We like video games.  So much so that Jon and I attended PAX East this year and saw a lot of great games that will be coming out through 2016.  This got me thinking that there are many video games that feature superheroes and this would make for a good podcast.

We start off the show talking about the classic Konami arcade game – X-men: Children of the Atom.  This was a standard ‘Beat’em Up‘ that features X-men characters beating up on well know villains like Juggernaut, The Toad and Magneto.  What was unique about this game is that a special cabinet was made that allowed 6 people to play at once.  Here is a pic of how it looked:

This is one of the first (if not only) arcade that allows 6 people to play at once.  I had a great time playing this one back in the day.

WE spend some time going over the other great arcade games and eventually move on to some awesome console games like: Ultimate Spider-man, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and X-men Legends.

These games are great because they all have fantastic stories with dozens of Marvel characters (both heroes and villains).  The more we talked about them, the more I want to go back and play the games.

We end the podcast talking about the greatest superhero video series: Batman – Arkham Series: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight.  This series is the pinnacle of how all video games featuring heroes should be made.

Also, we are celebrating out 1 year anniversary of Comics Misremembered this month so thanks for listening and looking forward to another year of making podcasts!

Your comics pal,

Jim

Comics Misremembered Podcast 49