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{{Infobox_Software |
   year   = 1989|
   software_name   = 20th Century Studios X-Men series|
   events = See [[:Category:1989 categories|1989 categories]]|
   software_image  = [[File:X-Men logo.png|300px]]|
  developer      = [[20th Century Studios]]|
  publisher      = [[20th Century Studios]]|
  systems        = As noted below|
  release        = 2000-2020|
  added_to_museum = See [[:Category:20th Century Studios X-Men series|20th Century Studios X-Men category]]|
}}
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The 20th Century Studios '''''X-Men''''' series was an American multimedia series by [[20th Century Studios]] that was spearheaded by films and television shows with characters related to the [[Marvel Comics]] team, the [[X-Men]]. It also included comics and music.


'''1989''' was a year of continued expansion of the use of [[computer]]s in multiple industries.
==Purchase of X-Men film rights==
In 1996, Marvel Enterprises went bankrupt. To save the company, the film rights to its most popular characters were sold to various film studios at relatively low prices. The rights to produce X-Men films, as well as films based on characters related to the X-Men, were purchased by 20th Century Fox.


==Computers==
==Discontinuation==
===Systems===
It was discontinued in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox. The last film that was part of the X-Men Saga was The New Mutants, which was released in 2020.
[[Apple]] released several [[Macintosh]] computers, including the [[Macintosh Portable]], [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIcx]] and [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIcl]].


[[Atari Corporation]] released models of [[Atari ST]] known as the [[Atari ST|Atari 520 STE]] and [[Atari ST|Atari 1040 STE]].
==Legacy==
Some of the actors in the 20th Century Studios ''X-Men'' series have appeared in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].


[[Commodore International]] released the [[PC40-III|Commodore PC40-III]], a desktop [[computer]] that was [[IBM PC compatible]].
In 2021, the television series ''[[WandaVision]]'' contained a character named Ralph Boener, who had the appearance of the 20th Century Studios ''X-Men'' series version of Quicksilver, and temporarily had his powers as well.


[[Dell Computer Corporation]] established on-site service programs due to few local third-party service centers.
In 2022, the film ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]'' contained a variant of Professor X that was an amalgamation of the 20th Century Studios ''X-Men'' version and the version from the 1992 [[X-Men (television series)|''X-Men'' animated series]].


[[IBM]] released four models of [[IBM Personal System/55|Personal System/55]] computers in Japan. The IBM 5550-V was a 25 MHz i386DX desktop, the 5570-V was a 25 MHz i386DX tower, the 5530-T was a 20 MHz i386DX desktop with an integrated display, and the 5530Z SX was a 20 MHz i386DX desktop which also had an integrated display.
==X-Men films==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Released
!| Added to the Museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 7, 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X2: X-Men United]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 7, 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men: The Last Stand]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 7, 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men: First Class]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 7, 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Wolverine]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 2, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[X-Men: Apocalypse]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | December 29, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Deadpool: No Good Deed]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 2, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Short film.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Logan]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Deadpool 2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 2, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Also available in PG-13 as ''[[Deadpool 2|Once Upon a Deadpool]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dark Phoenix]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The New Mutants]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[20th Century Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Deadpool & Wolverine]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Marvel Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2024
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The 20th Century Studios version of [[Deadpool]] arrives in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
|}


[[NeXT]] made a test release of its [[NeXT Computer]] to universities in the United States at a base price of $6,500 USD.
==X-Men television series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Released
!| Added to the Museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Legion]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[FX Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017-2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}


===Components===
[[Category:20th Century Studios X-Men series]]
[[Intel]] released the 32-bit [[i486]] microprocessor. It was available in speeds ranging from 20 MHz to 50 MHz.
[[Category:Series owned by 20th Century Studios]]
 
[[Category:Series owned by The Walt Disney Company]]
[[Motorola]] released the [[MC68302]], a [[microcontroller]] which used a [[CPU]] core based on the [[68000]].
[[Category:Series]]
 
[[Category:Series]]
===Operating systems===
[[Category:Series with comics]]
Apple released version 6.0.4 of [[Mac OS]] with the release of the Macintosh Portable and Macintosh IIci.
[[Category:Series with films]]
 
[[Category:Series with television shows]]
Atari Corporation released versions 1.04 and 1.06 of [[TOS]], the operating system for AtariST computers.
 
Commodore International released version 1.3.2 of the [[AmigaOS|Amiga operating system]].
 
[[Digital Research]] released versions 3.40 and 3.41 of [[DR DOS]], the [[MS-DOS]] compatible [[operating system]].
 
IBM released [[OS/2]] 1.2, which supported the [[High Performance File System]], which was created to overcome the limitations of the [[File Allocation Table]] file system.
 
NeXT released version 0.9 beta of [[NeXTSTEP]], included in the NeXT computers released in test markets at the United States university campuses.
 
===Software===
Microsoft released [[Windows 2.0|Windows 2.11]], the final version of its second graphical operating environment for [[DOS]].
 
===Internet===
[[Tim Berners-Lee|Tim Berners-Lee]] launched a network of [[hypertext]] documents from his NeXT computer at [[CERN]], creating the prototype of the [[World Wide Web]].
 
==Video games==
===Game Boy===
[[Nintendo]] released the [[Third generation of video game consoles|8-bit]] monochrome portable video game console, [[Game Boy]], in Japan and North America.
 
Games released include ''[[Alleyway]]'', ''[[Baseball (1983 video game|Baseball]]'', ''[[Battleship (1993 video game)|Battleship]]'', ''[[Castlevania: The Adventure]]'', ''[[Boxxle|Sokoban]]'', ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle|Mickey Mouse]]'', ''[[Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe]]'', ''[[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]'', ''[[Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom|Hyper Lode Runner]]'', ''[[Malibu Beach Volleyball Seaside Volley]]'', ''[[Master Karateka]]'', ''[[Motocross Maniacs]]'', ''[[Pachinko Time]]'', ''[[Kwirk|Puzzle Boy]]'', ''[[QBillion]]'', ''[[Revenge of the 'Gator]]'', ''[[Shanghai]]'', ''[[Shogi]]'', ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', ''[[The Sword of Hope]]'', ''[[Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World|Teke! Teke! Asmik-kun World]]'', ''[[Tennis (1984 video game)|Tennis]]'', ''[[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|Tetris]]'', and ''[[The Final Fantasy Legend|Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World SaGa]]'', and ''[[Yakuman]]''.
 
===Nintendo Entertainment System===
[[Samsung]] released the 8-bit [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in [[South Korea]] under the Comboy brand name.
 
===PlayChoice-10===
[[Nintendo]] released several games for its timer-limited NES-based 8-bit [[PlayChoice-10]] arcade hardware, including ''[[Baseball Stars]]'' by [[SNK]], ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' and ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' by [[Tecmo]], and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (video game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' by [[Konami]].
 
===Sega Mega Drive===
[[Sega]] released the 8-bit [[Sega Genesis]] in North America.
 
===Sega Master System===
Samsung released the 8-bit [[Sega Master System]] in South Korea as the Gam*Boy.
 
===TurboGrafx-16===
[[NEC]] released the [[Fourth generation of video game consoles|16-bit]] [[TurboGrafx-16]] in North America, France, and the United Kingdom.
 
==Motion pictures==
===Animation===
[[Pixar]] released the four-minute long computer-animated short film ''[[Knick Knack]]''.
 
[[The Walt Disney Company]] released ''[[The Little Mermaid (film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', which included a final battle which was colored using the [[Computer Animation Production System]] developed by Pixar.
 
===Live action===
[[Twentieth Century Fox]] produced ''[[The Abyss]]'', a feature film that featured the first use of photorealistic fluid morphing in the scene where the water creature mimics the faces of the human characters.
 
==Computer-related companies and organizations==
===Companies and organizations founded===
[[APE]], the company that created the [[Earthbound|''Earthbound'' series]], was founded in Kyoto, Japan.
 
[[Capcom]] was founded by [[Kenzo Tsujimoto]] after he was forced out of [[Irem]], a company he founded in [[1974]].
 
[[Enix]], the company that created the [[Dragon Quest|''Dragon Quest'' series]], was founded in Japan.
 
[[LK Avalon]], an [[adventure game]] developer, was founded in Poland.
 
[[Nintendo Research & Development 4]], the team at Nintendo managed by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], was renamed [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development]].
 
[[Revolution Software]], an adventure game developer, was founded in York, England.
 
===Companies and organizations closed===
[[Gaspara Arcade]], an arcade active since [[1923]] and one of the longest continually running arcades, closed in Elmira, NY.
 
[[Infocom]], the [[adventure game|interactive fiction]] developer, was closed by its parent company [[Activision]].
 
[[Category:Years]]

Revision as of 03:37, 18 February 2024

X-Men logo.png
20th Century Studios X-Men series
Developer 20th Century Studios
Publisher 20th Century Studios
Platforms As noted below
Released 2000-2020
Added to
Museum
See 20th Century Studios X-Men category

The 20th Century Studios X-Men series was an American multimedia series by 20th Century Studios that was spearheaded by films and television shows with characters related to the Marvel Comics team, the X-Men. It also included comics and music.

Purchase of X-Men film rights

In 1996, Marvel Enterprises went bankrupt. To save the company, the film rights to its most popular characters were sold to various film studios at relatively low prices. The rights to produce X-Men films, as well as films based on characters related to the X-Men, were purchased by 20th Century Fox.

Discontinuation

It was discontinued in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox. The last film that was part of the X-Men Saga was The New Mutants, which was released in 2020.

Legacy

Some of the actors in the 20th Century Studios X-Men series have appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In 2021, the television series WandaVision contained a character named Ralph Boener, who had the appearance of the 20th Century Studios X-Men series version of Quicksilver, and temporarily had his powers as well.

In 2022, the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness contained a variant of Professor X that was an amalgamation of the 20th Century Studios X-Men version and the version from the 1992 X-Men animated series.

X-Men films

Title Studio Released Added to the Museum Notes
X-Men Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2000 October 7, 2014
X2: X-Men United Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2003 October 7, 2014
X-Men: The Last Stand Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2006 October 7, 2014
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2009 Not yet
X-Men: First Class Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2011 October 7, 2014
The Wolverine Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2013 Not yet
X-Men: Days of Future Past Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2014 Not yet
Deadpool Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2016 August 2, 2020
X-Men: Apocalypse Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2016 December 29, 2018
Deadpool: No Good Deed Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2017 August 2, 2020 Short film.
Logan Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2017 Not yet
Deadpool 2 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2018 August 2, 2020 Also available in PG-13 as Once Upon a Deadpool.
Dark Phoenix Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2019 Not yet
The New Mutants 20th Century Studios 2020 Not yet
Deadpool & Wolverine Marvel Studios 2024 Not yet The 20th Century Studios version of Deadpool arrives in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

X-Men television series

Title Studio Released Added to the Museum Notes
Legion FX Productions 2017-2019 Not yet