![]() That being said, for those unfamiliar with this all-but-extinct genre might have some trouble conjuring verbs. It boasts full-colour graphics to accompany the text with a puzzle design aimed at the younger crowd. Developed by Adventure International with input from their veteran Interactive Fiction designer, Scott Adams (Pirate Adventure), Spider-Man is the second entry in the short-lived QuestProbe series. This easily elevates Spider-Man to be among the best games for the system.īelieve it or not, this was a looker on Atari's system in 1982.Ĭut to a few years later and a Load'N'Go published text adventure graced a number of computers, though I'll only be showcasing the DOS version here. However, in contrast to a lot of Atari's hard-as-nails catalogue, you don't feel this is by bad game design but human error. If you're skilled enough, you may be able to save yourself by webbing a wall on the way down but like most games of the era, this does prove quite difficult. You do this by zip-lining your way to the top with your webs while avoiding slippery windows and enemies which make you plummet to the New York streets below. The aim is to climb to the top of a skyscraper - an approximation of the Empire State Building I presume - where the Green Goblin lies in wait with a big-ass bomb. The US video game crash was yet to take hold and the Atari 2600 played host to Spidey's first ever game with the renowned board game company Parker Brothers taking the reigns.Īrchaic by today's standards, Spider-Man was still one of the better looking and playing games on the system. We begin our history lesson in the year 1982. In honour of all that has come to pass, let's have an almost complete look at Spider-Man's amazing gaming past. But before the biggest cinematic surprise of Spidey's cinematic outing (Into the Spider-verse) the world grieved at the deaths of his co-creators - the ever-personable Stan Lee and Steve Ditko earlier in the year. ![]() Then came the highly addictive Spider-Man game on the PlayStation 4 - one of the best games of the year. ![]() First was a tearful (temporary) farewell to Tom Holland's Peter Parker in the excellent Avenger's: Infinity War. ![]() It's been quite an eventful year for everyone's friendly neighbourhood arachnid. ![]()
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