Bit Slap - Video Gamers

“NOTHING MOVES THE BLOB!”

Its time to get into the festive spirit, and how better than to kick back with some mates in a brutal, retro street beater. You know it, “X-Men Arcade” finally made it to the Xbox 360!

Back in the day

Originally released in 1993 by Konami, this was the one you’d look out for at the game centers. One of the first, if not the first opportunity for you and 5 mates to game together and take on some classic marvel villains (and Tutankhamen for some reason).

Prior X-Men arcade, Marvel had put its name to some total horse crap in gaming. I’m pointing with both hands at Spiderman on the Atari 2600, complete and utter garbage. X-Men Arcade was the first game ever to do Marvel proud.

93 itself was perfect timing for the game with the X-Men TV show set to go, combined with the Marvel Action Hour (Fantastic 4, Iron Man and Hulk) kids knew who the characters were, the story and ready for a piece of the ass wooping action. Everyone knew the mission – Slap Magneto, Juggernaut and the Blob around some..

One hour wonder?

Co-op play is defiantly the money shot, with the 6 player online campaigns being a absolute slaughter. Online the game lacks the kind of pressure you’d have experienced as a kid, unlimited continues and no need to ask for more coins will mean you’ll crack the game in 30 to 40 mins with ease. The sheer brutality of the waves upon waves of sentinels is what will keep the fans coming back for more and more.

Mutant Power spamming might lead you to throw the pad out the window at points (Watch out for lag spikes especially when some noob starts spamming colossuses’ mutant power), but overall this is the game to have over Christmas. A few beers, a few mates.. Perfect gaming time.

One more

Is it just me, or was this game rare as hell. You have a s much chance of finding X-Men now as you did back in 1993. Maybe game centers in the Uk were a lil skeptical about the popularity of a 6 player system, assuming most gamers were button bashin in their bedrooms.. So to speak..

Available on Xbox live for 800 points, its everything that us Marvel fanboys have been waitin for.

One question

Who in holy hell is Dazzler?

Check out DSP's playthrough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GahfP8aEcg