Spider-Man (GBA)

At last, the game that no doubt everyone's been waiting for: the GBA version of Spider-Man (The Movie)! Though this title screen music definitely ain't the Spider-Man: The Movie theme. Sounds like it'd be more at home in Spider-Man: The Old Amiga Game.

This is another case of a handheld game released alongside a console game with the same title, same cover art, same everything... except for the actual game inside the box. I get why they do it, they want to sell two games with a single marketing campaign (plus in this case it's a movie tie-in as well), I just wish they'd give each version a subtitle or something so it's clear that they're different products.

Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (GBC)

Well that just looks nasty. It's like they took the title screen from a PlayStation game and tried to shove it into the Game Boy Color. Can't complain about the music though.

In hindsight I probably should have played this for the site nearer to Christmas, when Amazing Spider-Man's 700th and final issue hit shops (and made a lot of people unhappy), but sadly extremely obvious ideas often take a fortnight to work their way into my brain.

Spider-Man (GBC)

Today I'm taking a look at Spider-Man on the Game Boy Colour, because if there's one thing this site needs it's more platformers based on comic books.

This may look like your average 'hero poses above the city on a rooftop' title screen, but it actually has a bit of story leading up to it.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire (32X)

Even I know that making a web out of fire is a really stupid idea.

The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! (MS-DOS)

Another Captain America game! But will this one be any better than the last?

No, no it won't be. I mean just look at it, there's no way this is going to be any good. It came out in 1989, good DOS games probably hadn't been invented yet.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes (SNES)

ULTIMATE FIVE PART SNES SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL!

Part five:

That's better. Those last couple of games didn't even have 'Spider-Man' on the title screen. Go!Spidey.

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety (SNES)

ASTONISHING FIVE PART SNES SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL!

Part four:

Wow, that doesn't look so great. Nice music though.

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES)

SENSATIONAL FIVE PART SNES SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL!

Part three:

Maximum Carnage, minimum title screen. Nice music though.

Spider-Man X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (SNES)

AMAZING FIVE PART SNES SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL!

Part two:

Lots of TMs. That title screen is a bit of a step down from the last Spider-Man game, though to be fair it did come out a few years earlier.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series (SNES)

SPECTACULAR FIVE PART SNES SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL!

Part one:

Out of all the SNES games I've been playing, that's possibly the best title screen I've seen yet. Spider-Man swings around in the background, then drops down, and climbs back up to pose for the camera.

The Amazing Spider-Man (Amiga)

Oh wow, the music in this is so incredibly bad. It's like someone has mapped a 'SPIDER-MAN!' sample to their keyboard, and they're playing a tune with it.