X-Men (Arcade) FAQ By "White Mage" (imahappyduck@aol.com) Version 0.25 Released Nov. 20, 2001 Introduction ------------ How the hell this game has gotten by without having a FAQ of it posted at GameFAQs I'll never know. Anyways, it's emulated by MAME and I got ahold of the rom, so here's the walkthrough. I've been sitting on this FAQ for about a month now and have decided to release it as is since this is the 3rd most requested arcade FAQ right now and something is better than nothing. Note that in the future I will have some strategies for the game and a run down of all the characters. Also there will be a nice section on how to beat all of the normal enemies. Right now I just have some of the tough parts mapped out and how to beat the bosses. Hopefully I'll get off my butt in the next month and get it done. :) Anyways, my E-Mail address is at the top and bottom of the FAQ, if you have anything you can add about the game for the final 1.0 release then drop me a line, eh? Walkthrough ----------- Before I begin I wish to note that I won't give a very detailed walkthrough because for this type of game it would be both impossible and redundant. However, I will help you out with some of the more difficult parts of the game and tell you how to beat the bosses with little hassle. I'd suggest you read up on my strategies to find out the best way to take out the large groups of bad guys you will face on your way to the boss. Stage 1 - The City Streets This is the easiest and shortest stage, all you have to do is beat up the idiot sentinels and keep moving forward. The only rough part is when three or four sentinels float down from the sky carrying parts of the street. They throw the pieces of the street at you... and to tell the truth I don't know if there's a way to avoid it. Just take it like a ma... err... X-Man. BOSS: Pyro - Very simple, attack him from an angle and knock him down when he's not shooting his flamethrower. He's so easy that you shouldn't even need to use your mutant powers with him. Stage 2 - Sentinel Factory This is pretty much like the stage before it only there's more enemies and it's longer. There's no real rough spots that need describing, although you may need to use your mutant blast to escape from being ganged up on. BOSS: Blob - WHen he's standing around doing nothing walk in and start hitting him. He may or may not hit you back, but he probabally will. When you knock him down walk in and start kicking while he's down to double the damage done. He cant hurt you then, but he will slap you back when he gets up. If he starts to be a pain hit him with your mutant blast to knock him on his butt, then start kicking him while he's down. Fat boy looks tough, but he's easily defeated. Now the plot begins, and you find out that the Professor has been kidnapped by Magneto. So the team goes to Island M to get Professor Baldy back. Stage 3 - Island M There's a ton of enemies here, but this place is quite simple as long as you watch your back and avoid getting ganged up on. Watch the top of the screen, sentinels tend to come out of the trees and if you position yourself right you can take them all out without any hassle. MidBoss - Cyberhornet thing - Take him out fast or you'll lose many lives. You can either hit him with jump kicks or a well placed mutant blast. Baby hornets will come from the tree in the center of the screen and they will not give you a chance to retaliate if you let them gang up on you. You can use your mutant blast to take them out, but more will arrive. Thus try to time your blast so that it'll hit the mother hornet. When she dies the whole swarm dies. Keep moving on and after pimpslapping more sentinels you'll run into the boss. BOSS - Windigo - He may look tough but he's a pussycat. He'll often hit you before you can get to him, and then will hit you the second you stand up. However, you can use the same strategy against him. Knock him on his butt using your mutant blast and attack him while he gets up. Chances are good that you'll knock him on his butt again, and again, and again. If that fails then make sure to attack him from an angle, you seem to have about a 50/50 chance of hitting him before he hits you. Prof. X - "Go and rescue Kitty from the cave!" Thanks for the graceful and thought-provolking dialogue, doc. ;) Stage 4 - The cave This cave is the same beat-em-up action you've been having for the past twenty minutes. Watch out for the flamethrowers that come out of the ground, thou. They're easy to take out but difficult to get around so you might think about using a mutant blast to take them out... BOSS - Robot (Dunno his name) - He's almost impossible to hit when you're walking up to him but when you do start in on a combo you're set to do major damage. I haven't seen him break my combo yet, and when he goes down you can start slapping him around again when he gets up. Same stuff, different boss. Just stay out of his line of attack as he will do major damage if you give him a chance. "You must rescue the professor!" - Kitty stating the bleeding obvious. Stage 5 - Island M Part II Flamethrower heaven! There are parts where the road gets narrow and it is virtually impossible to progress without using a mutant blast. The more difficult enemies tend to get more and more numerous starting this stage, so be careful. MidBoss - Some blonde chick in a white bikini - Very easy to beat, you can always hit her before she hits you if you time it right. Just walk up to her and keep knocking the hell out of her. BOSS - Juggernaut - With his bazooka and dash attack you definately do not want to stand in front of this guy. Instead approach him from an angle and start throwing punches the second you two line up. About 2/3 times you'll be able to knock him on his butt. It's a very simple strategy but it works, and the man who's invincible will be slapped around like a schoolgirl. "X Men, thank god! Magneto is over there, follow me!" - Professor X Stage 6 - Under the base After realizing you've been fooled by Mystique you fall through a trap and land in an underground area with lots of traps. These traps can easily be taken out with a single punch, and the buttkicking action continues. MidBoss - 4 Pyros - These guys take even less damage than the real thing, just use your mutant blast to take em all out at once. BOSS - Statues - Trying to punch them may not be possible due to thier great reach, and with two of them attacking at once getting a good hit is near impossible. So just blast them over and over with your mutant powers until they crumble. Then the third statue comes to life and the only difference between him and the other two is that he can shoot lazers out of his eyes. He rarely does it, and since there's only one of him you can easily knock him senseless. Prof X - "Magneto is planning on attacking Earth from his asteroid base! You must follow that sentinel!" Stage 7 - Asteroid base You will be ganged up by the Blob and Windego at the same time. Keep moving forward and the blonde chick will join the party. Now blast all three of them at the same time with your mutant blast. If you use your blast to take them all out then you'll only lose one or two lives, whereas if you attack them one by one you'll lose many lives. Once they're done with you'll run into the Robot and Juggernaut, blast them 4 times with your mutant blast and they'll be done for. BOSS - Magneto - Just keep punching him, he's way easy. If you position yourself right you can keep knocking him into the wall on the right. He'll slide down and when he gets up you can keep punching him. It's possible to beat him without losing any life, in fact. Prof X - "Alas, that was mystique, not Magneto! Magneto is in another place! Go, X-Men!" Well, duh.... Stage 8 - Magneto Boss - Magneto - This guy's a real asshole. When he knocks you to the ground he laughs at you, and when he kills you he lets you know it by saying "You are dead, hahahahahahaha!!!" It's time to slap him around just to shut him up... First off, when he raises his shield stay away, not only is he invincible against mutant blasts when it's up but you'll take a ton of damage if you go near him. You absolutely have to approach him from an angle or he WILL get the first hit. When he raises his shields and starts floating in the air you want to stay away from him, he'll shoot energy beams directly ahead of him. Quite frankly the best and easiest way to beat him is to just keep blasting him with your mutant blast. You'll lose a few lives in the process, but you'd lose a LOT more lives if you tried to just punch him around. If you've beat him your reward is great. You get to watch a very slopped together ending and go through it all over again! Congrats! :-D Copyright Info / Distribution / Contacting me --------------------------------------------- This FAQ is copyright pending 2001 by White Mage, all rights reserved. You may not put this FAQ on your website without asking permission first by email, nor may you distribute it on a medium that will earn you profit. That means that if you put this on a CD fulla FAQs and sell it to someone, then I'm going to beat you down with Crushie my pet sledgehammer. It may not look like much, but I put a ton of work into this document and I'd at least like to know what's happening to it. Essentially, if you want to distribute it, E-Mail me first and ask. There's a 99% chance I'll say yes. Right now the only site with permission to host this is GameFAQs.com. If you have anything to add or have comments, feel free to E-Mail me at IMAHappyDuck@AOL.com, and you'll usually get a response within a day. Anyways, hope this helps you master this phenomenal game! -White Mage September 1, 2001 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------