Remembering The Raimi Spider-Man Games

The Raimi Spider-Man films are iconic as a New Yorker. The games left their own tremendous impact and with the largest Spider-Man movie to date landing this week, I feel now it the best opportunity to revisit some of my childhood with all of you.
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#SpiderMan #NoWayHome #RetroRebound

[@retrorebound8887]

Before No Way Home, there was Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensinos. A true multiverse Spider-Man game. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYKWgGBnj61sr6M

[@3jake5mee]

PS2 games being considered retro now… damn… I’m officially old

[@spartan113ish]

They've been retro since the PS3

[@3jake5mee]

@@spartan113ish PS2 wasn’t retro when the PS3 was current gen lol

[@logiclunacy606]

I'd say ps1 was considered retro when the ps4 came out and ps2 retro when the ps5 came out. I think the ps3 is too good looking to ever be considered retro.

[@thaiboypsp3000]

^ Retro doesn’t mean it doesn’t have to look old lmao. PS3 era are turning 20 year olds soon and if that’s not retro idk what is

[@logiclunacy606]

@@thaiboypsp3000 retro is word used for the old way of doing things or to do with the graphical style, it isn't to do with the year. There are still games that take heavy inspiration on how the ps3 era handled things, the ps3 is also the result of what standardised controls are for most games.The ps3 may be old but isn't outdated.

[@jakedempsey3187]

The real underrated gem her is the ultimate Spider-Man not only is the web sling great the story was my favourite definitely just as good as insomniacs combat was decent and you get to play as venom... You even fight wolverane😳

[@bigcade554]

Honestly. Such a cool game.

[@RealAgno]

The comic book style was perfect too

[@khangmai4680]

Johnny human torch races

[@tyronewilliams2638]

Also you can kill the balloon boy

[@kombobeats]

Facts

[@caboosegaming9992]

The original Spider-Man game tutorial is one of the best for me. The tutorial voice actor lives rent free in my head

[@HistoryandReviews]

Bruce Campbell, he is also in the first 3 movies

[@Tyler_W]

Ah yes, the great Bruce Campbell.

[@josesanchezrodriguez1783]

Groovy

[@MultiKamil97]

​@@josesanchezrodriguez1783Gimme some sugar, baby

[@pabl0sauced0]

2002-2004 Spider-Man marketing has such a warm place in my heart. I still remember late 2001 my friend showing me a leaked set picture of spiderman still with the black lenses. Good times

[@javy6971]

You can say the same for no way home..Andrew basically did free marketing for no way home during every interview...the leaks were basically all real...especially the andrew one...damn good movie..and lived up to the hype,leaks etc....spiderman 2 still dah goat thou(my opinion)

[@Tanner85800]

Web of shadows is really fun. Wish we could’ve gotten some of these games in back compatibility

[@MisterJIFF]

If you can get a disk, the PC Version should work

[@Legion849]

Shattered Dimensions was also good

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

License issues with Sony

[@israelhernandez5431]

Dude Web of shadows had the best combat in my opinion

[@mlc1610]

@@israelhernandez5431 yes, combos are satisfying

[@BRonSports]

The original Spider-Man game on the Playstation is still one of my favorites. Venom absolutely steals the show during his sections and there's so many quotes from him that I still think of to this day. One of my favorites is when you're in the Daily Bugle and the symbiotes are crawling around. Spidey tells him the plan and Venom just goes "ohhh are we gonna surf the web? Surf the web! Surf the web!" But it's the way that line is delivered that has me chuckling as I type this up. Ah good times, good times.

[@Indigo1998]

Fun fact the voice of venom and mysterio in that game also voices cosmo in the fairly odd parents

[@BRonSports]

@@Indigo1998 Yoooo that's freaking cool! Love the fun fact to start my day thanks!

[@robfobjanstar]

RIP Neversoft

[@ayrtonjoga]

I just finished that game again today, Venom was the best character of the game, change my mind

[@BRonSports]

@@ayrtonjoga oh absolutely 1 billion percent agree with you there! Definitely the best character in that entire game

[@MatthewNovak]

I still have Spider-Man 1 and 2 on GameCube and 3 on Wii. They were my favorite games growing up. "Looks like the freak wants to play" is burned into my brain.

[@Coreisus]

As soon as I read "looks" my normal whispering inner voice switched into the thugs voice and the rest of the line just played

[@ayrtonjoga]

I haven't played that game in years but I instantly remembered this line when you said it lol

[@Xxgremlin_guyxX]

I have them too

[@n1rvana165]

“You should’ve stayed home kid”

[@belleofbrightside97]

"Circus in town?"

[@ClellBiggs]

NPC: Help! Please! Someone?! Spider-Man: Faceplants NPC: I'm going to die! Building: Explodes

[@Absolynth]

Spider-man 2 on PS2 was an outstanding experience. Spider-man 2 on PC was a flaming trash pile that fucking used the PS2 boxarts screenshots to trick me into buying literally an ENTIRELY different LINEAR game by a completely different studio. ya... they did that. Try finding the back of the boxart for it, or even a copy online to buy yourself. You can't its been buried.

[@Kek393]

The only appearance of furry Shocker.

[@tyronetnj79]

I was putting Skyrim type of hours into Spider-Man 2😂

[@rossedwardmiller]

Web swinging in Spider-Man 2 was the best movement mechanic of the 2000s and the best feeling the r2 button has ever given players.

[@colt9004]

You're really doing a great job with this channel man! And totally agree on the Tobey era being the best. Spider-Man 2 to this day is still one of my favorite movies AND games of all time

[@ryanbourbeau3078]

This channel is so great I’m so glad I found it

[@myrong8239]

Had Spider-Man 2 on the GameCube lol definitely my favorite Spider-Man game at the time. I remember being amazed by the graphics and open world system. Great NPC citizens too

[@Xxgremlin_guyxX]

I have it too and all spider man games on ps2 suck

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

@@Xxgremlin_guyxX No, they don't.

[@UVERdude]

Spider-Man 2 was HANDS DOWN one of my favorite GameCube game!!

[@Xxgremlin_guyxX]

Me too because I have all spider man games all and all spider man games on ps2 suck

[@jeveritt8398]

Spider-man 2 is an all time great superhero movie and it's video game adaptation is an all time great game

[@thechainsawnigga2543]

Persona 5

[@NinjasticFlare]

I absolutely loved the first Spiderman game. It was the only game my Dad enjoyed playing. If I can get my PS2 working again (Disk Reading problem) I’ll give it another shot.

[@oliverm.2118]

How about an emulator?

[@uscbigfan2011]

You really hit on the aesthetic of Spider-Man 2002. Something about it was so cool

[@Tanner85800]

I had Spider-Man 1 and 2. I couldn’t beat 1 as a kid because of the timing on the shocker level and the disk broke so I never got to try again when I was older. But both were really fun with cool combos

[@soulsnack8971]

Retro Rebound is the highlight of my week. Loved this!

[@robhws]

Spider-Man 2 for the og Xbox was a phenomenal experience back in the day.

[@TrueBlueMajikDewd]

I loved the combat in Web of Shadows. The aerial combat, wall combat, and stylish combos were sick. I remember playing the Insomniac game and thinking I sure do miss Web of Shadow's aerial combat.

[@israelhernandez5431]

Yea same here the combat in the new one sucks if I’m being completely honest like it gets so repetitive so fast and it’s just the same combo over and over again with gadgets that almost all do the same thing and some just aren’t worth using

[@alexescorza8120]

Web of shadows "definitely not good on the combat" Excuse me?

[@Simbabweman]

From my perspective, Spider-Man 2 is the best still. Insomniacs Spider-Man I completed (platinum trophy) in a week. It's story was good and gameplay was fun, if a bit arkham-esque, but after completing it I never really went back. Spider-Man 2 I played for years and took me ages, as a younger person of course, to complete. And I did it multiple times. I feel like the ps4 one is gushed over so much because it was the first mainstream attempt at a Spider-Man games in a really long time. Since the original trilogy there had never really been a game marketed in quite the same way and because so many people have it now, it has a huge following. Whereas, the other games in-between original trilogy and PS4 were a bit more niche that only a smaller number of people really talked about. The web swinging is also a lot more creative in the original Spider-Man 2. You can do so many cool things with webbing and swinging, shooting 2 webs at once for instance. I'm amazed the newest one doesn't have it, it's swinging is very basic really. I imagine the new Spider-Man 2 will have multiple webs but it still stands that the PS2 era version had a lot more traversal creativity to me.

[@interceptingfist5682]

Hot take. Spider-Man 2 had the best web swinging. You could feel the momentum and speed. Plus you had dual webs

[@skatemo100]

To be fair Arkham Asylum did take a lot of influence from Spider-Man 2’s combat system

[@ayrtonjoga]

@@skatemo100 Exactly, the Arkham games are awesome but people give too much credit to them about the combat

[@masonwright7700]

@@interceptingfist5682 no

[@masonwright7700]

insomniac game was better

[@JacksGameReviews]

That intro music is so damn good, wish the composer would get an official job for spidey even though he did do the far from home trailers

[@julianburford3713]

Loved Spider-Man 2. Ultimate Spider-Man was also super good!

[@popculturewatchtower8945]

I feel Ultimate Spider-Man is really underrated too and I put that one on par with Spider-Man 2 but then you also get to play as Venom.

[@robbucky5997]

My favourite part about the first Spider-Man game was using the cheat code that let you play through the story as the Green Goblin 😂 Also I saw No Way Home yesterday, it rocks.

[@justsmell3]

WHATTT? That’s so cool

[@pakman0049]

Loved beating the 1st game as Green goblin. He was so OP with his Glider

[@thebestofthebest5724]

Spider-Man 3 is hella fun, honestly. I love it for its atmosphere

[@TheN7Spartan]

Yeah and you get to beat people’s asses with the black suit

[@gustavodias4865]

Ive just finished these 3 games, great games. But I think the third one is very underrated, better than the first and almost as good as the 2° one.

[@Tewlipz]

I really liked the... I guess "stealth" levels in the first Spiderman game. Sneaking through Oscorp, going through the vents to find data from different offices and then trying to find the lab I believe. Good times.

[@mickeymouse7726]

Spider-Man 2 is a classic and set the blue print for all open world superhero games going forward

[@AustinH7]

Just saw the movie. Wow every one needs to see that movie. Also Spider-Man 3 is one of my favorite super hero movies. I don’t think it’s bad tbh, it fits the comic book style.

[@Gideon13397]

I love Spider-Man 3 too. I actually favor that version of Venom imo.

[@thisbubblygoodness7611]

@@Gideon13397 same, Eddie Brock was actually Eddie Brock instead of Tom Hardy in a sweaty jumper

[@JMrealgamer]

They have always been great. It’s cool that some people are finally noticing it.

[@RespectableAdult]

god I just love listening to you talk. It helps even more when it's a game I remember and love.

[@Darkstar9513]

I loved these games and the movies when I was a kid. Raimi Spider-Man is the best. Spider-Man 2 was the pioneer template for all superhero games for the future. Also I will never forget those pizza delivery missions. Super nostalgic.

[@roralize1358]

I got my PS2 as a six year old in 2008. Spider-Man 1 was one of the first games I ever played on it. Love that game.

[@T.G-HLL]

Spider-Man 1 & 2 were a big part of my childhood… Amazing to see how far Spider-Man games have come 🤘🏻😎

[@mickeymouse7726]

I loved playing as green goblin and new goblin in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3

[@edviza1935]

I thought it was cool that in the final fight with Venom he memorizes your moves so you can’t do them again, similar to mr freeze from Arkham City

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I love the sam raimi Spider-Man movies so much man

[@jotto3251]

I would argue Web of Shadows could have the best combat out of any Spider-Man game. You had combos for ground, wall and aerial combat. Times that by two considering both suits get their own upgrades and combos. WoS has a decent yet janky story but the gameplay is great. Frames permitting...

[@camiloheras6146]

Man after no way home I am on a spiderman mood rn let's GO

[@mosesking2923]

Spiderman 3 is one of the very rare games where a PS2 version surpasses the PS3 version. The black suit actually felt powerful.

[@HistoryandReviews]

Black people are powerful and Black Lives Matter

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I hope we can remasters for these spider-man games

[@sarge55555550000000]

Lol this is great. Thanks for the content. Been having a shit day and this is a nice pick me up. Loved the scene of spidey yelling at m.j. lol

[@colee61200]

Spider-Man 3 game is what got me into superhero games.

[@interceptingfist5682]

Hot take. Spider-Man 2 web swinging is superior to insomniac. You could feel the momentum and speed of web swinging, not to mention the dual webbing when swinging. It amazes me how insomniac didn't include that.

[@suicidalloafofbread2009]

Not a hot take, but definitely a bad one

[@dalemau5]

@@suicidalloafofbread2009 In the end it’s all subjective BUT, Spiderman 2 had a great momentum system. You can keep going faster and faster while in the new one, though the swinging is great, it feels a little bit sluggish at times.

[@TheEman590]

@@dalemau5 If you've played Miles Morales, would you say the swinging has improved, even somewhat? (the tricks you can pull off are really fun).

[@dalemau5]

@@TheEman590 I haven’t played it :(

[@TheEman590]

@@dalemau5 Sorry to hear that. It's a good game

[@BadgerOff32]

As good as the Insomniac Spider-Man game is, I still think Spider-Man 2 is superior in some ways. The old game had SO MANY combos to learn that it almost felt like a Tony Hawks game at times! I miss the way you could string people up from lamp posts or hang upside down in the old game.

[@masonwright7700]

no

[@BadgerOff32]

@@masonwright7700 Wow what a fantastic counter-argument. Thanks for your input. You've certainly changed my mind....

[@dinkalicious]

In my opinion the combat in Web of Shadows rivals Insomniac’s; the wall moves and aerial stuff is top notch. Funny old world…

[@israelhernandez5431]

I think it surpasses Insomniacs combat system. I mean if I’m being honest the new combat system sucks. It’s the same combo over and over again with gadgets that almost all suck. And there’s only like three suit powers worth using.

[@Carras96]

Really cool to hear how excited you sound to be able to talk about these games. You care and it shows; good for you

[@dakota7146]

The amount of time I spent playing pinhead bowling in Spider-Man 1 was absurd 😂

[@milowolfface9392]

Spider-Man Web of Shadows. Best Spider-man gameplay ever. Web swinging, combat, you can fight on fucking walls. Dont just watch gameplay because alot of people love the super fast jittery swinging you can do. I hate it, but its somthing the game lets you do. Web swinging has never been more cinematic

[@israelhernandez5431]

YEA THIS GUY GETS IT. No lie the combat was the best by far. The new game has great graphics and all but combat sucks.

[@polishprince47]

Spiderman Is A Menace To Society!! - J Jonah Jameson.

[@Jmaul85]

That black suit spider-man phone call to Mary Jane, why isn't any of that dialog used for Bully Maguire? It's perfect!

[@mickeymouse7726]

Spider-Man 3 the game is comedy gold

[@RobinBatmanand]

Ultimate Spider-Man: Am I a joke to you?

[@masterblaster2053]

Web of shadows not good on the combat front? That game was the first SM game to really push what you could do with spidey, wall combat, aerial combat, not to mention the black/red suit switching combos and how fluid and cool it was to switch between these two. I think WoS is one of the most underrated superhero games ever made. Insomniac really took a lot from this game as well, but it never gets credit. WoS was one of the funnest SM games to play, especially because of plot and combat, up until Insomniac's.

[@LonghornsLegend]

Ultimate Spider man still holds up today very well, I still play on my og Xbox with an HDMI adapter and it's incredible. Probably my favorite

[@michaeldatuin15]

Spiderman 2 has a lot of my childhood

[@IAteFire]

How is no one talking about Ultimate Spider-Man?? It’s a GOAT level Spider-Man game

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

spider-man 2002 is forever my favourite.

[@A_Salted_Fishe]

Spider-Man 1 on PS2 was the first ever PS2 game I ever played!

[@HeierMr]

I’ll never forget getting my first Spider-man 2 suit action figure. Best feeling ever as a kid

[@Z64sports]

The swinging in Spiderman 2 is better than Insomniac but everything else is probably better

[@plaguedoctor4519]

I got the 2002 modded suit version of Spider-Man 64 in a cereal box. Really happy I still have it lol

[@JustOkJeremy]

Surprised you didn’t talk about the differences between the PS2 and “next gen” versions of the Spider-Man 3 game.

[@hikerrock]

I love Spider-Man 3’s OST. Especially the Arsenic Candy theme.

[@hikerrock]

I played the Xbox360 version, which is a really different version compared to the PS2.

[@myblasterproductions]

Love the channel

[@IliterateFoo]

Web of Shadows is my favorite Spider-Man game love being able to switch to the symbiote suit and how you had different skills for each suit

[@mattsmokes2505]

I love you Matty but I can’t believe you forgot ultimate Spider-Man

[@773lilmexico]

bruh the headache I got trying to explain to my younger brother that the insomniac Spiderman was like a remastered Spiderman 2 game.

[@MarshTheYoutubeChannel]

Really enjoy all the Spider-Man games, just wish Sony was less greedy with the Insomniac ones

[@solidmage1720]

I think the Sam Raimi trilogy should be remastered or remade since after the success of No Way Home. They can improve the indoor areas in terms of swinging, add the Kraven the Hunter stages that were only on Xbox in the first game, and maybe make Tobey Maguire sound more like his Spider-Man counterpart but he can still use his Peter voice when he is narrating or just talking in his head like in comics, etc. spider-man 3 needs fighting mechanics similar to PS4’s Spider-man. I think they could make Spider-Man 2’s open-world larger like SM3’s so after beating SM2, SM3 story is there. Maybe Spider-Man 1 can have the open-world but out side missions like the bowling in a bowling alley.

[@thisbubblygoodness7611]

i honestly wouldnt even mind if they just port the games over to current platforms

[@solidmage1720]

@@thisbubblygoodness7611 yeah, I just think Spider-Man 3 probably just need a huge improvement since it said it had mixed reviews for both 6th gen and 7th gen consoles. I heard there would be a remastered version of 2000’s Spider-man and 2001’s Spider-man 2, also.

[@wesstewart2677]

The Kraven mission is dope not gonna lie. Definitely a highlight

[@G0DLIKE92]

I never knew until recently that the Spider-Man game on PS1 was on the N64 as well. That game will always have a place in my heart as well as the Raimi games.

[@KiddMoneyBustaC]

I clicked on this not expecting to see MrMattyPlays so that was a nice little surprise

[@chungus1149]

Spider-Man 1 game is super overshadowed by 2. Honestly I didn't think the gameplay for Spider-Man was particularly good. But holy shit I could play goblin mode for days and days... And I did. I was so jealous when I found out PS3 Spider-Man 3 would have an exclusive goblin mode. But when I found out you couldn't even get off the glider my jealousy vanished

[@stoinkydoinky7789]

Those toys, I wanted them so bad as a kid bc Spider-Man 1 was (and still is) my favorite movie 😭😭

[@M64bros]

These games were the gods of my childhood!

[@kickbuttoski666]

one of my favorite childhood memories was entering Blockbuster and seeing the classic xbox where you could play them right there, I perfectly remember spiderman fighting with electro in the subway, and seeing that was woooow how do they make it look so real, there was also Ninja Gaiden, and just seeing that you could actually swing from poles or branches (I think) blew my mind

[@alanmathias6706]

the 3 games are unforgettable for me

[@thevaultdwellergaming]

I actually picked up the three of these games not too long ago and planed on playing thru these and the amazing Spider-Man series

[@Ray_ray661]

Spiderman 2 will forever be in my top 5 games

[@UncleBob247]

Spiderman 2 Enter Electro On PS1 was a good game too!

[@realmczappa]

i love these games so much, but one thing that irritates me is the inconsistency between 1 and 2. At the end of 1, Spider-Man starts to tell Mary Jane something (it is implied that it is his secret identity), but she interrupts him and starts to kiss him, saying “it’s okay, i already know”. But at the end of 2, Spider-Man gets unmasked in front of Mary Jane, and Peter says “I’m sorry you had to find out like this”, kinda invalidating the events of the previous game.

[@oliverm.2118]

She probably expected it to be Mr. Ditkovich

[@robsantorobass]

Absolutely love the Raimi movies and games. I have all 3 films and games also and they’re definitely my favorite movie/game adaption of the character. Spider-Man 3 is to this day my favorite Spider-Man game. Really loved 1 and 2 . 3 being like 2 with the open world along with a nicer paint job basically along with some other differences.

[@dragosnecula]

NICE VIDEO!

[@OneWingedDemonSlayer]

I remember losing my shit when my parents got me a PS2 and Spider-Man 3

[@jessea4438]

There were some gems during the Activision era that I'm surprised not many have talked about. Most of my favorites were the ones that weren't movie licensed. Ultimate Spider-Man, Web of Shadows, Shattered Dimensions, and Edge of Time.

[@ill-nois2282]

7:46 Bully Maguire remains undefeated 😂

[@zachhall8043]

Loved these games. We’ve had good Spider-Man games. I’d love a good Superman game who’s my other favorite superhero.

[@davidvader8723]

Retro Rebound did you have the Venom Figure that explicitly quoted"I Want to Eat Your Brain " that was SICK!!! unfortunately along with my Platinum Spiderman #1 I think it was sold without knowing the proper value of it.

[@gtviper1158]

Hey the whole dance scene in Spiderman 3 is intentionally funny like that exactly what Sam was going for during the entire montage

[@JuliusJ93]

Bad take on webs of shadows😂

[@martian__Z]

spidernan games in general are great.

[@nicholasarchie6440]

All three are so good

[@joeker5208]

The last Activision Spider-Man game was Web of Shadows as Beenox got the license and made Shattered Dimensions, Edge of Time, and the Amazing tie ins

[@mickeymouse7726]

Spider-Man 2 is a clasdic