X-Men: Children of the Atom
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Description

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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X-Men: Children of the Atom DOS If you manage to get one of the five highest scores, you can enter your initials.
X-Men: Children of the Atom Arcade Hard attack
X-Men: Children of the Atom DOS Silver Samurai's Shuriken vs. Cyclops's Optic Blast bullet. Two "fireball" moves, when meeting, cancel each other.
X-Men: Children of the Atom PlayStation Create your own combo.
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Alternate Titles

  • "エックス・メン チルドレン・オブ・ジ・アトム" -- Japanese spelling
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Capcom takes on the X-Men and a new era of ass-kicking 2D fighters dawns DOS Zovni (10666)
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Critic Reviews

Mean Machines SEGA Saturn Feb, 1996 94 out of 100 94
High Voltage Online SEGA Saturn Sep 13, 2006 87 out of 100 87
Mega Fun SEGA Saturn Dec, 1995 84 out of 100 84
GameFan Magazine SEGA Saturn Mar, 1996 81 out of 100 81
PC Joker DOS May, 1997 80 out of 100 80
Power Play DOS Apr, 1997 75 out of 100 75
Video Games PlayStation Feb, 1998 73 out of 100 73
NowGamer PlayStation Jan 01, 1998 7.2 out of 10 72
PC Player (Germany) DOS May, 1997 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars 40
IGN PlayStation Mar 03, 1998 3.5 out of 10 35
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Trivia

The storyline for the game is based loosely on the "Fatal Attractions" crossover story published in 1993 and which ran through all the X-Men universe titles of the time. All of the published issues (X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, Uncanny X-Men #304, X-Men #25, Wolverine #75, and Excalibur #71) are collected in a trade paperback, but unfortunately they don't feature the holographic insets the original prints had in their covers.
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Arcade Credits

Game Planners:
Akira Nishitani (Nin), Noritaka Funamizu (Poo), Kei Hiratou (Hiratou··X68K··K–Suke), Kiyoshi Nishikawa (Kiyo), T.H.T. Fuji (Fuji), Atsushi Tomita (Tomita Otouto)
Programmers:
Shingo Ōi (AOI–Tokimeki), Takamasa Hori (TARABAR–BLACK), K.nishi Man (K.nishi–Man), Norio Hirose (Sailor–Ponkichi), O.G.T. IRON Liver (O.G.T.–IRON Liver), Morimichi Suzuki (Mo.SUZUKI–Memorial), MiN T3 (MiN–T3), Yasunori Harada (Hard.Yas –466P+K–), Manabu Kawase (KAW.HIROSHIMA)
Object Designer:
Satoru Yamashita (S. Yamashita), Hideki Ino (Ino), Daisuke Kurita (Kuriotoko), Yue  (Yue), Hiroaki Minobe (Minobe), Manabu Nakatani (M. Nakatani), Atsushi Iwasaki (Ari), Eri Nakamura (Eripyon), Miwa Sakaguchi (Miwazo), Masako Sato (M. Sato)
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