Spider-Man
Reviewed by Dyson Turner
The original Spiderman for Genesis is probably the best
overall. I don't know what it is about this game, it just
has infinite replay value. It came out in the magical year
of 1991 where all the great Genesis classics came about.
This is definitely in the league of those. This presented a
new type of game, and a very fun Spiderman which lived up to
all his comic book, and cartoon fame. You had all his most
famous villains, and other bad guys who were known. My first
impression of this was that whoa this is sweet. I actually
felt like this is a definitely worth of Spiderman, and some
of the most fun I ever had. The way he swung on his web, and
killed bad guys and took pictures was all true to the comic
book element. The game really wasn't too long but it was
long enough and was Spiderman enough like to push it pass
its ordinary side scrolling super hero based games. The
overall design and look of this game was top notch and many
couldn't ask for more when this game came out.
Story 8.0/10
The story goes as follows, The kingpin one of Spiderman's
main enemies is holding the entire city of New York for
ransom. For a certain amount of money probably a billion
dollars is what I remember. He says that Spiderman is the
bad guy (as usual) and makes it seems like he's protecting
the city from him when It's the over way around. Spiderman
must clear his name and free the city from Kingpin and
destroy some of his archenemies along the way. This story
was pretty standard even for when this came out the story
wasn't a huge factor though. Even though I still like this
story and think it was pretty good, and it was strait out of
a Spiderman comic book series.
Graphics 8.0/10
The graphics were pretty good for 1991, Spiderman was a nice
size he was very large and so were all the enemies. Even
though most of them did look pretty drab and they were faces
less, they still had a nice appeal to them. The backgrounds
much like the enemies were kind of on the drab side.
Especially on the first stage with the plain tall buildings
in the background, and so was some of the other later stages
kind of drab. The bosses on the other hand look very good
and a lot like their comic book counterparts. Spiderman when
he swings on the web could have looked better than it did it
looked pretty cheesy. The beginning scene did look good.
Kingpin looked pretty realistic in the opening scenes of the
game. Even though this was an early game it still had good
graphics for the time, and they were slightly above what
every other game was doing.
Sound 7.0/10
The music in this game was pretty good, the opening song
reminded me of the campy 1970's cartoon of Spiderman. The
other music in the game sounded like basic side scrolling
game music and it really wasn't anything spectacular. Some
sages however were very good, but mostly the later ones the
ones in the middle kind of faltered they could have sounded
better. The sound effects in the game were pretty good
though. You had all the usual Spiderman sounds like his web
shooting and him swinging. No Spidey voice does kind of
hamper things in the game. The music in this game sort of
all worked together and it all was insinc with every thing
else. The music did combine well with the graphics and fit
the many different scenes in the game.
Game Play 9.0/10
This game is for one player only. You are Spiderman and he
has all his Spider moves from the comic books. He spins webs
to stop the enemies. He swings on Webs to propel him to new
and exciting places. But Web Fluid doesn't come easy. Much
like the comic book Spiderman is just a freelance
photographer working for the Daily Bugle. You get a camera
and you have to take a picture of something to get money.
The money buys you more web fluids. With out web fluids you
won't be able to do much. I say wait to take the picture of
some one important like a boss. That will score you a lot of
web fluid. You have to fight each one of Spiderman's
villains at the end of each stage. You get the most famous
ones too, like Killer Croc, Venom, and some more. You have
two main methods of attack one is to shoot web at enemies,
the other is to, just use your fist. I say save your web
fluid for swinging and not just take out enemies. The
difficulty on this game is intermediate. Their isn't any
save or password feature.
Overall 9.0/10
This is a very well rounded and complete game. It is one of
the best out there, any one will tell you that. Most people
consider this the best Spiderman game ever, and it has
justified reason why. It may not have the graphics of
Maximum Carnage but in my opinion this is just more fun. The
Fun factor on this is through the roof on your first play
through it has all the elements associated with Spiderman to
make this game seem very complete. Consequently the Replay
Value is very low. After (if you beat this) this game isn't
that much to draw you back sure some of the stages are some
fun, but after a while it wears thin. You really can't
continue o keep replaying this game this is probably one of
its only flaws. For the most part besides that this game
will seem very cool even to this day when you first play it,
this is the type of game you won't put down easily. If you
are a Spiderman fan this is a must, if your just looking for
a good side scroller this is a great place to look.
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