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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Alternate Titles

• "エックス・メン チルドレン・オブ・ジ・アトム" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Versus fighting
• Marvel licensees
• X-Men licensees

User Reviews

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

DOS

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The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Jun, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Hobby Consolas	SEGA Saturn	Feb, 1996	88 out of 100	88
Game Revolution	SEGA Saturn	Jun 06, 2004	B+	83
GameFan Magazine	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1996	81 out of 100	81
GamePro (US)	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1996	4 out of 5	80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA Saturn	Apr, 1996	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	DOS	Apr, 1997	75 out of 100	75
Defunct Games	SEGA Saturn	May 09, 2004	75 out of 100	75
NowGamer	PlayStation	Jan 01, 1998	7.2 out of 10	72
IGN	PlayStation	Mar 03, 1998	3.5 out of 10	35

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Trivia

This was first released on the Sega Saturn Platform

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: X-Men: Children of the Atom (Information about X-Men: Children of the Atom at Wikipedia)