X-Men
Thanks to Fox and Marvel, the X-Men have remained apart of the zeitgeist of popular culture for well over two decades now. Yet, despite the comic, television, and movie presence the franchise has, it still hasn’t gotten the proper respect it deserves regarding its amazing side-scrolling video game.
Simply titled X-Men, this 1992 video game lets players choose between six X-Men: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, or Dazzler. The main objective of the game was to team up and stop Magneto from terrorizing civilization.
To accomplish this goal, you and your friends have to fight an endless army of enemies, ranging from Sentinels to mutant crocs to even supervillains like the Juggernaut.
The gameplay is as straightforward as they come for brawlers, as you move left to right, punching and kicking every enemy you see. Using those basic moves ends up being really rewarding, though, as it builds up a meter that eventually lets each character pull off their specific finishing move.
Executing one of these powerful finishing moves is not only satisfying to see, as the game featured beautiful pixel artwork, but also served to clear out the area of multiple enemies simultaneously.
To this day, I still have fond memories of playing X-Men with my friends, and would absolutely kill for a modern installment.
