X-Men: Children of the Atom is a 2D fighting game and the first Capcom title to use licensed characters from the Marvel comic universe. It has six main characters and four of their enemies that are playable. The X-Men are Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, Storm and Wolverine. The villains are Omega Red, Sentinel, Silver Samurai and Spiral. The two main bosses are Juggernaut and Magneto, and Akuma is available as a secret character.

Fighting is done one-on-one with a traditional best-two-out-of-three match setup, with automatic or manual blocking. Similar to the Super Combo gauge in Super Street Fighter II Turbo there is an X-Power gauge of different levels, filled up when the player performs moves. When it is maxed out an X-Ability or Hyper X special move can be performed. Other general features are the abilities to super jump, roll away and aiming projectiles.

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	X-Men Children of the Atom	DOS	$12.44
	X-Men: Children of the Atom
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User Reviews

Capcom takes on the X-Men and a new era of ass-kicking 2D fighters dawns

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The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	Jun, 1997	90 out of 100	90
PC Games (Germany)	May, 1997	76 out of 100	76
Meristation	Aug 18, 2001	7.5 out of 10	75
Electric Playground	Jun 13, 1997	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	Jun 26, 1997	6.7 out of 10	67
Computer Games Magazine	1997		60
PC Player (Germany)	May, 1997		40

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Trivia

Despite what everyone else tells you, X-Men: CotA was developed by Capcom, released in arcades by Capcom, but wasn't ported to home consoles (except for the Saturn version) by Capcom. Acclaim and Probe handled ports to the PSone and PC, and Acclaim published the Saturn version for Capcom.

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