The Konami beat em-ups seem pretty dated and basic to me now, compared to the really good stuff from the genre, but still good news I guess.
I'd agree with that for the most part, although I think that the Turtles in Time coin-op still holds up well. X-Men Arcade looks as dated and basic as their other beat-em-ups like the original TMNT Arcade game, Crime Fighters, Vendetta and The Simpsons game (they all use the same engine), whereas Turtles in Time was always a slightly more refined version of that engine.
Certainly, Konami's scrolling beat-em-ups weren't a patch on anything that Capcom were doing with their CPS-1 & CPS-2 hardware.
Shame we'll never see a home release for the AvP side scrolling fighter. Awesome game, bogged down in what must be hellishly complex home console rights by now.
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