Spider-Man The Animated Series Game | One of the most obscure releases for the SNES and Genesis.

[@Aaron_Smith_OM]

I really enjoyed the many cameos of Master Chief.

[@fanboysforever]

It’s most definitely connected to the cartoon because of the animated show exclusive font on the title on adverts, the use of animated series key art in the manual, and specific villain looks from the animated series such as Smyrhe, the Spider-Slayers and Doc Ock’s armored costume. Good video though, I always struggled with this game renting it as a kid.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks! That's some great info. I wonder why the game wasn't pushed as being connected to the series?

[@fanboysforever]

Jenovi you never know there were lots of rights problems with Spider-Man at the time so that’s a possibility. Even as a kid I didn’t think the story had anything to do with the show, the only thing that tipped me off was the key art and designs.

[@lemieuxrick]

I believe the music at the title is from the cartoon as well. Not 100% sure because it has been a long time since I played. Great video!

[@Objectorbit]

It's got the vocals from the cartoon, but the chiptune they got going is unique.

[@arkmainable]

@@Jenovi Likely they didn't have much to go on. From the looks of things, both this and the cartoon were being worked on at the same time, and communication likely wasn't 100%.

[@HistoricNerd]

I'm pretty sure I saw a 16 bit master Chief......

[@Jenovi]

He's in there, waiting for the right moment to appear in his own game.

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

The 90’s Spider-Man Animated Series theme is a CLASSIC.

[@TellYouHwaet]

"I'm not sure it has any connection to the Animated Series" Uses the theme song, artwork, character designs, and title font. It's as connected as most 16-bit licensed games are.

[@Jenovi]

I think you misunderstood what I was saying there. This isn't a denial about the in-game content. It's referred to as "The Animated Series" by fans for a reason. However, that's also the thing I was trying to point out. Yes, there's fan service for viewers of the Animated Series, but no reference or connection to it in a public way. Kind of like Revenge of Shinobi having Godzilla, Spider-man, Batman, ect. So yes, it clearly has the Animated series inspired content, but they 100% made no attempt to connect it to the TV series in any public way. So unless you watched the show and happened to pick the game up, there would have been no way to know a show you loved had a game released that appears to be connected or inspired by it.

[@TellYouHwaet]

@@Jenovi Guess I'm not sure I do understand what you were talking about. It was advertised as being based on the series, used the same theme song and was released shortly after the show started airing. The commercials even used animation from the series. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHO6oaibd99_Y5Y

[@Jenovi]

Let me put it like this. Forget that you know anything about the animated series. Ok, now how would you know it’s connected to this game ? The commercial certainly didn’t state it was connected to the animated series. You’re coming from the position of someone who’s intimate with the cartoon. My point is if you’re not, how would you know? If that’s the case, was there any real connection outside of borrowed assets? Anyways, have a great day.

[@TellYouHwaet]

@@Jenovi Thanks for explaining your reasoning, that makes sense. You have a great day too!

[@rjsmith2007]

I remember returning this game when I was like 8 years old because I thought it was broken... I couldn't figure out where to go... That screen blocking the path... Wow.

[@bandit217]

I know I’m late to this, but I think there are some hints that the game is indeed based on the animated series: -The character and costume designs are identical to TAS -That Alien boss, and that particular design for the Spider-Slayer machine, were only seen in TAS and toys based on it. -Sandman and Electro, two of Spidey’s most significant villains, are absent, just like they were from TAS, cause TAS didn’t have the rights to use them.

[@scottdecowski4913]

Didn't know the animated series didn't have the rights to Electro! That explains the weird Red Skull version we got in season 5....

[@bandit217]

@@scottdecowski4913 Yea I guess James Cameron was working on a Spidey movie where they were going to be the main villains, so they had exclusive rights to them at the time. The movie obviously fell thru and never came out

[@gadpivs]

it literally says animated series on the first screen before the title screen lol

[@jediknightgeo]

Great video. It's 100% based on the Spider-Man animated series. With that said, I own and beat both versions, and the Genesis one is definitely the better product. Yes, it may be missing a level, but it played better overall, had better animations, and controlled a tiny bit better.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your thoughts.

[@kevintherebellionreed5693]

Yup Genesis was far better, The Super NES version had Spidey marching instead of running lol

[@CulinaryJoey]

this Sega spiderman Animated series improving little bit from maximum Carnage and separate anxiety

[@Buer88]

​@@kevintherebellionreed5693 did you try holding L? There's a sprint button in the SNES version lmao.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

>Highly doubting the cartoon's influence >The intro in both versions is literally the cartoon's robotic chanting and background music and the art style is identical The lack of a story is kinda the *least* important part of that influence, there. Anyway, I loved the Genesis game as a kid. Still do, and seeing the SNES version be...kinda sorta the same idea but it's got wholly different animations, levels, UI, it's like two sets of devs were making the same game, constantly peeking at each other's homework and slightly changing things around, yet BOTH managed to come out decently.

[@Jenovi]

Yes, very poorly stated on my part. Really enjoyed the games even if I was a bit clueless about the theme and other subtle hints. 😬

[@DarkbluesEXE25]

Master Chief in SNES 4:42

[@MasterLinkuei]

I played both versions back in the day and i prefered Genesis version due to the better controllers and levels.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

The Genesis version always reminded me of Sega CD video compression. Also, kudos for working in a Scott Steiner reference!

[@Jenovi]

Good ol Scott Steiner.

[@kieranwestphal]

This is a really wonderful recording of a niche piece of game history, thanks for making it!

[@Jenovi]

Glad you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.

[@TheSnoopyclone]

At 4:45, a special guest appearance from Master Chief.

[@yesticles]

I remember playing this on Sega Channel and never being able to get passed the first level. I had no idea about the two-plane mechanic in the stages until just now. Thanks dude

[@SandroSensei]

Wow, i love these reviews man. Great channel. Better late than never, but subbed 😊

[@Awesomemusic19]

The title screen has a 16-bit rendition of the animated series theme song (even with a digitized voice singing the song), the costume designs are straight from the series (look at doc ock), the artwork in the manual is straight out of the animated series, the font is he animated series- even venom was sent to ravencroft in the animated series. It’s very connected to TAS lmao

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Um there are direct references to the animated series... not the least among them was the title theme. It was lifted directly from the series. On top of that the designs used for the game were actually based on and specific and unique to those of the animated series... such as Doc Ock's armored design.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks for the details. I never watched the Animated series.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Jenovi no prob. It was a great series. It's on Amazon video, though you have to buy it's seasons.

[@Jenovi]

Dang. Well, I'll keep a lookout and hope it hits prime.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Jenovi sadly I doubt it will. It's been on Amazon video for years, but never on prime. Use to be on Netflix years ago. Sadly it's been gone for years too.

[@vince19games]

"It's a long and crazy level full of a ton of frustration." Best quote ever. Kinda shocking to see the massive differences between the two versions. Imagine if something like this happened with a big release today (on PS4 and Xbox One). Good video!!

[@Jenovi]

I really wonder what the last game is that had these extreme differences due to hardware or the development team not being up to par.

[@Overbound]

This game uses the logo from the Spiderman TAS series, the character models from the Spiderman TAS series, the theme song from the Spiderman TAS series. But the video says its unrelated...?

[@Jenovi]

I actually never watched or had access to the cartoon, just the comic. Thanks to good folks like yourself, I've since learned what the game has in common with the anime series.

[@Overbound]

Ahh I see makes sense then.

[@suarezguy]

Spider-Man The Animated Series the show captured the feeling of being Spider-Man.

[@djb5255]

I spent most of my life wondering why I could never get thr spider slayer robots, but it was only because I was a Swga kid. Thanks for clearing that up.

[@rezzylee2385]

Try after try somehow I beat the SNES version at like 7? lol makes me wonder how did I get back downstairs on that first level. Eventually I must have held up and it jumps over the gate thing.

[@DGISALWAYS]

It's connected to the TAS, the word font, the designs are from the show, and the intro remixed from the show. The SNES is my favorite 2D Spider-Man game but sometimes I think about Maximum Carnage on the SNES and say that is my favorite but it's a beat them up so I wouldn't count it as a 2D game. Nice video, if you should check out Maximum Carnage when you get the chance but it has a serious learning curve and it's very hard.

[@Jenovi]

Hey Dylan, appreciate the comment. I've reviewed most of the 4th gen Spider-man games in full. There is even a video where I give my unpopular opinion on how they all stack up. For me.... I'm not a Maximum Carnage fan, though I think the sequel is ok.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Spiderman always be my favorite. When I was young and when a new game of the spiderman camed to the shelves I always bought it, no matter how bad it is. However, I never knew that this game came out for the SEGA genesis, I thought it was exclusive to SNES. Thanks for the apport! PS. Like for the 16-bit master Chief LOL

[@Jenovi]

I think it must be fairly uncommon. It was really hard to find complete, I was on the hunt for nearly a year before locating one and had to pay through the nose for it.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Jenovi ufff, I can't imagine how hard it was for you... But I sure it's there some more obscure titles for the Genesis and SNES waiting somewhere, I just think it's some of luck to find this kind of games, in the most of cases appears in the most unexpected places (for example I found a copy of "Farenheit" in CD 32X format in the house of a guy who it was living around the corner from my house, literally). I really appreciate your job finding this games, it's a really hard task to do.

[@Jenovi]

It's crazy where these things pop up.

[@Taika_talvi]

Played the Genesis version as a kid - and even to this day I can't figure out what is going on at the end of the game with the keycards.

[@Jenovi]

The Genesis keycards.... man oh man.

[@Taika_talvi]

I mean I know in which order to put them into the slots.... but I've been wondering ever since HOW you're supposed to figure that out withouth random guessing. Or why the game throws you into the bonus level and then abruptly ends if you enter the wrong code too often :D

[@Jenovi]

It’s laziness. It’s crystal clear in game on the SNES, they just got lazy with the port.

[@ZekeyX2004]

11:44 Caboose, is that you?

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Great comparison! If only they could combine the two into one game on both systems

[@Jenovi]

If they did, it would have been the best Spider-man game made up to that point.

[@kisco_1]

I absolutely love this game! I have a rom from 1999 with a bunch of games including this!

[@Jenovi]

Way better than I ever expected it to be.

[@ItsThatRetro]

The copyright screen uses the words Animated Series.

[@townlinetim876]

Great video. Spider Man kicking 16bit Master Chief in the junk. (Priceless)

[@Jenovi]

Thanks Tim!

[@Mekanaizer]

Hello Jenovi. Adrenalin Entertainment Inc. was the company that developed this game. Adrenalin was a subsidiary of Western Technologies, Inc. The game started it's development on top of the X-Men game. One or two hints I can give you: initially this game was to have two playable characters Venom and Spiderman. "Spider-Man Animated Series" reference you look for is at the very start of the game. I could talk more about this game specially the Mega Drive/Genesis version, but...

[@Jenovi]

Yeah, I should have picked up on that.

[@Mekanaizer]

Hello Jenovi hope you are fine. If you want we can talk about SEGA stuff via twitter, if you want too. Sent you an invite.

[@chelaviruela]

Nice review, I think I’ll give it a try.

[@goemon74]

The reference to the animated series is the theme song on the snes. Taken directly from the cartoon

[@MikeLindquist]

Pretty underrated game, I still enjoy it to this day. I don't remember the SNES version being so drastically different, I will have to play through it someday!

[@Jenovi]

For sure. It's an interesting comparison.

[@comixamples524]

"Has no reference to the Animated Series." . . . . . "Has that annoying Animated Series Theme Song." . . . .

[@WaddleDee105]

Cool video. Wonder why no one mentions this game when talking about old Spidey titles since this at least seems passable, unlike the majority of previous efforts. Maybe I missed it in the video, but why would you label this "One of the most obscure releases for the SNES and Genesis"? Is the game just extremely uncommon or did it get little advertising or something?

[@Jenovi]

It was released fairly late in the life cycle of both systems. It's really hard to find complete on the Genesis though it's a bit more common on the SNES.

[@WaddleDee105]

Ah, ok. Thanks for replying.

[@illuminatidad]

How come a bunch of enemies look like halo marines?

[@infinitecanadian]

So which console is your favorite: Genesis or Super Nintendo?

[@Jenovi]

Genesis, but I do love the SNES.

[@infinitecanadian]

@@Jenovi I like both consoles, too - but of course I like the Genesis a little more. I remember that Sonic the Hedgehog was considered cooler than Mario in my neighborhood, and the sports games were better (although I suck at those).

[@opaljk4835]

It’s so strange, the game does not appear to do anything out of the realm of what the Genesis can handle.

[@powblockmaster]

Great video! I binged all your Spider-Man ones! What are some great lesser known Spider-Man storylines from the comics? I'm a fan of Ditko's and Then McFarlane's take on the character!

[@Jenovi]

I'd have to think about that. I've never really discussed storylines with anyone besides my brother, so I'm not really sure what is known vs lesser known. He to was a huge fan of McFarlane and Ditko, I didn't really get into the buying Spider-Man comics until J. Michael Straczynski took over. Speaking of Ditko, did you know he passed away a couple weeks back? One modern storyline that's worth reading is the Superior Spider-Man arc. Thanks for the comment and have a great day.

[@powblockmaster]

Thanks for the reply! I have read Superior Spider-Man, which was a highlight of modern Spider-Man for me! I'm excited for where the comic is heading, since the new writer wrote Superior Foes of Spider-Man which was really fun to read.

[@nathanryu6227]

Is it just me or Sega version really has 30 fps while SNES version is 60 fps?

[@brpadington]

I don't see how anyone can describe this game as being obscure. I guess if you are not old enough to have been alive when it came out it may seem obscure. At the time it came out there was a fairly large marketing push in mags of the era and most spiderman fans at the tie were at least aware of it.

[@Jenovi]

Not rare, but obscure. There are a couple reasons for this. First off, it's the last Spider-man game released for 16-bit consoles. For the Genesis in particular, Sega already had dropped support for it when the game released. Of the 16 bit Spider-man releases, it's the one I see least often followed closely by Separation Anxiety. Though it's generally considered less desirable than Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety, it still holds a high value similar to the two more sought after releases. The reason being it's not as common.

[@rydog11]

Good review.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks 😄

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

I played and own the snes version. It's a very fun game once you get the hang of it, not the best spidey game but i enjoyed it a lot back in the day.

[@Jenovi]

Depending on what your looking for, it’s still fun. At least I enjoyed my time with it.

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

Exactly i played this game a lot in my youth.

[@grgmj1980]

4:40 master chief vs spiderman

[@Jenovi]

For real!

[@PeterParker-vq2cz]

i was stuck a lot in this game as a kid and never beat it, was fun but def overwhelming.....not to mention even game genie didnt help me win at all either :P

[@antiseize11]

Wish they had made an arcade version

[@Jenovi]

We taking the 80s Sega game?

[@Bonesph]

That's ESU? Oh man lame. I thought it was a Oscorp or something.

[@ryanspalding8478]

Spiderman vs the kingpin is just a far superior game especially on sega cd

[@TheSvartdemon]

Interesting vid, never heard of some of the releases you mentioned in the video. Btw I drew spiderman on my page. Hope you see it. - Demon

[@Jenovi]

You did a great job!

[@taylormontgomery6128]

Chamillion?

[@Jenovi]

??

[@taylormontgomery6128]

Was that chameleon?

[@FreshTooDef247]

Hands down 🙌🏾 the sega version is better because of the levels and the music

[@ezehogan]

Rented this for the Sega Genesis back in the day and hated it. A few years ago I picked up a CIB copy for the SNES for cheap so I gave it another shot. I still hated it so I ended up selling it. To me it feels like another Acclaim cash in.

[@Jenovi]

I can understand why you would feel that way.

[@aroccoification]

4:41 bungie clearly stole master chief's look from this game

[@Jenovi]

RIGHT!?

[@ManDudeMcHumanGuy]

I don't know why, but Spiderman's walk animation in the majority of his games look awful.

[@boblowes]

Love a good Spider-Man game. But I hate the sprite design of Spidey on the SNES version. He's far too muscular, and his eyes are the wrong colour.

[@leonardoribeiro802]

Vale a pena jogar de novo

[@rekius328]

WHAT??? HALO ODST troopers in this game?!

[@Jenovi]

Right!?

[@the_real_MarcGyver]

so ubisoft/bungie ripped off the idea of master chief from a generic villain in oldschool 16-bit spider-man games. got it.

[@Jigsaw2383]

obscure? I saw that game everywere

[@Jenovi]

I never saw it, and it was extremely hard to find for the Genesis Complete.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

SNES graphics looked nicer to me when you did the side by side comparison. Awesome video as always man.

[@WOLVERINE25TH]

The connection to the animated series is superficial at best: the theme song, an exclusive character, the stock images in the manual (identified by Spidey lacking any sort of shading). Otherwise, it doesn't adapt any plot from the show, features villains that never appeared, and even predated the show's own usage of the Fantastic Four. My theory is it started out as a generic Spidey game and a decision was made to connect it to the show once it became a hit. Overall, I hated this game. The controls and plane swapping were annoying, and it was overall just ugly. I think the Genesis version at least LOOKS better, washed out colors and all, especially with some sweet Tom Lyle art on the title screen. But, yeah, this game just wasn't great.

[@2BitPlayers]

Subscribed! I loved this game as a kid but I never got very far in it haha! The only connections between this game and the Animated Series was the theme in the beginning and the art style is similar but that's about it. Great review! We played this over on our channel a few months back. Check it out! If you like it, give us a sub!

[@Jenovi]

You guys have a ton of videos! I'll check it out for sure. This and the 32X game were the only Sega Spider-man games I didn't play growing up. It was surprisingly fun once I got into it.

[@2BitPlayers]

Awesome! Hope you like our stuff! Yeah, I'm way behind on the Spider-Man games from that gen of consoles. This is really the only one I have ever played.

[@EDifyer881]

I'd rather play this than the tick or eek the cat ugh

[@Bonesph]

SNES version is 100 times better then SEGA.

[@cbuchner6862]

You hated Maximum Carnage but liked this one????? This is one of the worst Spidey games out there. Graphically, mechanically... it's terrible.

[@b_side8669]

Reason why the sega version kinda sucks a little is because you did say it this at the very very beginning of the video is that it was both the end of the life cycle of both the Genesis & the snes

[@Jenovi]

True!

[@fayztogokodo5928]

The True is this game is bad and so boring

[@Bonesph]

SNES was better one.

[@NoSpamForYou]

I just found out about this game today lol. Here to learn.

[@third.act.countdown]

¿¿¿Obscure???