Ripten Review: X-Men Arcade - Is the Arcade Classic Still Worth It?

RipTen: X-Men Arcade was a widely praised classic in the early and mid 90′s. Does this arcade beat ‘em up superhero classic still stand the test of time?

[KingNintendoFanboy]

I haven't played this game in a long time.

[jaredhart]

Own the game and agree with the review. Should have been cheaper.

[CrzyFooL]

$9.99!? Game takes like 20 minutes to beat. gtfo.

[bfenty]

Game IS fun but with so little to it this games just not worth it

[RIPSKATEDESTROY]

average huh. COME ON MARVEL!

[VenomProject]

The game is awesome, but I still feel like it should be priced at $5.99.

Other than that, WELCOME TO DIE!!!111

[BlackTar187]

Yea shoudl be 5.99 beat it 3x now and there isnt anything to go back to

[jaredhart]

Agree 100%. Can't believe a number of sites gave it a perfect ten.

At least these guys thought of the value.

[GodsHand]

Same here, but you don't get a trophy for beating it on expert on the Japanese version, whuch sucks.

Konami is most likely charging for both versions of the game USA/Japan, and because it has the ability to play up to six players vs the standard four.

[BlackTar187]

Yea one of the trophies is beat the Japanese version how exactly do i do that?

[Homicide]

There is no trophy for beating the game on the Japanese version, but there is one trophy for picking up an energy pill in the Japanese version. When you create a game, it'll give you the option to play the American or Japanese version of the game (local or online).

[theroadtoruin]

id rather just replay it on MAME.

its far cheaper and as close to the arcade version as you can get, right down to entering credits.

10 bucks for a 15 minute game with basic beat em up gameplay is just asking far too much.

the one liners are the real reward to playing this game anyway.

WELCOME TO DIE

[Batmau5]

Sounds a little expensive for what you're getting.

[lodossrage]

Hey look I loved this game back in the day

But come on, $14.99 for a game from the 80's?

Not to mention you can play this FREE off MAME.

And to top it off it has NOTHING extra?

Yeah..my love for nostalgia has its limits

[skyblue14213]

@lodossrage:
It's $9.99 not $14.99. I still think it should have been cheaper, like around $5.99 or $7.99.

This game was one of my favorites when I was younger when it released many years ago in the arcades. Konami does not have the license to produce games based on the x-men franchise because activision has the licensing rights, so they could only do so much with this game without going over the legal boundary. If konami did have the licensing rights to produce games on the x-men franchise then I think the situation would be different and this release would at least have more content. I bought this game and I think that the game is great, but I still think it could have been a little cheaper than the $9.99 price point. I am still thankful that the game was at least released on home consoles though.

[lodossrage]

my mistake on the price, I just have a habit of saying 14.99 since a few of the downloads I paid for were that price.

But yeah, legal boundaries or not, it STILL isn't worth the price.

[Alcohog]

Loved this game back in the day. It was one of the few arcade games that used like 3 or 4 screens. Spent mad quarters on this, TMNT, and the Simpsons game (bring that one back and I'm in!).

[TheNocturnus]

Hell yeah it's worth it! I don't even want to know how many quarters I pumped into this cabinet back in the day. Now for one price I can play as much as I want. (Translated as: I can play until I get 200 Gamerscore then never touch it again)

[MrChow666]

lol does wolverine have hair on his biceps?

[Homicide]

The one thing I hate about this game is the unlimited lives/continues. It doesn't force you to play smartly; there are no penalties for dying. When you continue, you get all your mutant powers back, and online is just that: mutant spamming. It takes out all the fun and challenge out of the game.

And yes, $10 is too much for this game.