Its hard to believe that X-Men: Children of the Atom came out 30 years ago. X-Men: Children of the Atom was a Capcom creation which came out during a time period where the company was doing some of its best work within relation to 2D fighting games. X-Men: Children of the Atom was released back in ’94 on arcade centers worldwide before appearing on other game systems like Sega Saturn and PS1 between ’95-’98. X-Men: Children of the Atom was one of the few Marvel fighting titles that Capcom had produced during the 90’s that ended up being a smash hit following its release. The gameplay for X-Men: Children of the Atom was not only better than the Street Fighter II series but it paved the way for the Marvel vs. series which also began back in the 90’s. X-Men: Children of the Atom was riding of the popularity that the anime series had from ’92 onwards along with the comics that appealed to both casual fans of Marvel along with children. The graphics for X-Men: Children of the Atom looked astounding for its time and the head to head arcade gameplay was addictive. Children of the Atom had featured some of the most popular characters from the X-Men series including Wolverine, Ice Man, Psylocke, Cyclops, Juggernaut, Silver Samurai, Colossus, Omega Red and even Magneto as the main villain.

One of the cool things about X-Men: Children of the Atom was that Akuma from Super Street Fighter II Turbo was featured as a hidden character in the game. Children of the Atom featured Chain Combos, Power Bars (X-Power Gauges) and X-Abilities (Special Moves) that felt somewhat similar to what Capcom ended up being used in the Street Fighter Alpha series from ’95-’98. X-Men: Children of the Atom was almost like a spiritual successor to the Marvel Super Heroes arcade game which was released the following year in 1995. Despite not being a massive commercial success in terms of sales many critics had nothing but good things to say about X-Men: Children of the Atom followings its release. Children of the Atom was arguably one of the best X-Men to have emerged from the 90’s along with the likes of Mutant Apocalypse, X-Men and X-Men vs Street Fighter. X-Men: Children of the Atom is a game that deserves far more credit than it gets because it helped revolutionize the 2D fighting genre of gaming. Even though, some might believe that Children of the Atom looks outdated by today’s standards its one of the few X-Men titles that stand the test of time 30 years later.