Franchise file / Marvel Comics
Marvel
A comic universe, played many ways
Games built on the Marvel comics universe, licensed out since 1982. Fighters, card battlers, tactics games and hero shooters from many studios share one enormous cast.
- 1982
- First game
- Marvel Comics
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
Arcades and 16-bit. Konami's X-Men and Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes put the cast in arcades, while home licences such as Silver Surfer and The Incredible Hulk filled console shelves.
Start with X-MenYour next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
One roster, every genre.
No single studio owns Marvel in games, so the licence has gone everywhere. Capcom and Arc System Works made fighters, Firaxis made Midnight Suns, Second Dinner made a card battler and NetEase made a team shooter. The characters stay familiar while the rules change completely.
- 1990 to 1999
- Arcades and 16-bit
- 2004 to 2012
- Console licences
- 2014 to present
- Live and connected
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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