Spider-Man Animated Series (video game)

Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Western Technologies and published by Acclaim and LJN in 1995, incorporating elements from the critically acclaimed 1990s Spider-Man cartoon series. The game was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The two versions of the game have the same basic story but have gameplay, level, and enemy differences.

Gameplay
The gameplay was similar to most titles of this decade, it was a side-scrolling action platformer. The game features six levels in the SNES version: a Laboratory, Construction Zone, Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, a showdown in J. Jonah Jameson's Penthouse, and Ravencroft Asylum, and 5 in the Genesis version: Laboratory, Coney Island and the Funhouse, The Deconstruction Zone, The Mean Streets of the City, and The Ravencroft Prison for the Insane.

Plot
The story is about four of Spider-Man's enemies escaping from Ravencroft prison, namely Dr. Octopus, The Green Goblin, Alistair Smythe, and the Alien Spider Slay and it's up to Spider-Man to stop them before they wreck New York City.

Featured characters
Both versions of the game feature five bosses and over a dozen sub-bosses. The games also feature the Fantastic Four, who can be called on for assistance after obtaining Fantastic 4 icons.

Naming
On the packaging and the title screen the game is simply named Spider-Man. However, the legal text that appears when starting the game up titles it Spider-Man Animated Series.

Development
The Beta version of the Genesis version features Venom as a playable character. Also a number of villains appear in the beta versions that didn't make it into the retail game. Including in both versions Silvermane. In the SNES version The Jury, Trapster, Vermin, and Wrecker.