Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

Spider-Man and members of the X-Men have teamed up in this side-scrolling action game to fight against Arcade, who has built a giant amusement park for the sole purpose of trapping and destroying the…

1 November 1992

What Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is a platform game developed by Software Creations and released in 1992. It was published by Flying Edge. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spider-Man and members of the X-Men have teamed up in this side-scrolling action game to fight against Arcade, who has built a giant amusement park for the sole purpose of trapping and destroying the super-heroes. You first play as Spider-Man, who sees the X-Men get kidnapped by Arcade and follows them. Once you make it inside Arcade's park you can choose to play as Spider-Man, Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, or Wolverine, each of whom are trapped in a different part of Arcade's maze of deadly traps. You must navigate all five of them safely out, using their different skills and abilities while defeating baddies and bosses along the way.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is the 24th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. It arrived 9 months after X-Men. The next entry was Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge in 1992.

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What it launched against

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge launched on 1 November 1992, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Star Wars and Shin Megami Tensei.

Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Star Wars, Shin Megami Tensei.

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