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: Spider-Man Maximum Carnage
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Price: $120.00
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Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0021481610038
ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending
Label: Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Manufacturer: Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Platform: Sega Genesis
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Sales Rank: 8346
Studio: Acclaim Entertainment Inc.



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Carnage Rules!!!!!!!
I got this game at early Augest and all I can say is... SWEEEETTTTT!!!!
I don't care if the Super Nintendo version has better sound and graphes this game blows the Super Nintendo version out the water!! And when your done with this game play the sequel Separation Anxiety but thats a different story. Buy this game!!


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - If you think that this is a good game then you seriously need your head examined
If you think that this is a good game then you seriously need your head examined

I can honestly say I've yet to play a good Spider-Man game. For all the hype, good reviews and people willing to pay the big bucks over this one, I thought it was sure to be the best. How disappointed I was to discover it's one of the blandest and boring beat-em-ups ever.

You begin playing as Spidey (but can later change to Venom if you wish) and you go about tiresome duties beating up generic thugs on the streets of Manhattan. Every thug looks the same and you'll end up punching to death the same guy a billion times (more so for those infuriating end of level bosses). The crap music is the same on every level. Apparently the game has 'additional music' by some band called Green Jelly, who I have never heard of. I assume they must be some none-hit wonder grunge band from Seattle back when all that was new. And quite what exactly they contributed to the game is a mystery as there are only 2 tracks in total (level music and boss music).

There is some plot going on but I couldn't follow it. The comic-book cut -scenes look terrible and the writing is too small to read. Plus the are very slow and add too much time between the boring levels.

The controls and gameplay are dire. There's no fluent movement or grace in the fighting. It's all just an annoying mess and terribly programmed. If you can bear to stay with the game until level 2 you'll know what I mean. It was so rage-inducing I almost gritted my teeth into dust and chucked the controls into the TV.

Stay well away from this horrible game. As a beat-em-up it stinks. As a Spidey game it stinks. It just plain reeks overall.

Graphics C
Sound D
Gameplay D
Lasting Appeal F


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Maximum Carnage Rules
Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage is a very fun game to play. I love this game i am a huge spidey fan. I was looking for the super nintendo version of this game thats because thats what i have. But these guys don't have it on thier list so i'm accualy reviewing the super nintendo version of the game and it rules. i have not played the sega one yet but i will. Have fun playing both versions of the game.

If you liked this game check out all the cool spidey stuff out there.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Maximum fun!
In this game, you must play as Spider-man and/or Venom and defeat the psychotic Carnage and his band of super villains. Along the way, you get help from characters such as Captain America and Firestar. The graphics are great and the moving comic strips pull the story along in a flowing manner. A must have for any Spider-man or Marvel fan.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - One of the better comic licensed games of the 16 bit era
When you look at the painstakingly long list of comic licensed games that were released for the 16-bit systems of years ago, most were basically just walk from left to right while beating up countless generic villians in a game which lacks any kind of spirit or feel of the comic it is based from and is pretty much Streets of Rage with a comic license attached to it (notably most of which were published by Acclaim or one of their other publishing divisions). Maximum Carnage is based on the mid-nineties massive event that took place in the Spider-Man comics in which Spidey had to team up with Venom to take on Carnage in a ravaged New York. In the game, you can play as Spidey or Venom, and you pretty much do all as I described above, and thats about it. Almost none of these games had any kind of save feature, and Maximum Carnage is one of these games, and it is a painstakingly long game to finish and does offer some high difficulty. Maximum Carnage's few saving graces are the game's music provided by Green Jelly (although it sounds a bit generic at times considering the Genesis didn't have the best soundchip imaginable) and the fluid and colorful graphics. There are a few guest appearances from other heroes (Firestar, Captain America) and you've got some tough villians in Carnage, Shreik, Doppleganger, and Demogoblin, but other than that Maximum Carnage is only a bit better than the heap of comic licensed 16-bit beat 'em ups.

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