X-Men: Children of the Atom
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4.6
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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 Arcade Winner's pose
X-Men: Children of the Atom PlayStation No, that's not Wolvie. It's the last blow of Spiral's Metamorphosis combo.
X-Men: Children of the Atom PlayStation Berzerker Barrage!
X-Men: Children of the Atom PlayStation There's no getting the jump on Iceman.
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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 (9305)
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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG) SEGA Saturn Feb, 1996 95 out of 100 95
Coming Soon Magazine DOS Jun, 1997 90 out of 100 90
Mega Fun SEGA Saturn Dec, 1995 84 out of 100 84
PC Joker DOS May, 1997 80 out of 100 80
GamePro (US) SEGA Saturn Mar, 1996 4 out of 5 80
Mega Fun PlayStation Mar, 1998 76 out of 100 76
Defunct Games SEGA Saturn May 09, 2004 75 out of 100 75
Electric Playground DOS Jun 13, 1997 7 out of 10 70
The Video Game Critic SEGA Saturn Apr 25, 2013 B- 67
PC Player (Germany) DOS May, 1997 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars 40
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Trivia

Included as a secret character is Akuma, one of the baddies of the Street Fighter series. (an omen of the future Marvel/Capcom crossover games?)
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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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