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1992 [[Beat'Em Up]] made by [[Konami]] for the arcade, in the vein of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' arcade games. Taking on the roles of Cyclops, Colossus, [[Dazzler]], [[Storm]], [[Wolverine]] or Nightcrawler, up to six players (or just four, depending on the cabinet) progress from left to right and fight endless swarms of Sentinels, along with villains such as The Blob, Wendigo and, of course, Magneto.

Essentially, you just roam through the level, fight, use some special attacks here and there, die a lot, and then deposit another coin to come back to life.

The game is loosely based off of ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:X-Men:_Pryde_of_the_X Pryde of the X-Men |Pryde of the X-Men]]'', a failed 1989 pilot for an animated ''X-Men'' series that was totally different from the [[X-Men (Animationanimation)|one that eventually made it on the air a few years later]].

Fondly remembered by many players for its sheer cheesiness. Magneto, the main villain, taunts players by calling them "X-Chicken", and the villains introduce themselves with the corniest catch phrases you can imagine. There's an announcer who excitedly shouts out the name of each character when he joins or rejoins the game after running out of lives. And the plot is totally random —... in character, yes, but random.

The game was remade in December 2010 for [[Playstation Network]] and [[Xbox Live Arcade]]. The biggest addition is drop-in/drop-out online play, making getting a six-player match going very easy to do -: just join a game that already has a large number of players. The other addition is unlimited credits: Pushingpushing the jump button after your last life is lost results in you immediately rejoining the game, making [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist|death meaningless]]. Not to mention that you keep your score, making the newly added leaderboards mean nothing, except for those genuinely good players who can get high scores and few deaths (the number of deaths is still tracked on the leaderboards).

* [[Ascended Meme]]: In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', [[Deadpool]] will tell Magneto "Welcome to die!" when they square off.

* [[Boss Banter]]: Assuming they're not being pummeled by six people at once, some of the bosses have some really hammy one-liners to deliver. Especially Magneto, who won't shut up unless he's being smacked around. (Seesee the [[YouTube]] link in [[Large Ham]] down below).

* [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points]]: Your "Mutant Power" costs three bits from your health bar. You get a "mutant power sphere" at the beginning of the level for one power use if your health bar is too low to pay the cost, and you earn an additional sphere every time you finish a level.

* [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist]]: In the remake. Unlimited credits means that some players actively commit suicide just to refill their special attacks.

* [[Desperation Attack]]: Uses up three units of life, unless your life is low, then it uses a special attack unit... in the U.S. version. In the Japanese version, this is reversed.

* [[Difficulty Byby Region]]: The Japanese version has powerups to help you along the way.

* [[Engrish]]:* "X-Men! Welcome... to DIE!"

** On the other hand, it also has some of [[Surprisingly Good English|the other kind]], too ("The White Queen welcomes you to die!"; "Nothing moves The Blob!"). The above ended up becoming more famous.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Just ask '''MAGNETO!''' His minions are pretty hammy too.

* [[Mad Libs Dialogue]]: Some of Magneto's taunts are clearly spliced from other recordings. See in particular, "You are DEAD!", where "DEAD!" was blatantly recorded separately, and the "You are" is taken from another catchphrase, "You are nothing!". He even shouts "DEAD!" by itself from time to time with the exact same inflection.

* [[Mecha -Mooks]]: Sentinels of course. Some of them are [[Mook Maker|spawned in one level by a gigantic Sentinel from its mouth]] (Possiblypossibly meant to be Master Mold).

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Blatantly ignored with Magneto, who works variations on it into most of his sentences, many of which consist of only a few words, during his fight against you.

{{quote| '''Magneto:''' "Die! Kill you! Dead! Come to die! You are dead! I kill you!"}}

* [[Pokémon -Speak]]: See the following quote.

{{quote| '''Wendigo:''' "Wendigo!"}}

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