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Despite existing for nearly 30 years beforehand, it took until nearly the '90s for the X-Men to find their way into video games. And it should come as no surprise that the IP's Renaissance during that decade coincided with some of the most notable games to ever feature Professor X's collection of special youngsters. (Though the aughts blessed us with a few worth talking about as well.) On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Gary Butterfield as the crew examines the most entertaining adaptations of this group of super-powered freaks who just might be an allegory for something.

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Anonymous

There is a dearth of X-Men products due to Disney's purchase of the X-Men and Fox's unwillingness to enter a similar deal to the Sony/Spider-Man deal. What followed was a concerted effort to de-emphasize the line which meant cancelling book titles and not licensing the characters in any new products. It will take time for new games to be pitched and developed.

Aaron

Those X-Men games on the Genesis. Never had them, probably couldn't have played the one because the reset button on my Genesis got stuck. I like that one of them has a cold open with a random character selection. Fun times. I don't have much to say. I just like some of the tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0uT1LowEE