Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal

For the Sega Game Gear version, see Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (Game Gear).

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Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer: Realtime Associates
Licensor: Marvel Characters
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (20 tracks)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-11-22 ¥5,8005,800 T-8115G US 1996-11-14 T-8119H EU 1996-09-04 T-8119H-50 DE 1996-09-04 T-8119H-50 PT 1996 STJAK0333 PL 1996 BR 1996-12 R$69.9969.99 193666
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Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (アイアンマン／ＸＯ) is a Sega Saturn action beat-'em-up game developed by Realtime Associated and published by Acclaim Entertainment. A crossover title between Marvel Comics' Iron Man and Valiant Comics' X-O Manowar, the game was first released in Europe in September 1996, and was later brought to the United States, Japan, and Brazil in the follow months.

Gameplay

Iron Man/X-O Manowar is a 2.5D side-scrolling action game where players can either control either Marvel Comics' Iron Man or X-O Manowar, originally owned by Valiant Comics (though in 1996 Acclaim Entertainment had bought out the Valiant brand and were distributing X-O Manowar comics under a "Acclaim Comics" label). Most characters and objects in the game are represented with 2D pre-rendered sprites, while backgrounds are made of simple textured polygons.

Version differences

The Saturn and PlayStation versions were released simultaneously and are largely identical, however the Saturn version features lower quality full motion video and uses lower resolution textures in places.

History

Title

Like several of Acclaim's published games, the title can cause some issues - the forward slash symbol is not present in any western Sega packaging (leading it to be called Iron Man X-O Manowar or by some, Iron Man and X-O Manowar). It actually derives from the PlayStation packaging's spine and thus may not be strictly accurate for Sega versions of the game. Similar issues are encountered with Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage and Venom - Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety.

Magazine articles

Main article: Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-21: "1996-21 (1996-12-13)" (1996-11-22)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) 0 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 55 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 50 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 19 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 39 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 70 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 58 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 61 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 33 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 65 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 59 Video Games (DE) PAL 55

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Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal

Saturn, JP
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	541,491,552		CD-ROM (EU)	T-8119H-50 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	539,934,528	1996-09-25	CD-ROM (JP)	T-8115G V1.000