When my brother and I meet up, we like to play old co-op games. Neither of us excel at them, so we often end up using cheats. This one was no exception... we wouldn't have made it past the first boss otherwise!

Like the Double Dragon games, we enjoyed this one in spite of its clumsy platforming. Having multiple X-Men to choose from is really fun, especially since they're more than just skins... each has clear strengths and weaknesses.

The visuals are often really great. In particular the sentinel stages look super cool. Other stages were less enjoyable... we could have done without the entire Savage Land section.

If you like arcade-style co-op beat-em-ups and are very skilled, very patient or very willing to use a Game Genie or other cheat device, you could do far worse than this game.