| X-Men: Madness in Murderworld | |
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| Developer(s) | Paragon Software |
| Publisher(s) | Paragon Software |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
X-Men: Madness in Murderworld is a video game for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, which was developed and published by Paragon Software in 1989.[1][2][3] The following year, Paragon released a sequel, X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.
Professor X has been kidnapped by Magneto and Arcade, and it's up to the X-Men to rescue him.
The game is a side-scrolling arcade game featuring the X-Men. The original story takes place in Murderworld, a dangerous and deadly amusement park of terror. The X-Men, which include Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Wolverine, are pitted against their arch-enemies Arcade and Magneto. The game has more than 500 action and combat screens, as well as some puzzle-solving. A limited edition original comic book that leads up to the action in the game was also included in the package.
The game received positive reception from critics. Compute! Magazine gave its playability, documentation, originality, and graphics four out of five stars.[4] Abandonia rated the game 3.0 out of 4.[5]
