Lost In Translation/X-Men - Children of the Atom

X-Men ; Children of the Atom
Manufacturer	Capcom
Released	1994
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 6 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 11.800 MHz); Z80 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; Q-Sound (@ 4.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Horizontal); 384 x 224 pixels; 59.63 Hz; 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	20 ROMs; 42,205,184 bytes (40.25 MiB)
MAME ID	xmcota · xmcotaa · xmcotah · xmcotaj · xmcotaj1 · xmcotajr · xmcotau

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About The Game

X-Men - Children of the Atom is a one-on-one fighting arcade video game.

Back when Magneto and Juggernaut were boss characters, ten X-Men characters fought to challenge them!

Additional Technical Information

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6

= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP

= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

Trivia

Released in December 1994. It is the first fighting game produced by Capcom using characters under license from Marvel Comics, widely praised for its faithfulness in capturing the spirit of its namesake comics, by using colourful animation and voice actors (see Staff section for more information) from the 'X-Men' animated series.

Character Origins

All characters are coming from Marvel comic books (except Akuma) :

Akuma (Gouki in Japan) - "Super Street Fighter II Turbo" ("Super Street Fighter II X" in Japan)
Colossus (aka Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) - Giant-Size X-Men #1
Cyclops (aka Scott Summers) - X-Men #1
Juggernaut (aka Cain Marko) - X-Men #12
Iceman (aka Robert 'Bobby' Drake) - Uncanny X-Men #1
Magneto (aka Erik 'Magnus' Lehnsherr) - X-Men #1
Omega Red (aka Arkady Rossovich) - X-Men #4
Psylocke (aka Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock) - New Mutants Annual #2
Sentinel - Uncanny X-Men #14
Silver Samurai (aka Kenichiro Harada) - Daredevil #111
Spiral (aka Rita Ricochet) - Longshot #1
Storm (aka Ororo Munroe) - Giant Size X-Men #1
Wolverine (aka James 'Logan' Howlett) - Incredible Hulk #180

Unlike previous incarnations of X-Men video games, X-Men - Children of the Atom also allowed players to helm popular X-Men villains, such as Omega Red; the mutant hunting android Sentinel; Spiral, lackey of Mojo; and Silver Samurai. Also, because this game was released around the same time as "Super Street Fighter II Turbo", programmers also included Akuma (see Tips And Tricks section for more information).

The game, along with SSFII Turbo, is considered as one of the first fighting games to popularize the now often-used ideas of 'Super Jumps', 'Super Combos', and 'Tech. Hit', which meant that an attempted grab or throw had been negated by the opponent. Furthermore, the game was the precursor to the Capcom 'Vs. series', with elements and characters from this game having been combined with "Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams" to create "X-Men vs. Street Fighter".

Sony Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album (X-Men Arcade Game Track - SRCL-3120) on 24/03/1995.

Updates

Revision 1

Software version : 1.00.
Japanese release only (94/12/08).

Revision 2

Software version : 2.00.
Japanese and Asia releases (94/12/17).

Revision 3

Software version : 2.10.
Japanese releases only (94/12/19).

Revision 4

Software version : 3.00.
European and American releases (95/01/05).
European and Hispanic releases (95/03/31).

Note : US versions are slightly different, they have the "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.

Tips and tricks

Play As Akuma

Player 1

Highlight Spiral and wait 3 seconds, then move without stopping through : Silver Samurai, Psylocke, Colossus, Iceman, Colossus, Cyclops, Wolverine, Omega Red and stop on Silver Samurai. Wait 3 seconds there and press and hold : LK+HP+HK.

Player 2

Highlight Storm and wait 3 seconds, then move without stopping through : Cyclops, Colossus, Iceman, the Sentinel, Omega Red, Wolverine, Psylocke, Silver Samurai and stop on Spiral. Wait 3 seconds there, then press and hold : LK+HP+HK.

Play As Juggernaut

Player 1 and 2 input Akuma code, then after the battle press Up/Left TWICE and you should see Juggernaut's face.

Play Against Akuma

You must use 'manual block' and win every match without continuing. Defeat your opponents two rounds in a row (don't lose a round), having 'first attack' on each round. You must also win the final round of each battle with your Hyper-X.

Continue Attacking

Press Start immediately after winning the match to continue hitting the defeated character.

Staff

Game Planners: Akira Nishitani (Nin); Noritaka Funamizu (Poo); Hiratou K-Suke (X68K); Kiyo; Fuji; Tomita Otouto
Programmers: Aoi-Tokimeki; Tarabar - Black; K.Nishi-Man; Sailor-Ponkichi; O.G.T.-iron Liver; Mo Suzuki-Memorial; Min-T3; Hard.Yas (-466P+K-); Kaw.Hiroshima
Object Designers: Satoru Yamashita; Ino; Kuriotoko; Yue; Minobe; M. Nakatani; Ari; Eripyon.N; Miwazo; M. Sato; Kamonchashi Sato; Kazuko Kawanaka Pyo!; Dway Nishimura; Igami; Youjiro; Sagat; Ta; Jun Matsumura (26); Hitoshi Nishio (Vip.T2); G.Kamina; Ushi; H. Yoshino; Eiji; Naoki Fukuda; H.S; Manish; Shinya Kitamura
Scroll Designers: Fukumoyan; Yamapuu; May; Devil Ohnishi; Kazu; Akiko.O; Hiroko.N; Iwai; Kisabon; Rk
Music Composers: Takayuki Iwai (Anarchy Takapon); Syun Nishigaki; Hideki Okugawa (Hideki Ok); Isao Abe (Oyaji)
Sound Designers: Hiroaki Kondo (X68K); Toshio Kajino

Voice Actors

Psylocke, Storm & Spiral: Catherine Disher
Cyclops: Norman Spencer
Wolverine: Cathal J. Dodd
Beast: George Buza
Colossus, Iceman & Sentinel: Dan Hennessey
Silver Samurai: Ike-Bomb

Cabinet and Artwork

X-Men - Children of the Atom arcade cabinet.
X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Inside of the X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.
Alternate X-Men - Children of the Atom flyer.

Ports

Consoles: Sega Saturn (1995); Sony PlayStation (1998)

Computers: PC [MS-DOS] (1997)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
X-MEN: Children of the Atom Arcade Gametrack	SRCL-3120^[1]	1995-03-24	Sony Records	CD version.
Konami All-Stars 1993: Music Station of Dreams	KICA-9016~8^[2]	1992-12-24	King Records	3 CD version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] X-MEN: Children of the Atom Arcade Gametrack (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] Konami All-Stars 1993: Music Station of Dreams (CD) at the VGMdb

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