an early state at E3 1996, with the aim of being released later in the year. X-Women was later mentioned in EGM #89 (December 1996), presumably having missed its original deadline.
The reason for its cancellation are not fully understood - Clockwork Tortoise disbanded in late 1996/early 1997, and focus at Sega was shifting away from the Mega Drive and onto the Sega Saturn. X-Women was considered to be scrapped by early 1997. No prototypes of X-Women have ever been found.
| X-Men games for Sega systems | |
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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (1993) | X-Men (1993) | Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (1994) | X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995) | X-Women: The Sinister Virus (unreleased) |
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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (1994) | X-Men (1994) | X-Men: GamesMaster's Legacy (1994) | X-Men: Mojo World (1996) |
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X-Men: Children of the Atom (1995) | X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1997) |
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X-Men: Mojo World (1996) |
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X-Men: Mind Games (Unreleased) |
| X-Men related media | |
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Sega Tunes: X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1996) |
| Unlicensed X-Men games for Sega systems | |
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X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Mega Drive) (1998) |