Subject: Spider-Baal... Spider-Baal... Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:08 am
Making LPs of Spider-Man!
Spoiler:
Ahhh, Activision. Before the days of Kotick, fucking over Tim Schafer and Guitar Hero, you were a genuinely good company.
And Neversoft, developing fun video games like this one and the Tony Hawk games... well back when it was just Tony Hawk Pro Skateboarding, anyways.
You guys aren't ready for this, I know you aren't so that's why I put this picture of the loading screen up... to warn you to get your bodies ready.
*Cue the best Spider-Man Theme ever*
And here is the man of our dreams, IN ALL OF HIS PIXELATED GLORY!
I always liked how Neversoft took caution with these games knowing little kids would be playing it and made a mode so easy, even I felt insulted as a child and just went to Easy difficulty.
SCIENCE!
Oh yay, Doc Ock.
Oh hey Peter, how's i- OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?! EDDIE, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO PE-
NO, EDDIE THEY GOT YOU TOO!
I like how the guard sits there talking for a little bit more right after the "Intruder" gets his hands on him.
Who could this mysterious man beating up guards be?
OH MY GOD, IT'S SUPAIDAMAN! COME FROM JAPAN TO TAKE HIS REVENGE ON NOT HAVING AS MUCH EXPOSURE!
Peter and Eddie are... surprised, I guess?
How did you two bump into each other when everyone else is black and Eddie has such a bright jacket?
Oh well, no time to look at Peter clearly and think straight, LET'S GET PICTURES! PICTURES OF SUPAIDAMAN!
You know Eddie, capturing him would also get Jameson's attention too, YOU ARE VENOM.
Uh-oh.
Myster- uhhhh Supaidman, you dick!
Oh man, he killed my camera! Now what am I gonna do about him? If I only I had turned into Venom!
"BROCK WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE? YOU'RE FIRED UNTIL YOU GET A PROPERLY RENDERED ONE!"
"And you also didn't turn into Venom to catch SUPAIDAMAN?! You're double fired!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T DOUBLE FIRE SOMEONE, MS. BRANT? FINE BROCK, YOU'RE REHIRED!"
"NOW YOU'RE REFIRED!"
FINALLY! It only took you 10 minutes, but better late than never, NOW GO CHASE HIS ASS DOWN!
Christ, even on the PS1 his tongue resembles Gene Simmons'.
AND NOW, WE'RE OFF!
Oh gee, two thinly veiled villains, one with robotic arms and the hopping up and down like a madman. I WONDER WHO THESE COULD BE? Probably, Colossus and Wolverine.
Oh hey, Ock's machine... wonder how that got there.
OH NO, GREEN MIST! How diabolical.
I love how every level started off with one of these comic covers to show it off, it was really creative. It's a shame this stopped happening in later games.
Sup, Baxter Building?
Let's get ready to play as Spidey, TRUE BELIEVERS!
Oh hey it's Black Cat... with Jennifer Hale reprising her role from the 90s cartoon and from back in her Powerpuff Girls days.
Nope, nope... it's too obvious. Anyways it's kind of funny how later Jennifer Hale would go on to voice Silver Sable in Ultimate Spider-Man, another female Spidey enemy with an animal theme.
And now to explain the HUD, because I'm sure most of you need explaining since I doubt any of you played this game when you were younger. Anyways, the meter on the right of Spidey's portrait is the health bar, below his portrait you'll see the web meter which when it depletes moves on to another cartridge until the cartridge's reach zero. And on the bottom-right of the screen, you'll see the handy-dandy Spider Compass which leads us to our goal.
Are you guys ready for this? BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO GET CRAZY IN HERE!
HOLY SHIT! DO YOU SEE THESE MAD WEB-SWINGING SKILLS?! IT'S LIKE I'M REALLY SPIDER-MAN!
And there are the web cartridges, I can hold up to 10.
Ah man, Spider Sense is tingling, better get to higher ground to scope out for enemies!
Speak of the mook.
TIME TO KICK SOME ASS.
I can web them up into submission.
I can punch them in the face.
I can kick them in the face.
I can... oh god, look at his face. That's one only a mother could love.
And Black Cat came and told me about some assholes trying to rob the bank. Also, I forgot to bring this up, Spidey is voiced by Rino Romano in this game. If you don't know who that is let me make it clear, he voiced Batman in The Batman and Luis Sera in Resident Evil 4. He's also Canadian, so he deserves props for being one of the only Canadian voice actors to get out of Canadian shit and get into American voice-acting. I'd say the same for Scott McNeil but he was way too far into shit back in the 90s before getting over here.
Alright, there's a health pickup. It should be obvious what they do.
And here are our new mooks, guys with guns and ski masks. I'll call them all "Bob" for short and while I'm at it, let's call the other guys I beat up "Steve" for short as well.
I love how the game lets them wail on me in the middle of a scene.
And you can also Web-Yank people.
INTO THE BANK.
And here is where I will stop for the day. NEXT TIME, WE SAVE THE BANK FROM DESTRUCTION!
Kimarous CP9 Agent
Posts : 6399 Joined : 2008-08-03 Age : 35 Location : Canada
Subject: Re: Spider-Baal... Spider-Baal... Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:20 am
Oh man... trip down Memory Lane. Although I never had a PS1, so I had the N64 version that turned the cutscenes into comicbook-style clipshows.
SimianWonder Simian D. Wonder
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Subject: Re: Spider-Baal... Spider-Baal... Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:52 am
I've still got this for my old PS. Fond memories.
Superbuu3 Raziel
Posts : 41040 Joined : 2008-07-31 Age : 2023 Location : Nosgoth
Subject: Re: Spider-Baal... Spider-Baal... Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:55 am
Wow shattered dimensions really went for the retro look.