About this game
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. The following year, Paragon released a sequel, X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.
Plot
Professor X has been kidnapped by Magneto and Arcade, and it’s up to the X-Men to rescue him.
Gameplay
The game is a side-scrolling arcade game featuring the X-Men. The original story takes place in Murderworld, a deadly amusement park designed by Arcade. 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
The game received positive reception from critics. Compute! Magazine gave its playability, documentation, originality, and graphics four out of five stars. Abandonia rated the game 3.0 out of 4.
See also
- Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
References
External links
- X-Men: Madness in Murderworld at MobyGames
- X-Men: Madness in Murderworld at Lemon 64
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