Many comic books are action packed, full of excitement and ridiculousness. One would think they would make the perfect video games right? Well, I can tell you one thing, there are many more bad comic based games than good ones. This post is going to solely focus on games based on Marvel Comics properties. This list certainly won't cover them all, just the ones I personally found to be a lot of fun.
Spider-man X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
While no where near the first, or the first good one even, this was the first Marvel game I played. As the title suggests, the game features Spider-man and X-Men fighting against Arcade, among other famous villains. The game is a side scrolling platformer. Each character has their own level, starting with Spider-Man. You go through the level collecting these little lights, but you have to get them in order. It's not a perfect game, but for the time period, it was a lot of fun. Plus, at the time at least, Gambit was my X-Men favorite character, and he is playable!
This game is going to be a little tough to find given its age, and I don't support piracy, but I think in this case an emulator would be okay to use.
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
This game is a side-scroller beat 'em up, very similar to Streets of Rage, featuring Spider-Man and Venom as playable characters. In the game, you could also call many Marvel characters to your aid that add to the game impressive roster of Marvel characters including: Captain America, Cloak and Dagger, Deathlok, Iron Fist, Black Cat, Firestar, and Morbius the living vampire. Carnage had his own allies including Shriek, Demogoblin, and others. The game is generic, but if you like side-scrollers and Spider-Man, this is perfect. Deathlok is also probably my favorite Marvel character ever for some reason.
Again, being as old as it is, an emulator might be the way to go.
Marvel VS Capcom 2
This game is exactly what is sounds like! It features numerous Marvel characters battling against numerous Catpcom characters, including Street Fighter characters. The game has been released on the PS2 and Xbox, and more recently on the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Store. It plays just like any old fighting game, so they might stray people away, but it's really great. "I'm gonna take you for a ride!"
The original discs are pricey, I actually recently sold mine, but it can be found on the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace and Playstation store for, I believe, $14.99. Worth it if you are into fighting games!
X-Men Legends
This is probably my all-time favorite Marvel game. The game follows the X-Men on various missions to fight Magneto, Sentinels, and even the Juggernaut!
