List of video games featuring the X-Men
The
Software Creations, Konami, and Capcom. The titles are action games that pit the X-Men against Marvel supervillains, typically taking the form of beat 'em up and fighting games
. Each game features different groupings of X-Men heroes and villains, and typically allows players to control multiple characters.
One X-Men character, Wolverine, has starred in several eponymous action games; the first game was the 1990 Wolverine. X-Men characters also frequently appear in Marvel games that focus on several of its comic book franchises, including Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The franchise holds several Guinness World Records, including most games based on a superhero group, first tag-team fighting game, first superhero first-person shooter, and most simultaneous players on an arcade game.[2]
X-Men games
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Original release date(s):[3]
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Release years by system: 1989 – Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Original release date(s):[6] |
Release years by system: 1989 – PC[7]
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Original release date(s):[8]
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Release years by system: 1990 – PC |
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Original release date(s):[9][10] 1992 |
Release years by system: 1992 – |
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Release years by system: 1992 – Genesis, Super NES[4][5] 1993 – Game Boy[18] 1994 – Game Gear[19] | |
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Original release date(s):[20] |
Release years by system: 1993 – Genesis[5] |
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Release years by system: 1994 – Game Gear[5] | |
Original release date(s):[22] |
Release years by system: 1994 – Super NES[4] |
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Original release date(s):[24] |
Release years by system: 1994 – Arcade, PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn[5] |
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Release years by system: 1995 – Game Gear | |
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Original release date(s):[26] |
Release years by system: 1995 – Genesis |
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Original release date(s):[27] |
Release years by system: 1996 – Arcade |
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Release years by system: 1996 – Game Gear, Master System | |
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Original release date(s):[30]
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Release years by system: 1997 – PC |
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Original release date(s):[31] |
Release years by system: 2000 – Game Boy Color, PlayStation[4][32] |
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Original release date(s):[35] |
Release years by system: 2000 – Game Boy Color[4] |
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Original release date(s):[37] |
Release years by system: 2001 – PlayStation[4][37] |
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Original release date(s):[39] |
Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Advance[4] |
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PAL : November 22, 2002 |
Release years by system: 2002 – GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox[4] |
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PAL : October 22, 2004 |
Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox[4] 2005 – N-Gage[43] |
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PAL : October 7, 2005 |
Release years by system: 2005 – GameCube, Mobile phone, N-Gage, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox[4][46][47] |
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PAL : May 19, 2006 |
Release years by system: 2006 – GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360[4] |
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Proposed release date(s):[51] |
Proposed system release: 2011 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360[52] |
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Release years by system: 2014 – iOS and Android touch / mobile devices | |
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Marvel's X-Men Original release date(s):[56]
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Release years by system: 2030 – PlayStation 5 |
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The release date of 2030 is from a leaked internal presentation that features a roadmap of all titles to be released by Insomniac Games until 2032. |
Wolverine games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[57]
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Release years by system: 1991 – Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Original release date(s):[58][59] |
Release years by system: 1994 – Genesis, Super NES[5] |
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Original release date(s):[61] |
Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Color[4] |
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PAL: April 17, 2003 : July 22, 2004 |
Release years by system: 2003 – GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox[4][63] |
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Original release date(s):[65] |
Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360[4] |
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Original release date(s): |
Release years by system: 2026 – PlayStation 5[4] |
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Cancelled games
Title | Details |
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Questprobe featuring The X-Men Original release date(s):[68] |
Release years by system: 8-bit home computers
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Original release date(s):[5] |
Release years by system: Genesis |
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X-Men: Mind Games Original release date(s):[5] |
Release years by system: Sega 32X |
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Related games
Title | Details |
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Original release date(s):[70] |
Release years by system: 1995 – Arcade[70] 1997 – PlayStation, Sega Saturn[71][72] |
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Release years by system: 1996 – Super NES[4] | |
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Original release date(s):[77][78] |
Release years by system: 1997 – Arcade[77] 1998 – Sega Saturn[79] 1999 – PlayStation[78] |
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Original release date(s):[81] |
Release years by system: 1998 – Arcade[81] 1999 – Dreamcast, PlayStation[82][83] |
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Original release date(s):[85] |
Release years by system: 2000 – Arcade, Dreamcast[4] 2002 – PlayStation 2, Xbox[86][87] 2009 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[88][89] |
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Original release date(s):[91] |
Release years by system: 2005 – GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox[92] |
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Original release date(s):[94] |
Release years by system: 2006 – Game Boy Advance, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360[4] |
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Original release date(s):[97] |
Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 |
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Original release date(s):[99] |
Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii |
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Original release date(s):[101] |
Release years by system: 2010 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360[102] |
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Original release date(s):[103][104] |
Release years by system: 2011 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
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Original release date(s):[106] |
Release years by system: 2011 – PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
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Original release date(s):[107]
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Release years by system: 2013 - PC |
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Original release date(s):[108] |
Release years by system: 2013 - PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS |
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External links
- X-Men video games at Curlie