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X-Men: Children of the Atom

For those of you who have been waiting with baited breath, or outright holding your breath, BREATH! It's finally here! The arcade version of X-Men is finally available for the PC market. Originally a Capcom project that was supposed to be ready a year ago but ran into technical difficulties, Acclaim took over and managed to finish it. The beauty of the thing is that they did a really great job. I would have to say that this was probably worth turning blue and passing out a few times.

Wenn Sie eine Schwäche für gnandenlos schnelle und komplexe 2D-Prügelspiele haben, dürfen Sie hier bedenkenlos zugreifen. X-Men ist zweifellos das beste Spiel dieses Genres. Gegen die 3D-Konkurrenz kommt die altbackene Grafik natürlich nicht an, und wer realistischen Kampfsport schätzt, wird sich schaudern von den Raketen-, Laser- und Tentakelattacken abwenden. Alle anderen werden ihren Spaß an der bunten Prügelorgie haben.

As is, X-Men: Children of the Atom serves up some killer one-on-one martial arts action that's more than enough to tide over those looking for a quick fix of fists and foul play. Fans of the arcade game will be disappointed by the missing chain combos, but others won't mind for even a second, as they'll be enjoying X-Men's slick visuals and cool character designs and wondering all the while as to why the PC doesn't enjoy more games of this category.

The glaring problem with the game is that it remains DOS-based. While it will use a six-button controller, you can't use two of them. Basically what this means is that Acclaim has turned a traditionally head-to-head two player competition into a one-player game. If you can get past the DOS interface, though, it's still an excellent 2D fighting game.

Wer auf realistisches Kampfgeschehen steht, wird den Phantasiebewegungen der Marvel-Helden wenig abgewinnen. Da können die flachen Arenen noch so bunt und die Sprüche noch so großmäulig sein. Aber im Zeitalter von Virtua Fighter und Co. kaufen ohnehin nur noch Sammler oder abgebrühte Comicfans diese Relikte einer vergangenen Epoche.