Swinging across the city using his unique Spider-Sense to home in on the missing mutant heroes, Spidey has followed the trail all the way to an abandoned amusement park. Jam-packed with nonstop challenging action and loads of graphic and audio special effects, this game's a knockout! Spidey to the Rescueįour members of the X-Men have mysteriously disappeared, and it's up to Spider- Man to find them. Featuring everyone's favorite Webhead and four members of the "Uncanny" X-Men, this game looks, plays, and sounds like a real-life comic book. As for the sound, each hero's distinctive rock soundtrack and the game's sharp sound effects add to the appeal.įace front, true believers! Marvel's two most popular comic books come to 16-bit life in LJN's Spider-Man and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge for the SNES. With his large repertoire of swinging and wall-climbing moves, Spidey may be the only hero whose moves require a little practice to master. Spidey spins and swings on his webs, Wolverine slices with his admantium claws, Cyclops fires optic blasts, Storm casts lightning bolts, and Gambit shuffles his deadly deck of cards.Įach superhero is extremely responsive to the controls, and their superpowers are easy to activate. All characters look, fight, and move exactly as they do on the printed page.
Comic AppealĬomic book fans will appreciate the attention to detail that this game's programmers paid to its graphics and sound. Lose all your lives and it's back to the very beginning with Spidey and the security maze, which ups this game's challenge significantly. Fortunately, there are plenty of 1 -ups, power-ups, and energy boosts scattered around. Memorize the sensors' patterns, because it's the same sequence every time you restart the game.Įach hero starts with four lives.
ProTip: Follow Webhead's spider-sense to turn off the security sensors. The only way to escape the park is for all five superheroes to survive their two events, and for Spider-Man to defeat a gigantic, robotic Arcade in the final showdown. In addition to the treacherous enemies within each event, Marvel supervillains (Apocalypse, Carnage, Juggernaut, and more) lurk at the end of each stage. Once inside, you can choose to play as Spidey or any of the four X-Men.
You begin play as Spider-Man, who must meticulously work through an intricate maze in order to enter Arcade's park. There are 12 tough, action packed levels in this one-player game. Unless you set them free, tonight's main attraction is the destruction of Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Gambit! This madman has transformed the park into a deadly fair of lethal rides and inescapable mazes. The side-scrolling trail leads to an abandoned amusement park - the secret hideout of the bizarre supervillain, Arcade. Genesis owners are for a Marvel-ous treat! Spidey for the Rescueįour X-Men have mysteriously disappeared, and it's up to Spider-Man to find them. Like its predecessor, Spider-Man and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge features awesome graphics, intense game play, and more superheroes and supervillains you can shake a controller at. One of last year's hottest SNES adventure is finally available for the Genesis.
Likewise, the music changes for each hero, and a few sound effects punctuate the action game itself isn't all that chalenging what's challenging is finding a reason to replay the early levels over and over again while you try to survive to the end. Villains are imaginative and varied for each level. Your heroes' sprites are small, but strong colors help them stand out against the creative backgrounds. Marvel Madnessĭecent graphics and sonic effects make this game inviting. The controls aren't as efficient as you'd like, and getting Spidey to jump and web-sling the way you want can be frustrating. While it sounds like Marvelous fun, the side-view platform action gets monotonous, especially since you have to resolve all the mazes every time you run out of lives. The superheroes battle through six maze-filled levels against the evil Arcade and his heinous henchmen. As always, you jump through Level l's urban maze as Spidey, then you play as any of the four X-Men, each of whom has special powers. X-Men Mark the SpotĮven if you haven't played the earlier versions, you'll find this latest game somewhat tedious. If you played pre-vious versions of this game on the Genesis or Game Boy, then there's nothing new for you in Spidey's Game Gear world.
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