Annihilation Conquest

[sandwraith]

The one where Apocalypse was the boss? How about Spider-Man/X-Men? The one with Arcade.

Heh, well I played Children of the Atom by Capcom so many times as Omega Red and Silver Samurai, I can truly say that Wolverine, Iceman and Magneto were cheap scrubs.

 

[Dread]

The one where Apocalypse was the boss? How about Spider-Man/X-Men? The one with Arcade.

Heh, well I played Children of the Atom by Capcom so many times as Omega Red and Silver Samurai, I can truly say that Wolverine, Iceman and Magneto were cheap scrubs.

No. In 1990, I think Konami or Acclaim made a beat-em-up X-MEN arcade game based on the character models from the 1989 pilot, PRYDE OF THE X-MEN. Normal machines allowed for 4 players, jumbo ones for the full 6. You chose between Cyclops, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, or Dazzler across about 4 or so levels, fighting Magneto's hordes of Sentinal robots and other various creatures, and his Brotherhood, to rescue the kidnapped Xavier & Kitty. It's simple and dopey, but I played the hell out of it as a kid. It was never ported to a home system.

Sega made a Spider-Man themed beat-em-up in 1993 I believe, which featured as other characters to choose from Black Cat, Hawkeye, and...Namor. Yes, very random. That thing was F'ing hard. I'm the only person I know who drained enough quarters to beat the damn thing.

The only 90's Marvel beat-em-up that saw a home consule release was AVENGERS, which wasn't that hot, but the marble-mouth voice acting is half the fun. "Fwank Ooo, Washp!"... "Amerwica stwill needs ywur HELP!" Hilarious. Plus, Crossbones was a boss.

 

[sandwraith]

Man...where does the time go...One thing I'll admit is so far Marvel's had better forays in the Gaming biz than DC. I think Death of Superman was the only DC game I played back in the day.

 

[Dread]

Man...where does the time go...One thing I'll admit is so far Marvel's had better forays in the Gaming biz than DC. I think Death of Superman was the only DC game I played back in the day.

Yes, they have. DOS was pretty bad.

One of DC's best was BATMAN RETURNS, and that was basically a FINAL FIGHT clone with Batman in it. But it was fun.

I never got around to playing JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES. It seemed like ULTIMATE ALLIANCE lite, only with better voice acting and fewer options.

 

[sandwraith]

And an okay storyline. Maxed-out Zatanna and Batman are a solid team. The GLs...well they feel pretty similar.

 

[Dread]

And an okay storyline. Maxed-out Zatanna and Batman are a solid team. The GLs...well they feel pretty similar.

Green Lanterns...feeling similar? The hell you say!?

I probably pissed off a fan somewhere.

GL's rarely have been my bag. I have enjoyed Nova, though, even if he is a bit of a riff of them.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Aquaman sucked in JLH. That annoyed me.

 

[sandwraith]

I still that Quasar who's the GL ripoff. Space Cops are a common Sci-Fi idea really. Since we're on the subject of games a ***king mega-sized Annihilation game with Mass Effect-ish systems would kick so much ass.

 

[sandwraith]

Aquaman sucked in JLH. That annoyed me.

There was Aquaman in the Justice League game...?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yes. I used him in some of the Gorilla City levels. But he sucked.

 

[sandwraith]

Heh, I stuck with Bats and Zatanna. But when I unlocked Huntress I gave her a twirl...right before the suprise fight with the imperfect Doomsday clone. That was hilarious, Batman and Huntress beating Doomsday.

 

[Dread]

Heh, I stuck with Bats and Zatanna. But when I unlocked Huntress I gave her a twirl...right before the suprise fight with the imperfect Doomsday clone. That was hilarious, Batman and Huntress beating Doomsday.

Sillier than Batman slapping together some Micheal Turner armor and punching Darkseid in the face? Yeah, that happened.

 

[sandwraith]

THis is why I never read Superman/Batman.

 

[Vanguard07]

I loved most of the old marvel beat em ups. I'm pretty sure i played all of them. Of the more recent comic book games I loved the X-men legends/ultimate alliance games although to me Legends 1 was the best of them followed by legends 2 then MUA (although the cinematics in MUA were awesome)

Also was a big fan of the Spiderman movie games (particularly #2) and Ultimate Spiderman was pretty decent.

Justice League Heroes I thought was pretty bad. Like it was TOO generic a beat em up. If they had larger teams than just the two man ones they went with i'd probably have less problems with the game.
True that would make it even more of a ripoff of the Legends line but I dont think they really fooled anyone into thinking that that wasnt what they were doing anyway.

Marvel Nemesis was one of the worst comic book games ever.

 

[sandwraith]

Agreed. But Jap beat 'em ups feel so much better. Streets of Rage for example. Or my personal sidescroller: Rushing Beat.

 

[PhotoJones]

The best side-scrolling action game is Double Dragon III.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Double Dragon/Battle-Toads.

 

[PhotoJones]

I remember owning that one, but I don't remember much about it. DDIII was the game that really stood out as being awesome. I also remember them botching the English translations pretty good. This time around, you got to play as either "Bimmy" or "Jimmy."

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, Bimmy.

I preferred Streets of Rage, myself. I liked the characters a lot, especially the giant wrestler guy and the cyborg scientist in the later games.

 

[PhotoJones]

I don't think I ever played that game. I remember X-Men: CotA being released to consoles and me not going outside for months.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Children of the Atom was awesome. The whole Capcom/Marvel collaboration ruled for a few years.

 

[PhotoJones]

Yes, it did. I found a Sega Dreamcast at a thrift store for $2 this past summer and picked it up with Marvel Vs. Capcom.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Heh, I picked up a Dreamcast on eBay for Shenmue, myself. I haven't played it yet. I should start.

 

[PhotoJones]

Shenmue is mind blowing. I rented it from Hollywood Video years ago, and I never returned it. I go to Blockbuster now.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hahaha, I just bought it off eBay for like $10.