X-Men – Mutant Apocalypse

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse is a 1994 Super Nintendo action game from Capcom. You control five X-Men across side-scrolling stages set around a crisis on Genosha. Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Psylocke, and Wolverine each have their own attacks and movement abilities.

🧬 Your Mission on Genosha

The story starts with mutants held on Genosha. Apocalypse has his own plans for the captured mutants, so the X-Men head to the island to stop the crisis.

You begin with five character-specific stages. Each stage gives you control of one specific X-Man. After these opening missions, you can choose which available X-Man to use for later stages.

🦸 Five X-Men, Five Styles

The roster gives you five different ways to approach combat and movement.

Wolverine

Wolverine relies on his claws for close combat. He can also climb walls and use several claw-based special attacks.

Cyclops

Cyclops has the Optic Blast. His ranged attacks give you an option against enemies outside normal melee range. The Optic Blast can also be used while airborne.

Gambit

Gambit uses his staff for close attacks and explosive kinetic cards for ranged attacks. His move list includes horizontal, triple, and vertical card attacks.

Beast

Beast focuses on physical attacks. His ceiling-walking ability is one of his most useful movement skills. Certain areas use this ability as part of the stage design.

Psylocke

Psylocke uses agile attacks and several special techniques. Her move list includes flip kicks, knee strikes, slide kicks, and a kinetic dagger attack.

🎯 Stage Design Uses Character Abilities

The opening missions do more than introduce the five heroes.

Each stage has design elements that suit the character assigned to it. Beast can use ceilings, Wolverine can climb walls, and Cyclops can attack enemies from range.

After the first five stages, character selection becomes more flexible. Your choice can affect how you handle certain sections because every X-Man has different movement and attack options.

🕹️ Game Controls

Movement

• D-Pad Left / Right: Move your X-Man
• D-Pad Down: Crouch
• D-Pad Up: Directional input for certain special attacks

Combat

• Y: Basic attack
• B: Jump
• Y + Direction: Character-specific attacks
• Directional combinations + Y: Special mutant abilities

System

• Start: Pause
• Select: No primary gameplay function documented in the main control guide
• L / R: No primary gameplay function documented in the main control guide

The exact special-move sequence depends on the X-Man you control. The original manual recommends Training Mode so you can practice these commands before entering the main missions.

📱 Mobile Controls

• Virtual D-Pad: Move and crouch
• Virtual B: Jump
• Virtual Y: Basic attack
• Virtual A / X: Use according to your configured EmulatorJS mapping
• Virtual L / R: Shoulder-button functions when assigned
• Virtual Start: Pause
• Virtual Select: Menu function when assigned