Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Western Technologies and published by Acclaim and LJN in 1995, incorporating elements from the critically acclaimed 1990s Spider-Man cartoon series. The game was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The two versions of the game have the same basic story but have gameplay, level, and enemy differences.
The gameplay was similar to most titles of this decade, it was a side-scrolling action platformer. The game features six levels in the SNES version: a Laboratory, Construction Zone, Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, a showdown in J. Jonah Jameson's Penthouse, and Ravencroft Asylum, and 5 in the Genesis version: Laboratory, Coney Island and the Funhouse, The Deconstruction Zone, The Mean Streets of the City, and The Ravencroft Prison for the Insane.
The story is about four of Spider-Man's enemies escaping from Ravencroft prison, namely Dr. Octopus, The Green Goblin, Alistair Smythe, and the Alien Spider Slay and it's up to Spider-Man to stop them before they wreck New York City.
