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X-Men: Children of the Atom

TitleX-Men: Children of the Atom
First release1995
DeveloperCapcom
PublisherAcclaim Entertainment
PlatformsArcade, DOS, PlayStation
Genrefighting game
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Arcade: 1994-12-19
PC (Windows): 1997-05-05
PlayStation: 1998-02-02 (NTSC-U), 1998-02-27 (PAL)
Wikidata IDQ692715

X-MEN UNLEASHED! It's here! Ultimate combat! Mutant mayhem! X-Power! Special moves! Mid-air action! Big characters! Sizzling graphics! Exactly like you played in the arcade! You will need all your mutant powers, all your speed, all your strength... for this is the ultimate combat! Have you got enough to defeat Magneto, Omega Red and the Sentinel? Are you tough enough for Wolverine, powerful enough for Cyclops, cool enough for Iceman... are you good enough to join the new breed of mutant heroes? X-Men Children of the Atom - the fighting game to end them all!

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q692715) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (2468) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (73072) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (11634,112252) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database (ADB) (xmcota) · last updated 2026-10-15 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
MAME romsetxmcota
Title at ADBX-Men: Children of the Atom (Europe 950331)
ManufacturerCapcom
Year1994
GenreFighter / Versus
Players2
MAME driver statusGOOD
X-Men: Children of the Atom – Flyer
Flyer
X-Men: Children of the Atom – Marquee
Marquee
X-Men: Children of the Atom – Cabinet
Cabinet
X-Men: Children of the Atom – Title
Title
X-Men: Children of the Atom – In-game
In-game
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Capcom); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-15 05:20 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Acclaim Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Acclaim Entertainment · internal use only.
Sprites
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Videos
Arcade Longplay [705] X-Men: Children Of The Atom
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