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X-Men: Madness in Murderworld

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X-Men: Madness in Murderworld
PC cover art
Developer(s)Paragon Software
Publisher(s)Paragon Software
Platform(s)Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release1989
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

X-Men: Madness in Murderworld is a video game for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, which was developed and published by Paragon Software in 1989.[1][2][3] The following year, Paragon released a sequel, X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.

Plot

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Professor X has been kidnapped by Magneto and Arcade, and it's up to the X-Men to rescue him.

Gameplay

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The game is a side-scrolling arcade game featuring the X-Men. The original story takes place in Murderworld, a dangerous and deadly amusement park of terror. The X-Men, which include Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Wolverine, are pitted against their arch-enemies Arcade and Magneto. The game has more than 500 action and combat screens, as well as some puzzle-solving. A limited edition original comic book that leads up to the action in the game was also included in the package.

Reception

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The game received positive reception from critics. Compute! Magazine gave its playability, documentation, originality, and graphics four out of five stars.[4] Abandonia rated the game 3.0 out of 4.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GB64.COM - C64 Games, Database, Music, Emulation, Frontends, Reviews and Articles". www.gamebase64.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ "X-Men: Madness in Murderworld a REAL Walkthrough". 14 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ^ "X-Men: Madness in Murderworld". Giant Bomb.
  4. ^ Compute! Magazine Issue 127. March 1, 1991.
  5. ^ "Download X-Men - Madness in Murderworld | Abandonia". www.abandonia.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
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