Spider-Man Web of Fire - Sega 32X Review

[@nicknikiforou6939]

Your content is excellent. Entertaining and informative. The absence of cringe thumbnails with open mouth dumb faces and click bait titles makes me respect you even more.

[@Scurge237]

Facts

[@jackal327]

Open mouth is the worst thing. It's a soy boy thing

[@bshays21]

Same and he doesn't scream or do loud noises. I really enjoy watching these videos a lot.

[@matthewhall6288]

I purposefully avoid thumbnails with stupid faces.

[@LastCallHall]

And that stupid ass pink/purple lighting.

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

The guy actually loves sega but is still a very honest reviewer

[@Carsonj13]

I'm actually surprised he was so lenient on this game.

[@Liquidcadmus]

His honesty is what makes this channel great

[@codydfwn]

Unbiased. If he has any, he makes the viewer aware he may have some in the area. Love/admire that about him. Really doesn't rush his scripts for the sake of just pushing content. A true hero in the reviewing & retro community.

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Unlike some other Sega and Nintendo fanboys

[@neobogard]

@@PsychomachineryEBM Especially Nintendo fanboys. A respected game reviewer on youtube claims how the Nintendo DS is and was a better console than the Ps2.

[@daveruda]

The damage Sega did to themselves in the mid 90s is a tragedy that makes me sad even today.

[@Rationalific]

I agree. And may I ask, why, on Sonic's 30th Anniversary, are we not hearing anything from Sega about a new Sonic created by the Mania team? They had better be saving the huge surprise for later this year, when they will blow our socks off, or it will be another example of totally wasted potential and flipping the bird to their old fans who gave them success in the first place.

[@悪魔城下町]

Especially given how good the Saturn was.

[@SalivatingSteve]

@@Rationalific I think we’ll see a major new Sonic game unveiled during E3 next month.

[@markus7166]

​@@Rationalific how many sonic games do you need ?? Theyve made like 5 in the past 5 years 😂

[@Rationalific]

@@markus7166 You might want to instead ask "How many GOOD Sonic games do you need?". That's a much better question. As far as I'm concerned the last great one was in 2017 with Sonic Mania. The comment you responded to was made 2 years ago, in 2021, and specifically mentioned Sonic's 30th anniversary. What great (or even good) Sonic game came out for Sonic's 30th anniversary?

[@OG-SherlockHolmes]

This was probably supposed to be a Genesis game and Sega said screw it , throw it in the yellow cardboard

[@mattnova18]

I think it looks like it could have been an early 32x game.

[@SalivatingSteve]

@@mattnova18 The 32X was only on the market for about a year anyway, so they’re all “early 32x games” lol

[@georgeweeman9057]

I used to own the 32x, and lets not totally shit on the console. It had some good titles too like Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, and Star Wars Arcade. It wasn't up to par with my 3DO or even Sega CD at the time, but I did get some enjoyment out of it.

[@RichardCraig]

I got plenty of enjoyment out of mine back in the day too, but I bought mine on clearance for $20 along with Virtua Fighter and Doom each also $20... in my mind, I was getting VF and Doom for $30 each plus a free 32X in case I came across any other games, lol! It was a good buy, I ended up finding lots of clearance games for $5-20 each, almost had a complete set! This little story would be completely different if I'd spent $150 on a 32X and $40-50 per game. I would've cried.

[@woorusty]

I've only just played it for the first time. I'm actually enjoying it's games. There's a lot of games on it I'm really enjoying - more than I thought I'd would.......and I've paid current ebay prices lol. Different now days I guess, I bought it with low expectations. Had I bought it at launch it would have probably been a different story.

[@misutab6134]

@@RichardCraig 32X games originally retailed for $70, so you would have cried even harder if you had paid full retail.

[@Mr_x_19922]

This guy is just shitting on this game

[@greenskiis]

I'll never understand how companies released side-scrollers where the screen wouldn't scroll until you were already 2/3rds to the edge. Horrible design and a dead giveaway the game will be unnecessarily annoying and difficult.

[@RetroGameStream]

Been a lurker for a while but I had to comment on this. I had Nintendo mostly as a kid but in the late 90s I got to rent a Genesis with the 32x and a few games over a birthday weekend and this game was the most fun I had with the 32x. I also got Sonic 2 and spent most of my time with that, but I was impressed by the voice samples and the intro. I was just a kid, I didn't know any better!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yeah sadly the 32X was mostly some of the darkest days for the Genesis. The Genesis itself was incredible and out did itself numerous times but the 32X and to a lesser extent the Sega CD just weren't good add-ons. I mean the Sega CD at least had some decent games that made use of it's format but even it fell short more times than not.

[@paldinox1]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu At least the Sega CD was a good idea for the time, but it just had a lack of good software. The 32X was doomed from the start and IMO, is the leading factor of Sega's downfall during the mid 90s.

[@oddojaggins]

Wow, 8 year old me loved Maximum Carnage on the Genesis and I would have been severely disappointed by this game had I even knew the 32X existed. Maximum Carnage came on that awesome red cartridge and was even published by LJN. It was better looking and sounding with 16 bit hardware and most importantly, if you had the 6 button controller, had more web slinging options and attacks.

[@banzaicroc9227]

Is that the Allen Grant death scream from bluesky's jurassic park being used for the hydra grunts

[@mtshark7]

Yes and it's hilarious

[@Honre123]

I knew I wasn't crazy! I remember that sound all too well. AAAAHHH

[@paldinox1]

I imagine this game was intended to be just a regular Genesis release, but they decided to release it on the 32X at the end of its life just as a way to say "we tried".

[@737admirer]

I remember several sounds in this game to be the same in Jurassic Park games

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

Both were made by Blue Sky Software.

[@TheMovieHowze]

The music also reminds of that kickass Shadowrun game they made.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

@@TheMovieHowze They made that?!

[@TheMovieHowze]

SuperPlumbus Idk yep yep

[@mattnova18]

Jurassic park is a masterpiece compared to this!

[@JasonMontell2501]

More 32x please

[@FZuloaga]

That's what Sega was expecting from the audience.

[@Metaphysician2]

Said no one ever :p

[@darkchild130]

That final boss is the funniest thing I've seen all day.

[@Ruddskies]

Crazy how it’s worth $1500+ cib

[@craigluft7453]

he says Sega charging $70 is insulting, but if you had a time machine, you'd drive from store to store buying every copy you can, storing them in a safe place, zapping back to the present, and helping a bunch of dudes complete their 32x collections that is, after going a few years earlier and ordering copies of Magical Chase before they got steamrolled

[@Rando1975]

This may be the worst of the very expensive games out there.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

a day i come back home from work, pissed off as hell and fasting, then i see a new SLX video, then all is smooth , quality content and amazing video, life is good thanks to SLX!

[@slickrick13130]

32x gets a bad rap, but only because it was ahead of its time business model. Ps4 Pro, Xbox one x. did the exact same thing, not release a new system, just upgrading the system already available to hold people over for the next true Next Gen offering. 32x failed because the system besides virtua fighter and virtua racing still wasnt powerful enough to offer next level arcade ports. Saturn eventually did that.

[@Ro_Morgen]

It's not the same. You can play the same games on the PS4 Pro and Xbox one X and on the base consoles. There are no exclusive games for those upgraded consoles. The 32x was rubbish, with exclusive games that were bad or plain mediocre.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Ro_Morgen I think the biggest problem the 32X had was the fact that it was a creation of Sega of America to use as a stopgap until they could get the next console out. The problem was Sega Japan had very little interest in supporting it and they had no problem pulling the plug after a very short time completely undermining themselves. The 32X shouldn't have existed at all. If Japan had just put their foot down and kept SoA from putting it out they would have been in probably much better condition though considering how they handle the Saturn maybe their failure was inevitable.

[@HeXetic]

9:05 literally bitch-slapping the boss to death. Someone really thought that was the best way to have Spidey attack when hanging off the wall? A big, sweeping, back-handed bitch-slap? Not just like... a freaking punch?

[@brentwalker173]

We had a 32x. I'd play Doom and WWF Wrestlemania all the time. I didn't even realize we could have had better! Then my brother got a DC and his friend burned every new game for us. For a while there it was amazing. The passion for Sega never truly leaves!

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

32x definitely was not people expected from sega If they wouldn't have released 32x and focused on the Saturn then the Saturn would have atleast competeted n64

[@Hektols]

@@akhandtripathipyz9888 Or at least they could have made more games with the SVP chip, I'm pretty sure they could have made decent Model-1 ports of Virtua Star Wars and Virtua Fighter or a Doom port.

[@Diwasho]

@@akhandtripathipyz9888 It's not that Saturn was undercooked, it's just that Sega went in the wrong direction with it. Sega incorrectly assumed that it was going to be another generation focused on 2D games, thinking that nobody would want to make full jump to 3D on consoles yet when 3D games are still in their infancy and have lots of problems and limitations, as well as being difficult to develop compared to sprite based games. But gamers craved 3D anyway even if it was still janky and rough, Sega didn't realize that the public would rather prefer bad 3D games than fantastic looking 2D ones on new consoles so they banked everything on 2D and only gave Saturn the most basic 3D rendering capabilities. Nintendo did the opposite and went full 3D, giving N64 hardly any means to render 2D games. Only PlayStation was well balanced for both 2D and 3D, it didn't excel at either unlike Saturn and N64 but it could do both remarkably well so it's no surprise that it pulled ahead in the end.

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

@@Diwasho you're right

[@daveruda]

I know what you mean. We had an Amiga in the early 90s and some of the arcade ports were awful compared to the consoles. But we didnt know about that and enjoyed games like Street Fighter 2 anyway.

[@liublanka3925]

Thanks I have always been interested in this game and know nothing about it. Please do a Eternal champions sega cd episode

[@budwyzer77]

I bought this game for $20 back in 1997. Long story short- it kind of sucks. The key is to web and then jump-kick every enemy. Works 100% of the time. I'd feel like a complete asshole if I sold it to someone for its collector "value".

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I think I'd feel more like an asshole if I bought this game for that price. This game is a joke whoever buys it at it's inflated price is just insane.

[@mexicangomez31]

I’m a collector of early spiderman games. I would gladly buy it from you

[@budwyzer77]

@@mexicangomez31 Sorry, but I just can't. I bought the game when I was 11 and eventually beat it all the way through. It's absolutely not worth the collectors' cost. BlueSky developed the Vectorman games for the Genesis and those actually have *better* graphics than the Spider-Man 32X game they rushed out the door. Plus my copy crashed on the second level the last time I tried to play it. It's probably fine, but I have an EverDrive and zero desire to play this game again.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

More 32X please! I loved this system so much and still love the system and its games to this day… warts and all. And good grief there are some warts. Trying to figure out exactly what makes 32X games “not-mega-drive” games is all part of the fun. Keep the reviews coming, and keep ‘em honest. Yes, this Spider-man game is not a lot of fun.

[@gtrzdaddy]

32X was and still remains as one of my favorite consoles of all time because it was the first home console to receive near-arcade perfect Space Harrier and After Burner, not to mention the excellent Virtua Racing Deluxe.

[@ricardobarros1090]

And Virtua fighter!

[@matrixguardian4539]

You forgot to mention how stupidly expensive it was. Spider-Man: Web of Fire is the Sculptor’s Cut of the 32x. For those who don’t know, Sculptor’s Cut or to be more precise, Clay Fighter: Sculptor’s Cut for the Nintendo 64 is a prime example of a rare game that’s not worth picking up.

[@jeffb.6642]

He mentioned near the end of the video that it was $70.

[@Rando1975]

@@jeffb.6642 he's talking about purchasing the game today. Complete in box, it's going for about $1500.

[@kyelemoler]

SO much good content!

[@johncarolina4950]

When Sega Lord X uploads and you just got that live resin cartridge >>>>>>

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

i first read about Web of Fire on an EGM from the early 2000s that was covering the Spider-man movie game, it wasn't a review it was just a short mention of the game, i didn't even know what a 32x was, but that subtitle "Web of Fire", my imagination would run wild thinking what a game with a subtitle like that was like. Too bad it turned out to not be good at all

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

From the look and sound of it though I've gotta say it should have taken the web of lies title instead of that PS2/ 360 game. I mean wow what a complete waste of effort.

[@gamingblowsofficial]

Hey, how come you fully stopped appearing in your videos? That aside, as always, I’m still amazed by your release schedule.

[@alphawoolf5981]

I picked up this game for $3. Played up to the 2nd level and was bored silly. Then I found out there were only 3000 copies made! I'm convinced everybody who's played this has gone ahead and sold on at a markup (me included). But there is absolutely nothing about this game to warrant the extreme prices it sells for.

[@akalyx]

"i don't wanna hear some dude singing buttrock" -dave from gamesack

[@DarkReturns1]

🤣

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Man I wish Dave appeared more on gamesack!

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

That reminds me, I need to pick up the Spider-Man game on Sega CD. That game is much better and much cheaper.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I'm not that surprised, Sega CD got all the love. Considering the 32X was entirely an invention of SoA and was never really supported in any significant way by the HQ back in Japan it's not really that surprising it failed so spectacularly.

[@robertpeacock894]

I love that in internal documents the 32X was a response to the Atari Jaguar! They made a console to fight back against a console that didn’t sell more than 250,000 units. I guess those commercials teasing 16-bit hurt their feelings?

[@kennethd4958]

I remember seeing 32x on TRU shelves for $20 back in 1996-97. Web of Fire was a huge letdown. Really wish the 32x would have went out with a killer title.

[@archimagirus_sancti]

Love your channel dude; keep it up! I still bust out the 32x now and then for Virtua Fighter and Doom haha

[@georgeweeman9057]

Virtua Fighter really amazed me back in the day...Still looks damn good!

[@CoChoBuiDoi]

This guy deserves 500k subs with his story telling and gaming knowledge.

[@SkunkStarlight]

Wow, that final boss is an utter embarrassment.

[@SamuelWei]

the final boss - NO JOKE lol

[@ShinobiWan1]

A nice 'heads up' on how to beat him lol

[@rodrigogirao8344]

Believe it or not, the 32X was created because Hayao Nakayama was afraid of the Atari Jaguar.

[@Bushidounohana]

Such a great perspective. As a kid, I was always a Nintendo fanboy, but in my heart of hearts always marveled at the innovation, experimentation, and just plain “cool kid” factor that Sega embodied in the early Genesis days. While the peripheral expansion of the aging system proved to be the beginning of the end, as it were, it was a combination of ill-conceived hardware and even worse software support as you allude to. There’s an old adage that says “you can’t polish a turd,” and while the underlying technology may have held promise if given the right support, it seems the 32X was destined to be such a turd almost from the get-go. I often wonder what the gaming world might be like if Sega still existed as it did in those early Genesis days, and what kind of innovation it might have spurred. Thank you as usual for the tremendous work, thought provoking and engaging content as always!

[@roxynano]

You make a really good point but it important to know that this game was rushed out to release at all. It was the final game released on the 32X and if the team asked for a delay to make it even better, then it would probably be cancelled. At the time it released, 32X was already old news and if it got the time in development it needed, then it would release at a time where it would produce even less sales. The criticisms are still valid but the rushed nature is the reason behind them.

[@Turbulation1]

It probably would be better as late Genesis title considering most of the game could work flawlessly on the default system.

[@larryregal1172]

I'd love to see a stand alone review of both Evander Holyfield Boxing & Greatest Heavyweights on Sega Genesis 👍 Maybe you can cover all Genesis boxing games eventually.. Muhammad Ali boxing for the Genesis was a game I liked & had as a kid as well... Riddick Bowe boxing for Super Nintendo I played on Emulator & it almost (I think it might have been ) seems like it was made by the same team as it's really similar... I Love your channel & content.. Please keep up the good work & I hope you read this & consider doing reviews on the four games I mentioned & continue doing reviews on 16 bit boxing games.. Another interesting thought popped in my head.. Foes of Ali for 3do.. It's the origin of knockout kings.. I had it when I picked up a 3do dirt cheap in 1997.. I remember it being really interesting & not completely terrible...

[@simonrobinson1566]

Haha - our minds work the same way sometimes. I was thinking 'why didn't they make that sky web thing out of a 'Mode 7' 3D background layer?' - and then you said it! This would have been one little piece of programming that would have lifted the presentation of virtually the whole game! The sky effect that did make it is piss poor. Great video!

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

I honestly don't think Spidey started getting good games until the true 32bit generation. And of course, his games are just gold these days. But at least he was treated better than Superman. Lol. 💜

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Is there a good superman game? Maybe a 2d beat-em up I'm unaware of?

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

@@Michael.Hunt.14-52 I can't think of one! Lol. Maybe Justice League Task Force? Best I can come up with. And even that was mediocre.

[@thebest12700]

@@Michael.Hunt.14-52 superman arcarde was decent lol superman gets a bad rep in everything tv movies and games.

[@TheTrueBro]

@@Michael.Hunt.14-52 Death of Superman was a very fantastic beat em up for both Genesis and SNES.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@thebest12700 Yeah I'd say the arcade version is as close as he got to a good game. It's truly amazing how they can never make even a decent superman though. I don't think I even saw a review of the 360 game that came out.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

That final boss fight was incredible. SLX really had to bust out those pro-gamer skillz to topple that _absolute beast_ of Artificial Intelligence, lmao. XD

[@j.goggels9115]

The 32X allows you to play 3D games on the Mega Drive as well as fulfill its original purpose: arcade perfect ports. Doom, Virtua Racing, Star Wars Arcade, FIFA 3D, Motocross Championship, Virtua Fighter / After Burner, Mortal Kombat II, Space Harrier, NBA Jam, WWF Arcade. Sega had a Spider-Man Arcade at the time. Blue Sky would have been well-inspired to port this arcade game. Instead they went for a platformer, a genre which they successfully renewed with their great Vectorman 1 and 2 on the Mega Drive. Wiith Knuckles Chaotix, Spider-Man Web Of Fire is one of the rare instances of a 32X platformer. Because of physics, Spider-Man makes a great platform game character. The Mega CD had already produced a great Spider-Man game with a kill3r soundtrack and lots of extra contents. Pile up all the things I just said, that already gives you a crazy high expectation. Does the game meet them? No.

[@SPac316]

As of this writing, the game now goes for $1,400+ CiB in the aftermarket. No game should be worth that much, especially this one. $70 for this game doesn't sound so bad now. You'd be lucky if you found the game complete for that price!

[@LeoVaderBR]

Yeah… it’s getting clearer in my mind how Sega of America ended up failing by being a branching strategy for a global market, back then. Great content, as always, Sega Lord X! Thank you!

[@pixelperfectpaddy]

Great, a honest piece of review! Imo there were the early games that showed the potential of the 32X. I remember having lot of fun with Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Racing and Doom when I was kid :)

[@skins4thewin]

Hell I dunno, I don't think the game looks THAT bad graphically. It's got loads of parallax scrolling & some nice looking backdrops, & the spritework looks pretty decent. The colors kinda suck tho considering the 32x had a far better color palette than the Genesis.

[@Freneticburn]

I remember buying a 32x on clearance at a kmart for like $50 because I didn't think I would be able to afford a saturn. Got Doom, Shadow Squadron, Space Harrier, Toughman Contest, and Quarterback club. Back then I was a kid so all my games were used bought from rental places. I lucked out though. Bought so many amazing games dirt cheap because rental places and kids just didn't know what they had. I scored a sega CD with a bunch of games by trading 6 really good genesis games to a kid and I got a saturn from funcoland with a handful of really good SNES games I got from trading with friends and people at school.

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

This is the video i didnt know i needed. Funny how such an expensive game has such a mediocre reputation

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It's surprising how often a game that's not really fun to play or good for that matter actually has ridiculous prices simply for the fact it's hard to find.

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu that's definitely something I've learned since I started collecting for the 32x. Pretty wild

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Michael.Hunt.14-52 Yeah the 32X library is definitely more misses than hits. There are a handful of good ones but not nearly as many as the bad/meh ones.

[@greenkoopa]

Oof. I can play bad games all day, but the people that have the balls to finish them are legends

[@SuperNintendoZach]

Hi, just wondering what batman game you show in credits? Love your channel.

[@doodoobrn]

10:41 What article is that

[@aderitosantos1695]

This game could be run on Sega Genesis, all scene digitalized and Sprites pre-render SGI

[@ismaeljawad9972]

Even though I didn't have the chance to play many of the games you review, there isn't a single video I watched that I didn't like. Quality productions ever single time.

[@kingstarscream320]

The gameplay looks fun. Reminds me of Mysterios Menace which was amazing.

[@Akiga_games]

Awesome episode! I am a huge Spider-Man fan but this game does not look very fun to me! I enjoyed this episode and your Sega viewpoints and honesty! Awesome video SLX!

[@argedismun2]

Sega should of gave us Spider-Man the arcade game for the 32x

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

That would have been amazing.

[@gp63]

Thank you for the review. I don't understand how this dude doesn't have hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

[@mtshark7]

Amazing review man! I just recently acquired this game and, I agree, it could definitely be played on a Genesis. The hardest part about the game is the BS time limit at the end of the game. I kept failing so I did the level skip to past it lol.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I worked at Babbages in 96 when these things started to be heavily discounted. This game and the Star Wars Arcade 32X version looked good enough on the box art and almost made me pull the trigger on getting one. Even though Spider Man apparently isn't that great still wished I would have gotten one given how cheap they were and they're becoming sort of a collector's item now.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yeah I've had a lot of those kind of experiences. Where I look back now and think man I could have gotten a great game or a very valuable game for literally nothing compared to today.

[@maxxdahl6062]

virtua fighter and virtua racing were really good on 32x too.

[@RetroJedi9]

The death scream sounds like it was recycled from blue sky's jurassic park

[@giosilva3862]

Lol yes

[@edwest2263]

Too bad, Blue Sky had a ton of quality titles under their belt: Jurassic Park, JP: Rampage Edition, Vectorman 1 & 2, Kolibri. How did this turn out so bad... Fun observation: the scream when an enemy dies is the same as in the JP game.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It's a sad statement about how little they really cared about putting out decent software for the poor 32X. I mean here's a company that should have been able to put out a good product but they probably were given a ridiculously short time to get it done and no budget.

[@Turbulation1]

Blue Sky was also incharge of the cancelled Superman PlayStation version and it would have been miles better than the N64 version, ashame they couldn't publish it because of licensing issues with Titus.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Turbulation1 If the unreleased ROM that was leaked last year as any indication now the PlayStation version wasn't much better no matter what people kept saying. Of course it had serious issues so maybe if it had actually been properly released it wouldn't be a mess.

[@Mr_x_19922]

4:15 I disagree, those pre rendered background look very good

[@jallard5764]

My opinion Maximum Carnage for the Sega Genesis is the best Spiderman game Sega ever made. Great video thanks for sharing😀

[@majorjoe23]

I’m surprised Sega didn’t just port the Spider-Man arcade game to the 32x instead of this.

[@martinholden9686]

As usual you're bang on right here Sega Lord. What gets me is if Sega still had a Spider-man game license in them why the hell not bring over Segas Spider-man the Arcade game instead of this thing! Stick to Spider-man vs the kingpin guys with the Mega CD version if possible.

[@c9875]

Alright. Is it just me, or does the background in the refinery level look exactly like the background from Scene 16 in Vectorman 2?

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Considering it's the same studio yeah I believe it.

[@jeisin1]

Insert Dr. Grant Jurassic Park Death sound

[@benitosierrajr3958]

4:14 Look I don’t mind pre-rendered graphics in video games, but it’s not just about how amazing it looks, but also how well you use it for games with fast paced fun and/or action, (See the Donkey Kong Country games for example), Spider-Man: Web of Fire unfortunately doesn’t use it to good results.

[@jamesmoss3424]

It could be a good spider-man game.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

"Could've been"

[@djstyles97]

I remember being one of those dumb kids who fell for the 32X because of Star Wars Arcade and Virtua Racing. Those games were excellent. It almost felt like a next-gen console when compared to the Genesis Virtua Racing (which wasn't too bad for the time either). Then I got my hands on Doom and knew something was up. It play well and was better than what I could run on my PC at the time. MK2 was an OK improvement over the Genesis. It was then World Series Baseball that made me feel scammed. The game was EXACTLY THE SAME. Then I got NBA JAM: TE and WWF Raw and essential gave up on the system 5 minutes later. Being a young teen at the time with limited funds I was pretty mad that I missed out on some great Genesis releases because of EGM and Gamepro hyping up the system so much in the beginning. Heck, I haven't even played Ristar yet to this day!

[@christopherlesage5995]

In 1994, my brother and I got duped into buying the 32x. I think we only ever got to play a handful of games on it. Back in the day, we would have at least enjoyed renting this one.

[@mikel6989]

70 dollars is a cheap price to pay compared to what these go for now a days

[@ahok1937]

"once you rescue Daredevil you can use his ability to damage everything on the screen" yeah 100% comics accurate

[@carlozduerson2935]

I love your videos as always, but this is the second MANDELA EFFECT I FOUND regarding you channel. I read 7 YEARS ago, this game never saw the light of day due to obvious reasons. This game was cancelled with 60% of the game complete. In 2016, someone was working on the rest of the game and said the would release it in 2018. I didn't here anymore about it and now you say March 1996. Hmmmm. The thing was cancelled in 1995. ( sega 32x ) so releasing this in 96 makes no sense. But that's the nature of the MANDELA EFFECT, IT SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE.

[@supersexysega]

You're dead ass wrong.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It was probably one of many other canceled games, doesn't surprise me at all.

[@carlozduerson2935]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu yeah it's weird I can't find where this game was cancelled at all when I watch 3 or 4 whole videos of this game plus all the online info I read, well...... if I'm being honest, I'm happy about this now I can play the game now. I love the MANDELA EFFECT in this way.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@carlozduerson2935 Someone mentioned it had an incredibly small run like 1500 units. It's apparently one of the hardest (if not the hardest) to find game in the entire 32X library.

[@SalivatingSteve]

“They had the audacity to charge $70 for it.” - sounds like Returnal for the PS5 😂

[@vicchopin]

1:52 oh look at that typo!!

[@TheOnjLouis]

Someone got incredibly lazy with the music here. Reusing the Roland SC-55 D snare from the Power Kit is one thing, but not even changing the pitch of it or doing anything special to mask it is something else entirely. You were correct when you said this music was very forgettable. Beyond repetitive, dull, boring and uninspired. As a musician myself I find this to be an utter travesty. It hardly shows the power of the system or the game as a whole.

[@InfiniCalendar]

Great video as always, SLX. You always make me want to go play some Sega.

[@leotheblackmexican585]

Saga Jurassic park death sound when u kill n the music sound similar too

[@caseyhayes4590]

I remember the Phantasy Star IV and Virtua Racing Genesis carts late in the console's life on store shelves for $90...those games were actually worth a premium price at the time. They were the best of their genre on 16-bit consoles. $70 for this within the same calendar year and also required a $150 add-on? Good grief.

[@caseyhayes4590]

Sega CD Spider-Man is a very good game that offers something beyond typical 16-bit software. The Sega CD was more "next gen" than the 32X in many ways with just a handful of exceptions in 32x library. Sega already had their machine that straddled the 16-bit and 32-bit era with increased power and CD sound but the amazing software was somehow hidden from casual gamers.

[@Konuvis]

I did enjoy my 32X for a short while when I got it. I had Doom and to me it was a close port of the PC version which kind of blew my mind. Similarly After Burner felt arcade perfect to me and at the time, having something close to arcade level at home was amazing. I only got 3 games and moved on to the PSX very quickly though.

[@mattheinrich4792]

What game do you think actually shows the 32x ability? I don’t know of any off hand that really set it apart.

[@SegaLordX]

I think the 2 Super Scaler games showed great promise(Space Harrier/After Burner II) but they were older. Sega should have brought forward Outrunners and Galaxy Force II instead. Virtua Racing Deluxe and Star Wars Arcade were decent. More games like those would have helped. Doom was actually the skeleton of a good game it just needed more content and a decent soundtrack.

[@mattheinrich4792]

@@SegaLordX I forgot all about Star Wars on 32x! Good examples. Great video as always!

[@boblowes]

I can see why Sega wanted a Spider-Man game on the 32X. Spider-Man had been a solid contender on the Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis and Mega/Sega CD. But Web of Fire is an average Spidey title at best. It could have been pretty good if they'd been able to harness the power of the 32X. I think it needs 6 button controller support, and Spider-Man should have had more extensive web attacks, that made full use of his abilities. That could have changed the gameplay up considerably.

[@jesusesquivelgarcia]

I always admire that 32X.. I think it’s underrated and people are hating it too much. Although I think it’s a miss understood item

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It's biggest problem is the fact it was never really properly utilized. At least the Sega CD had CD sound and FMVs. The 32X was a poorly supported product seemingly farted out by SoA to artificially extend the life of the Genesis. It had the potential to be so much more but it was never given the proper support it would have needed to truly succeed.

[@crzyruskie86]

32x was such a scam in general.

[@edwest2263]

Indeed it was. I always wanted a 32X and loathed the Sega CD. Later in life I got both. Sega CD is one of the most misunderstood consoles of all time, and has many must have games. 32X is pure garbage, save a few games.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@edwest2263 And I think the reason for that is simple. The Sega CD was an officially created thing straight from Japan that had a significant amount of support from Japan. Meanwhile the 32X was a cobbled together stopgap created entirely for the US market by the US wing of Sega because of the Genesis's continued success here in the states.

[@maxxdahl6062]

I don't think it was a scam. Just a horrible move. They should have just kept using the SVP chip as a 3D upgrade for the genesis.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu The sega cd died out in japan long before it did in the US.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@maxxdahl6062 I'll be honest I pretty much ignored the 32X and Sega CD completely when they were out so the exact details are not well known to me. I know that most "games" that they advertised for the Sega CD was terrible FMV video based stuff. But I agree they should have just used that chip to extend the life of the Genesis. Both add-ons had serious insignificant pitfalls and even though Sega CD was the better of the two I felt both were fairly superfluous in the long run.

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

The best Spider - Man game ever made, was Maximum Carnage in my book. I have never played Spider - Man Web of Fire, but it's interesting to see the difference to the Spidey games i've played.

[@BeB02090]

Weather this game misses the mark or not, you sure don't. Thank you SLX. Another ace in the hole to add to the collection of superb content. 👌

[@adayinforever]

You should do a video about what could have been. Like an alternate history if Sega and done things vastly different. What if you did a crossover video with Alternate History Hub? That would be awesome!

[@retrogamaniac3673]

This guy and his channel are pure gold, nothing more to add.

[@claybaxter3202]

No bullshit content and honesty. Rare these times.

[@samfrito]

As great as Space Harrier and After Burner on 32x were the add-on rarely showed off what it could really do with the right budget, the right developer and the proper development cycle. Thanks for acknowledging this turd. I loved Spider-Man for Genesis and Sega CD, but never bought this (just played it through emulation on RPii) and wow, it still stings. Thanks, SLX!

[@JustPeasant]

If you want to witness what vanilla Genesis/MegaDrive could to in terms of sprite size, animation, 3D scrolling and soundtrack, then try Toy Story (1996 in NA, Traveller's Tales & Psygnosis). Spider-Man Web of Fire looks meager compared!

[@NEONTRASHPRODUCTIONS]

Great overview of this game, Sega and the failure of their poor marketing decisions. I too am a Sega fan but nobody can deny they made a lot of missteps back in the day.

[@crisgadelhart]

"So, we have Spider-Man AND Daredevil license! Wich villains can we use as bosses for the game?" "We should use THE EEL!" "Excellent, let's release it!"

[@RappingNinja]

I always thought the color and spritework in this game really POPPED. Especially the color. Always made me want to give it a try.

[@nightbirdds]

I was wondering why Web of Fire's music sounded familiar. It was done by Brian Schmidt. He did a lot of stuff for EA like Crue Ball and Jungle Strike. Doesn't sound like he was trying that hard for this one. As I recall, though, the fact Web of Fire was released at all was down to it being far enough along that Sega could say "Ship It" and move on. To put it another way, it wasn't finished.

[@justusbowman]

Good review. I played this one. It's okay. Like you said, 32X games needed to be superior in some way, and this didn't feel more advanced.