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X-Men: Children of the Atom
ScrewAttack takes a look at this blast from the past, and it’s got to be one of the coolest blasts from the most awesome past ever. The 1990s were a fantastic era for fighting games and it got ridiculously awesome when X-Men: Children of the Atom got released in arcades. We were already stunned by Capcom and Street Fighter II, but when they took the same fundamental engine and applied it to the X-Men comic book universe, we all orgasmed in unison. X-Men: Children of the Atom was fast-paced, featured crazy specials, and even more hardcore super moves. The super jumps were pretty sweet too.
Remember, this was the game that paved way to titles like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom. Pay homage, my fellow fighting game fans. Pay homage, bow down, and be in awe.
World Heroes Anthology Coming to PS2
When most people think of fighting games, it’s Street Fighter that usually comes to mind. SNK Playmore doesn’t want you to forget that they’ve had quite a few popular fighting game franchises too. They’ve got Fatal Fury, for example, which introduced us to a certain “me bouncy” girl. They’ve got King of Fighters, which paved the way to team-based fighting games. And then they’ve got World Heroes, a strange fighting game that took character inspiration from all sorts of sources. You can’t deny that Dragon looks a little too much like Bruce Lee and Rasputin is, well, Rasputin. Talk about a mad monk!
Well, while it may not be one of the best fighting games of all-time, World Heroes is trekking its way over to American PS2 consoles. SNK Playmore USA has announced that they are porting World Heroes Anthology to the PlayStation 2 and the collection is scheduled for release next Spring. The package wraps all of the World Heroes games you’ve come to know (and forget) into one convenient title. You get World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, and World Heroes Perfect.
It’s only a matter of time before each of these winds up on the Wii Virtual Console. For 900 Wii Points each.
Source: Kotaku
Retro Gaming: Street Fighter II Glitches Video
Everyone knows just how awesome Street Fighter II is and that’s why Street Fighter: The Later Years is so popular and why everyone can’t wait for Street Fighter IV.
Part of what made Street Fighter II so great — and old-school video games in general — was that it was filled will all sorts of glitches and Easter eggs. In the video compilation below, we revisit many of the best-known Street Fighter II glitches, including the infamous Guile’s Handcuffs, Guile’s Freeze, and Guile’s Invisible Throw. Did you know about Dhalsim’s Invisibility and Vega’s flaming barrel trick? Now you do.
Enjoy! Just try to ignore the cheesy background music.
