Episode 002: X-Men (1992)

The 1992 X-Men arcade beat ’em up is the second game tackled by Steve Greenwell, Huell and Todd Brisket on Your Parents Basement Podcast, even if it required us leaving the cozy confines of the basement back in the day. Click here to listen!

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Supplemental material for today’s show:

• The piano tease from last week can be found on YouTube here.
• A gameplay video of the final stage.
• A short, December 2013 article from Polygon on the expiration of X-Men from the various online stores.
• Hey, isn’t the timeline of the Marvel movie universe confusing? It sure is! But if you want to deep dive, go here.
• The TV Tropes article on Wolverine Publicity, a.k.a., “Wolverine does not appear in this issue.”
• The lead graphic on this post comes from this blog.