X-Men vs. Street Fighter, released in arcades in 1996 on Capcom’s CPS2 hardware, was the first crossover fighting game combining Marvel and Street Fighter characters. It ran on a 16 MHz Motorola 68000 CPU with an 8 MHz Zilog Z80 sound processor and used QSound for stereo audio, displaying up to 900 sprites in 384×224 resolution with 4096 colors. The game introduced the Tag Team system, letting players switch between two characters mid-match, and a Hyper Combo Gauge that enabled powerful Hyper Combos and Variable Combos. Its fast-paced, strategic gameplay, vibrant visuals, and quality audio made it popular in arcades and a staple of competitive play.
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by akuma_slamma.
Comment: "This game was the Kingdom Hearts of its day, think about it! fusing classic computer game charactors with comic/cartoon charactors, it works! The graphics were very cartoony and this was good considering that the x-men had possibily the best cartoon series around at the time. This game was amazing, I actually completed the arcade version 2 years ago, apocalypes was the toughest boss and he was larger than life, but I beat him and life was easier, until I had to fight my partner in the "Final battle" My team was wolverine/akuma and I was stuck with wolverine. By the way, the original voice actors for wolverine and rogue in the x-men 90's cartoon series did the voices for those charactors in the game, what about that? I am a devoted street fighter maniac still today, kingdom hearts does not compare to this little beauty!"
2003-01-22 23:38:21Z
by a1r.
Comment: "A classic crossover: the mature beat-em-up gameplay of the SF series combined with the big, bold and flashy cartoon effects of the Marvel games.
Combined with a easy-to-pick up chain/combo system (mash light -> strong) and cool air battles, this is one of my all-time favourites."
2003-04-30 03:33:27Z