Opening the Vault: Limited Run Games Drops the MARVEL MaXimum Collection

If you grew up pumping endless quarters into the local arcade cabinet, your ultimate nostalgia trip is officially on the calendar! Limited Run Games just teamed up with Konami and Marvel to announce the brand new MARVEL MaXimum Collection. Following a massive reveal during IGN Fan Fest, we finally got a brand new trailer fresh out of GDC confirming this retro powerhouse is hitting PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles, and the Nintendo Switch on March 27!

This is not just a quick port job. They are bundling together six of the absolute greatest superhero games from the golden age of pixels and giving them a massive modern overhaul.

What Is In The Box?

The collection spans the absolute best brawlers from the Arcade, NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis eras. Here is exactly what you get to play:

• X Men The Arcade Game: The definitive six player mutant brawler is back! Even better, Limited Run is adding full online multiplayer support complete with rollback netcode.
• Spider Man and Venom Maximum Carnage: The iconic sixteen bit comic crossover is here, and you can freely swap between the SNES and Genesis versions to get your perfect visual vibe.
• Venom and Spider Man Separation Anxiety: Grab a friend for some incredible two player couch co op as you take on the Life Foundation.
• Captain America and The Avengers: Take control of Cap and Iron Man in both the cinematic arcade original and the classic eight bit console spin off.
• Spider Man and X Men Arcades Revenge: Survive Murderworld across multiple console generations, including the fascinating handheld portable ports.
• Silver Surfer: One of the most infamously brutal and punishing shooters in eight bit history is finally back, bringing its absolutely legendary chiptune soundtrack along for the ride.

Modern Quality of Life

To make sure you do not completely shatter your controller while trying to beat Silver Surfer, the developers are packing in some incredible modern features. The compilation includes native save states and a rewind button, meaning you can finally conquer those insanely cheap boss fights. You also get a massive digital museum packed with high resolution scans of the original comic book manuals, a dedicated music player, and CRT scanline filters to give you that perfect Saturday morning aesthetic.

Seeing X Men The Arcade Game finally get rollback netcode is a massive win for the retro fighting community. Having six players online simultaneously used to be a complete lag fest, so this modern networking update is exactly what the game needed. Plus, dropping physical editions for the hardcore collectors proves Limited Run Games knows exactly what their audience wants. Prepare to absolutely wreck your thumbs all over again!

For BREAK THE META, this is WILD SURF. Catch you on the next drop!