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Shack's Arcade Corner: X-Men video

You know the memes, but do you know the origins of the X-Men arcade game? Join Greg Burke for a history lesson in the latest Shack's Arcade Corner.
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"I am Magneto, master of magnet!"

"X-Men, welcome to DIE!"

"I kill you, X-Chicken! YOU ARE DEAD! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Ok, have we gotten all that out of our systems? Good!

Welcome to Shack's Arcade Corner, a segment dedicated to evaluating some of the best arcade cabinets of the past. Following the pilot that introduced viewers to Captain America and the Avengers, it was only appropriate to move on to another famous Marvel property. This time, it's the one that gets the most love on the Internet. It's X-Men!

Join Greg Burke as he looks into the X-Men arcade game's origins, as well as its different variants. Now with 100% less memes. Catch the full video below!

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    February 4, 2015 1:00 PM

    Shack Staff posted a new article, Shack's Arcade Corner: X-Men

    • David Craddock legacy 10 years mercury mega
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      February 4, 2015 1:07 PM

      I loved dumping quarters into 4- and 6-player arcade games. It was the easiest way to get all your friends in on the action during an era when most consoles only supported 2 players, and not always simultaneously. TMNT was my particular fave, but Simpson and X-MEN were great, too.

      • node legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury mega
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        February 5, 2015 1:42 AM

        I'd love a six player MAME cab one day for precisely those games. Kinda overkill for the amount of play time it'd get, but still awesome.

    • ThomW legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury ultra mega
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      February 4, 2015 1:17 PM

      Greg loves those beat 'em up games! Captain America and the Avengers and now X-Men! :D

    • RikiTiki2 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 4, 2015 1:23 PM

      welcome to die!

    • RikiTiki2 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 4, 2015 1:26 PM

      i never knew it was based on some cartoon pilot. weird!

    • valcan_s legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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      February 4, 2015 4:34 PM

      Loved that game it was so cool, my fav was Alien vs Predator it was my jam to my bread.

      Nice

    • badkitty64
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      February 4, 2015 4:34 PM

      I never heard of this nor the cartoon its from. But I did watch an X-Men cartoon series, I think it was on Fox.

      • GBurke59 legacy 10 years mercury mega
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        February 4, 2015 11:02 PM

        The Pilot never got picked up, about a year little FOX started that classic X-Men show we all know and love

        • badkitty64
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          February 5, 2015 10:19 AM

          Ahh, well that explains it then. Thanks Jeff! :-)

    • Sideways Bob legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 4, 2015 5:43 PM

      I wish these videos had a bit more meat to them.

      • GBurke59 legacy 10 years mercury mega
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        February 4, 2015 11:03 PM

        Just wait, Some have a much more information than these 2 :)

      • bolneze legacy 10 years
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        February 4, 2015 11:38 PM

        Yeah they're like trailers for a longer video

    • ColoradoCNC legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 5, 2015 1:54 AM

      I loved that game so much!

    • [deleted] 1439419585 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 5, 2015 1:58 AM

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    • baron calamity legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 5, 2015 5:31 AM

      Love this feature. Will share!

    • daggot legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 5, 2015 6:38 AM

      Leaving this here to cleanse the palette after that terrible pilot opening:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAhqEiq4cA

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      February 5, 2015 7:12 AM

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    • kenclopz legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 5, 2015 9:17 AM

      I miss the arcades.

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