Spider-Man
The Game Boy Advance version of the Spider-Man movie tie-in.
Spider-Man is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Digital Eclipse, released 16 April 2002 on Game Boy Advance.
What Spider-Man is
Spider-Man is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Digital Eclipse and released in 2002. It was published by Activision Publishing. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 2002, a major motion picture based on the classic comic book co-created by Stan Lee was released. This conversion of the movie to the video game world is loosely based on the storyline and characters of the movie. The Green Goblin is the main villain here, and as Peter Parker the player must defy gravity using spider crawl and web-slinging abilities to track down Spidey's nemesis through the skyscrapers of New York City.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
Spider-Man is the 78th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was X-Men: Next Dimension in 2002.
What it launched against
Spider-Man launched on 16 April 2002, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
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