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X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...

are a fictional

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Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

Marvel Universe The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...

. The group debuted in 1963 in an eponymous comic book series. Beginning in 1989, the characters appeared in

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adaptations for

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s, arcades, and personal computers. An earlier game was planned for home computers in 1985, but the developer went out of business before its launch. The first games were released on

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home platforms, and the series expanded onto handheld consoles and arcades in the early 1990s. Most X-Men games, especially those released in the 2000s, were released on several platforms. Several companies have developed entries in the franchise, including Paragon Software,

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, and

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. The titles are

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s that pit the X-Men against Marvel

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s, typically taking the form of

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and

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s. Each game features different groupings of X-Men heroes and villains, and typically allows players to control multiple characters. One X-Men character,

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, has starred in several eponymous action games; the first game was the 1990 ''

''. 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 ''

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'', 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.

X-Men games

Wolverine games

Cancelled games

Related games

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