Revisiting X-Men Mutant Apocalypse - SNESdrunk 

Omega Red says, "Well, I'm going to stand here and flail my tendrils like THIS! And if you get hit, it's your owwwwwnnn fault!"

Pro-tip: The gates in the lava area go down twice as fast in the Apocalypse boss fight stage with Beast IF you hit them while hanging upside down.

Fun Fact: This game is actually referenced in X-Men '97! In Episode 4, there is a video game console with a game sticking out of it and the art on the cartridge is exactly the same as what's on Mutant Apocalypse's box/cartridge.

I used wolverine to get through the lava section. If I remember correctly there is a wall he can climb and use as a shortcut to skip most of it.

This is honestly one of the best X-Men games from this era. Once you figure out each character's special moves and get used to where things are and how they act it's a fun time. The art design and character models are possibly the best versions of themselves. 😄👍

I played this game so much as a kid. You can cheese magneto with wolverine by continuously climbing the wall and jump+down air stabbing him. The slow down is very real in some sections, though.

Omega Red looks so goofy flailing his tendrils like that.

There's also some great pixelated versions of comic art in the ending sequence. And nobody (except maybe Joe Mad) drew Psylocke better than Capcom.

Pro-Tip: Just use Wolverine in Apocalypse's level. There's an opening in the ceiling early on that Wolverine can claw-grab-and-climb into that avoids all of the lava. Apocalypse's AI is also really dumb and can be forced into performing moves that leaves him wide-open just by staying just off-center of near the middle of the screen.

This is one of my favorite X-Men games, and it's shocking that it seems to go largely underlooked by a lot of people in favor of the Genesis games. I love those, too, but I didn't have a Genesis so I couldn't dump dozens of hours into them like I could MA. I got beating that game down to an art, getting the expanded ending (where Bishop and co. show up) on basically every run. Appreciate the re-review! Quick tip: Beast is the one to use on the Apocalypse level. You jump onto the ceiling and use melee attacks on the columns in the lava room to knock them out quickly. EDIT: I had no idea that fan remake existed and am downloading that sucker TONIGHT. Thanks!

That lava part was always so hard for me... then I realized Wolverine's sprite was small enough -- as well as his walk speed, would let him just walk through and slip through the gates. Almost 30 years later and I still remember that. 🙃

You're right about Megaman X. The composer of MMX is the same as the one of this game: Setsue Yamamoto.

“”Then things start to get just plain goofy.” “Boooooow to me faaaaaithfullyyyy, booow to me spleeeendidlyyy!”

You're kidding this fan remake turned it into an arcade?! Now I got a good excuse to gather the gang, thanks SDrunk ✌🏼

Bro, it's so crazy that you uploaded this, just yesterday I was watching X-Men 97 with my 2 year old son, and then I later showed him a playthrough of this very same game. And now the universe blesses us with a SNES Drunk upload, you gotta love it lol

Man, this game is still so good. The slowdown is annoying in spots, but it still largely holds up. Just wish it got a sequel.

I’m 58 years old and I still can’t beat this game!

This game gives me nostalgia this was definitely the very first snes game my parents bought me and I was blown away and it definitely came out at the right time when the cartoon was out.

If you’re using Cyclops, you should mainly use his jumping optic blasts. There’s no recoil and it makes the lava section much easier You could cheese Magneto with Logan or Psylocke but if you want a challenge, try beating him with Cyclops’ slow ass without losing a life

The graphics for this game were and still are amazing. And the boss music is amazing, that bass is unbelievable for an SNES game.

Not only is this one of the BEST X-Men games, it's one of the best SNES games, HANDS DOWN! I remember getting so good at the game that I started playing the game with each character exclusively after the first few stages!

I’m glad you re-reviewed this one. A lot of RU-vidrs have been tossing up videos for this with strange criticisms. My favorite so far was a guy complaining that there is no story explaining why the x men are in the island while he literally has the story in the video. Also 2:05 - damn that was a nasty combo finish with the crouching optic blast! Many props!!!

My parents got me this game and I loved it. It was hard as hell for me as a kid, but I persisted until I finally beat it. Psylock's starter level was my bane for ages. Lol

It's crasy I recalled playing this many times as a kid and still love it to this day I have perfect all the bosses, beaten it with all five x-men, and got good ending. Never did I think as I got older people younger then me or around my age many gamers still play this game even to this day.

never got to play the SNES X-men games, outside of Arcade's revenge. Loved the Genesis X-men games though.

The quickest way I've found to get through the lava tunnel in the Apocalypse level is with Wolverine - just use his dash attach and you can slip under the gates before they close, and fighting Apocalypse with Wolverine is a piece of cake as you can just spam that same dash attack and rip him to shreds. Gambit works well enough against the Brood Queen, but if you mess up a 3 card attack input it's easy for the brood to swarm you. I found it's easier with Wolverine here as well; you have to use the dash attack on her tail until it falls off, and then just do a basic jump attack continuously until you push her off-screen. Once that happens just keep doing the jump attack repeatedly against the edge of the screen and you'll instantly kill any brood that fly in, as well as hit the Queen the instant she tries to force her way back on-screen. For Omega Red, use Beast, you can do a 2 punch attack to stun him, then immediately follow it up with a headbutt to drain his health in no time.

People already mentioned that Beast and Wolverine are best for getting through the lava section, but Psylocke’s slide works reasonably well to get under the downward-closing gates and her psychic knife will take out the couple that close upward. You can also get through with Gambit’s flip kick (just repeat it, don’t walk at all) if you feel the need. I actually found Cyclops the worst one to use for the lava!

My favorite X-Men game is X-Men 2 - Clone Wars for Genesis. You can actually teleport around with Nightcrawler, and Magneto joins as a playable character after you beat him. The disappointing thing about every X-Men game is there are always characters left out. But that's only because there are so many great characters with powers that would make them so much fun to play.

I have fond memories of playing this during a birthday sleepover as a child... Good times.

I love your videos. I’ve been trying to watch all of them. I have a ton of nostalgia with the SNES but don’t know many games, so your channel is amazing for new insight. My favorite video you’ve done is the one with the 4 minute intro 😂

Thanks for all that you do to share your love and passion for these games and the era. It's always great to see a new SNES Drunk video pop up in my feed!

Hell yeah! X-Men '97 is awesome. Do a video for Sega Genesis X-Men & Clone Wars!

Might be my personal fav game of all time. It was one of my first games as a kid and I’m a die hard x men fan bc of it and the animated series.

I love this game, haven't speedran it in a year but I was obsessed. I see a lot of comments saying how to play the game. Basically for most speedruns (which use the like safest memorized route) you play either wolverine or psylocke on the queen brood level. Then you legit use beast the rest of the game. His jump punch basically can stun lock most bosses in the game if done right and he can actually dash through the whole apocalypses level. It does take an autistic level of time to learn though haha. This game has many advanced techniques but really play how you can to beat it. Each character has its own final level which I think is really cool.

Awesome game. I still have my old snes cart.

Good review! A decent licensed game!? This looks surprisingly fun! I will definitely check this one out. There also is a patch for this game that adds a save feature!

I use Wolverine for most levels. He can avoid most of the lava level by climbing up the passage at 3:32. His charging attack (forward, forward, attack) and diving claw (down+attack while in the air) can be used to tear through barriers quickly. Those two moves are also great for charging bosses like you did at 4:32. Then hold up and slash to knock down a boss before they can launch an attack. He's ironically good against Magneto, too. You showed Psylocke using her knee strike, but Wolverine just needs to jump and slash at the right time.

After being there from having 20k to nearly 300k I'm just blown away at how well you've done... Bravo sir

One of my favorite games for the Super Nintendo. I've owned the cartridge since 1996, and still play it somewhat regularly. A FEW NOTES: The "Little Red Goblins" are called TUSKETTES. Tusk produces them from his back, as seen at the end of the level when you fight him. --Also, you can use Wolverine in the lava level to bypass the barriers altogether. If you time his air-dash attack (Jump, then Down+Y) just right, you can actually dash past the barriers before they close. In other words: they close behind you after you've already passed by them. It takes a little practice to get the timing right. With Wolverine, you only need to pass by 3 of the barriers and then there is an alternate path where you can climb up to skip the rest of them. --Wolverine's ground-dash attack is the best way to defeat apocalypse. The same way that you defeat Juggernaut. You got that one right. --I find cyclops to be the best X-Man to use against Omega Red. You don't even need to move Cyclops from where he starts in the level. When Omega Red drops down on the opposite side of the screen, give him an optic blast. When Omega Red drops down beside you, give him the spin kick (Up+Y). Just keep alternating between these 2 attacks as Omega Red moves around. This, also, takes a little practice to get the timing right, Omega Red moves fast. I hadn't heard of the fan-made version of this game. I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the video!

That lava flow lol Bring back my teenage PTSD! Great review! Great game!

We had the best Cartoon's back in the Day. X-Men, Thunder Cat's, Transformers, Inspector Gadget. He-Man, GI Joe. The Art Work was amazing and the Story telling was just as good. I really miss them Saturday Mornings. Truthfully the TV Shows were better also. Great video Bro, keep up the great work.

I love that you went back and took another look at this. That's a privilege that I think folks like you should be allowed more often. Like you said, that video is from 10 years ago and 2 minutes is not enough time to do this game justice. Thanks for going back and giving this game it's due spotlight.

The music is definitely upbeat 3 worthy ;)

There's also an OpenBOR fan made game for Avengers Infinity War, which has a remastered version of this game as a bonus that you can play, with extra characters and improved controls.

I remember my parents getting me this game along with Mortal Kombat back in the fall of 95'. I was in the 3rd grade at the time and I remember playing those games a lot back then. Good times.

The visuals in this game are crazy good. Makes you feel like you're playing a Jim Lee Xmen comic.

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One of the best xmen video games I've played I always enjoyed it and I'm glad to see a great review of it! Nice video Drunk!

I loved playing this game as a kid and I recently bought the Arcade 1UP XMen 97 Edition cabinet. I was elated to see that this game was included considering it’s a console game.

Been a long, long time since I’ve seen a good old snes drunk video. Gotta see what I’ve been missing now

Props on the Bonded by Blood reference. Masterpiece!

I remember seeing this game for the first time when it came out and being so impressed by its appearance. It was too hard for me at that age, but I still loved it. Went back to it a few years ago and finally beat it.

One of my favourite SNES Games. Still do playing it from time to time and yes you are right, the Soundtrack is awesome.

Love that Exodus reference at 5:05 🤘

Nice! That Alien vs Predator fan-made looks pretty damn good as well. Actually, this guy's got a BUNCH of really good ones. We should all support him so he"s able to continue creating these awesome games for us. Thanks for sharing this! Absolutely awesome!!!👍

This was a favorite of mine as a kid

The ‘97 x-men cards got me hooked as a kid

I loved this game (as well as War of the Gems) growing up. They’re still doing great work now, but nothing will ever match my love of 90s SNES Capcom…amazing times

“Then they will understand that I magneto is the most powerful mutant in the world”😂. For me it was too easy unlike X-men clone wars. Great video! Could you do one on super Metroid? That was one of my favorite snes games back in the day

The first time Capcom got their hands on XMen - beautiful semi-Street Fighter mechanics, loved it since it came out

I absolutely love this game. Beat it a ton back in the day. I would constantly replay the Tusk boss fight.

Your original video highlighted a few game mechanics that allowed me to go much farther into the game than I used to when I rented it as a kid. I've actually gone on to finish the game. I appreciate the second pass, this game has kind of a well earned mixed reputation, but it's a good game when you dig down a bit and figure out a few things.

I was big into X-men, and I got this along with Donkey Kong Country for my 5th birthday when I was 5. I've never beaten it but whenever I set up a new portable or PC for emulation, this is a must.

I was shocked by how beautiful it looked when i was a kid. It's a really fun game.

This was my favorite X-Men game on the SNES! Every character was fun to play.

One of the few games I actually beat when I was a kid.I remember raging out many times and just grinding and grinding until I memorized it.good times

Wolverine is fast enough that he can get through the lava tunnel in Apocalypse's stage without even needing to break any of the barriers. Seriously. Just charge full steam ahead through the first and third one and he'll get through before they can drop all the way down, and jump over the second one. Then climb the wall and you're set. Using Beast and walking on the ceiling also works. He's as fast as Wolverine on the ground, and the barriers break from just two punches when he's doing the ceiling walk.

Last year I played this game for the first time since elementary school and I was pretty shocked at just how much I loved it! War of the Gems is also pretty good though not quite as good, I feel. P.S. in the lava chase level if you pick Wolverine, you can climb up a hole in the ceiling near the beginning of the level and take an alternate route, effectively skipping the lava chase.

5:04 - "Murder in the front row Crowd begins to bang and there's blood upon the stage! Bang your head against the stage as metal takes its price!"

You ever wonder if Drunk yells at people in traffic "I hope you have a great rest of your day!"

one of the best snes games ever. love how picking your character and learning the game is actually important

The best part of this video is learning about the Marvel Infinity War fan remake.

When the ground starts falling under Psylocke, use her slide attack. You cover lots of ground and go through enemies

Love the revisited review!!

The Sprite work in this game is amazing

Im glad you gave a shout out to the OpenBoR remake. That thing is super fun.

I played this as a kid. I got through the lava part of Apocalypses level using Beast. I would jump to the ceiling and punch through those metal pillars quickly.

I remember beating this game about 4 years ago and I thought it was decent. Some of the sound effects like Cyclops laser attack is one of the greatest sound effects on the whole system.

can confirm Marvel Infinity War is phenomenal. zvitor and their team knocked it out of the park

Classic game, good times and memories! Thanks for this!

X-Men '97 was so good with that breakbeat hard cut traditional comic art flashy break through animation style, that really cracked some synapses on my brain. Very refreshing.

3:18 Oh, oh no, here comes the Fleaman PTSD.

The problem with Psylocke's collapsing floor is that Cyclops also has a collapsing floor that you're supposed to go through.

I found this game randomly for 1 DM in Germany in a "grab box" and it was one of the best games i had

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING X-MEN 97! I remember this game.

TBH, glad you're revisiting it. It's still one of the best X-men games ever made. Didn't know about the fan remake, definitely gonna be checking it out. Ah, tbh, Wolverine's able to get through most of the levels w/o issue in my experience.

Total length of video: 400 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3 secs. .75% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

I love Mutant Apocalypse, from the gameplay to the soundtrack, one of the best X-Men games alongside X-Men: Children of the Atom and X-Men vs Street Fighter.

Apocalypse Boss with Logan and Beast for me is easier than Cyclops. Great video! I've finished this game recent too

Yes, this had the same composer as the original MMX

I played this a lot as a kid. I got good enough to beat it in one go and get the special ending where you see a some of the other X-Men. Picking Wolverine whenever possible was usually the correct choice, for a number of reasons.

I just had an epic evening of gaming with an old friend. We played a handful of sega saturn games. When my friend left I packed up the saturn and plugged in the genesis at almost the exact same time this video was posted. Now I wish I has plugged in the snes... since I am drunk 🥴

Is war of the gems technically a sequel

Disney really needs to capitalize on the popularity of X-Men 97 and release a compilation of the classic X-Men games

Love this game I still play it, forgot to mention about training mode, where the X button performs de mutant powers. :D

Games wise when you combine X-Men & Capcom, you get AWESOME

The music actually sounds like tracks that they recorded but didnt use in Megaman X. He's exactly right on how close they sound. Close your eyes and, unless you know every single Megaman X (1-3) song in your head already, youd swear it was from one of those games.

We got into comics about the same time. I went for spider man though. The first time I saw Venom and Carnage on the covers I was hooked. The first comic I ever bought was Venom Funeral Pyre #3

This brought back so many memories!

A friend of mine had this one and I borrowed it for a little bit and really loved the concept. I hadn't heard about the game in advance. Incidentally, I just reconnected with that friend a year ago and have been helping him with the retro-gaming hobby and showed him this game as an example of some things. I've revisited it a few times in the past and have gone back and forth on it at times thinking it was majorly flawed but okay, or somewhat flawed but rather good but a bit short of great. There are some issues. The insta-kill sections are annoying with little margin for error. Wolverine can take that shaft as a shortcut at 3:32 so that's a nice touch at least. There's some annoying slow down as I recall. The move inputs were not as responsive or reliable as Street Fighter 2. The damage rate is way too high, and some enemies have crazy reach. With that said, the concept is good, and the basic gameplay is quite fun. Some parts and bosses can be annoying, but are not too big a deal with some practice, and all characters can handle the tough bosses. The characters feel a tad slow for the Magneto fight, but I figured out how to make that work, though it's a bit tedious. The Ninja Warriors is a similar game, a single-plane beat-em-up game, though it is more focused on the beating as opposed to stage hazards. It actually came out before X-Men here, and I think The Ninja Warriors is quite a bit better, and it's one of my absolute favorite SNES games. So if this game looks interesting to people, they should also check out The Ninja Warriors. There's also a semi-sequel to this X-Men game, Marvel Super Heroes War of the Gems(not to be confused with the arcade fighting game) that's worth a play. With all that said, even though I prefer The Ninja Warriors for a game in this style, X-Men is still good and it's nice to have another single-plane beat-em-up on the system that's a good time. And save states take some of the sting out if you're playing it any way you can. I did pick up a loose cart about a decade ago though, no winky faces needed there.