The main impression of Limited Run Games (which can sometimes be negative) is that they publish stuff in physical form. But they also serve as a literal publisher, distributing some titles in digital as well as physical. Their latest, announced this morning, is Marvel MaXimum Collection, which brings back multiple titles from the 16-bit era that starred Marvel superheroes.
The collection contains X-Men: The Arcade Game, Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge (Genesis and Game Boy), Captain America and the Avengers (SNES), Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES), Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety (SNES), and Silver Surfer (NES).
Some of the games in this series range from meh to bad, but the X-Men arcade game is going to sell this collection entirely on its own. One unfortunately unauswered question, which the below trailer doesn’t resolve, is if X-Men will have a widescreen mode. The six-player model of the arcade had a double-wide view made from welding two monitors together. LRG mentions six-player support in their list of features, which you NEED widescreen for, so…are they just not showing it?
- X-Men: The Arcade Game Online: Multiplayer for up to sic players with Rollback Netcode!
- Archives: Dive into a digital archive featuring high-resolution scans of original box art, instruction manuals, and vintage advertisements!
- Music Player: Kick back and listen to the iconic chip-tune scores from every version of every game in the collection!
- Display Options: Play with crisp modern pixels or recreate the Saturday Morning experience with CRT and scanline filters!
- Save Anywhere: Rewind and save states!
- Cheat Menus
- And More!
Limited Run has not revealed a release date for Marvel MaXimum Collection, but it is likely to be open for sale sometime this year. Whether you’ll actually GET the game this year, though…
