Gamers who require a little more of that historic retro experience will be able to emulate older systems all through the comfort of Steam

While their popularity may have waxed and waned over the last couple of years, the X-Men franchise has still been responsible for some truly terrific games over the years. And some amazingly awful ones as well. We’re looking at you, X-Men Destiny. With X-Men: Dark Phoenix around the corner and an era of the franchise being the exclusive property of 20th Century Fox coming to an end, we’re taking a quick look at some of the more fantastic games to feature Homo Superior flexing their amazing powers.

By Jack Kirby’s New Gods, do I love the SEGA Mega Drive. Named after an awful band that eventually had Phil Collins as its frontman in the US, the Mega Drive was a fantastic piece of hardware at the time, offering some vibrant power for some of the greatest games of all time. The fact that it was even available …

So a couple of days back now, there was a bit of a hole in a dam concerning a potential Castlevania Anniversary Collection via a rating from the Australian Government’s Department of Communications and the Arts. The rating suggested that Konami were bundling some of the older Castlevania games together and re-releasing them for newer consoles. Well, as it turns …

There was only one way to settle the ancient feud between Xenomorphs and the Predator race, and that method involved an entire NRA convention’s worth of bullets back in the 1990s video game boom. If SEGA had been given a chance, they’d have settled the hash between two of the deadliest species in a much different way. On the sports field.

What’s old is new again! Hot off the backs of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon remasters, Activision is planning to bring back their trademark jorts-sporting marsupial for another remake of the past. This time though, Crash ain’t bouncing around a stage like a furry version of John Cena, he’s taking to the tracks and getting ready to burn some rubber in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.

For all the flack that Kingdom Hearts gets, it a series that knows what it is and unashamedly embraces its quirks and silliness. Sure, it has its fair share of melodrama but for Pete’s sake you’re a kid running around with Goofy and Donald Duck trying to save Disney themed worlds from evil monsters. It’s weird and it can be dumb…but hot damn do I love it.

Thanks to 2016’s DOOM, there seems to be a resurgence as of late with games of this ilk. Project Warlock and Ion Maiden are two noteworthy and recent examples, but lo and behold! A new challenger has appeared, with another neat visual twist on the run ‘n gun formula. See for yourself, in this look at Prodeus.