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

The Game Boy version of Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is a side-scrolling action-platform game based on the console release. It follows Spider-Man, Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, and Wolverine as they…

31 December 1993

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is a platform developed by Unexpected Development, released 31 December 1993 on Game Boy.

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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 Unexpected Development and released in 1993. It was published by LJN. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Game Boy version of Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is a side-scrolling action-platform game based on the console release. It follows Spider-Man, Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, and Wolverine as they attempt to escape Arcade's Murderworld, with each character using distinct abilities to navigate hazards and defeat enemies. The handheld version retains the introductory Spider-Man stage followed by character-specific stages that can be completed in any order, but reduces the structure to one main stage for each hero before the final confrontation with Arcade. Several stages were shortened or altered for the Game Boy, including Spider-Man's section, which is based on his second…
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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 30th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Captain America and the Avengers in 1993.

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What it launched against

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge was released on 31 December 1993 for Game Boy.

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