X-Men: Mutant Academy

Before Generation X reared its ugly piercings, there were the X-Men, the most famous mutant superheroes in comic-book history. X-Men: Mutant Academy puts you in control of 10 genetic misfits—including Wolverine, Cyclops, Phoenix, Storm, and Gambit—as they test their powers by pummeling the snot out of one another in comic-style 3-D arena environments, from a church to an active volcano. Storm tosses lightning bolts, Cyclops blasts away with his optic laser, and Magneto repels his foe with magnetism. (Much of the fun comes from the nearly endless variety of intriguing match-ups.) And should you need a pointer, Professor X will tell you which move works best. Damn, the only thing our teachers ever gave us was detention.