Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

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Mega Drive Game Gear
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Flying Edge
Developer: Software Creations, The Black Team
Distributor: Hent Gruppen (SE rental)
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.4
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1993 $49.9549.95 T-81136 EU 1993-11 T-81136-50 UK 1993-11 £39.9939.99 T-81136-50 SE (Rental) 199x AU 199x FARC08SMC US 1994-03 $34.9534.95 T-81158
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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is an action game starring both the Spider-Man and X-Men comic book franchises. It was released for both the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear.

Story

Arcade

While swinging his web throughout the city, Spider-Man notices the disappearances of X-Men Cyclops, Storm, and Wolverine. He then notices a tube from a garbage truck sucking up Gambit and recognizes the truck as belonging to supervillain Arcade. He tracks Arcade down to an abandoned building. Inside, he, along with Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine and Gambit, are placed in the deadly games of Murderworld, a simulated program designed by Arcade to torture and kill his victims.

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

Heroes

The game is an action platformer in which the player must complete each Marvel hero's stages to play a final battle with Arcade and escape. Each character has a different gameplay style and unique special abilities. Characters move with and , kneel with , and jump with .

Characters have energy bars that go down as they take damage from enemies and hazards. They lose a life if they run out of energy. Lives are shared between the characters. The game ends if the player runs out of lives.

Characters

	Spider-Man
	Spider-Man automatically clings to walls when he jumps onto them and climbs them with and . He throws out a web line and swings from it by holding ; he can then use and to swing higher or lower on the web. This can be used to reach higher platforms. Spider-Man kicks while swinging, which can be used to attack enemies. He can shoot a web line while climbing. Spider-Man shoots web bolts with . He can shoot web bolts while jumping, kneeling, or climbing.
	Wolverine
	Wolverine punches with and uppercuts with . Either button punches when jumping or kneeling. Wolverine unsheathes (or retracts) his claws with +. While his claws are out, he can attack weak walls to destroy them.
	Cyclops
	Cyclops crouches with and stays crouched unless he stands up with . He punches and kicks with . He fires an optic blast with , which can be aimed at an upward angle with + or at a downward angle (while crouching) with +. Some enemies are immune to the optic blast.
	Storm
	In the underwater stages, Storm swims in any direction with the D-Pad. She floats up when no direction is pushed. She fires lightning bolts with . If she collects a whirlwind item, she can create a whirlwind with . The whirlwind wanders around a small area, causing damage to anything it touches. If she collects a lightning storm item, she can release a lightning storm with . The lightning storm attacks with lightning bolts in eight directions. Storm's energy bar is replaced with eight air supply bubbles, which she loses the longer she spends underwater and when she takes damage. Air bubbles are replenished when she surfaces for air or from bubbles that percolate from the floor in some spots. In her final stage, Storm walks normally and jumps higher than other characters. She shoots lightning bolts with , which can be aimed at an upward angle with + or at a downward angle (while crouching) with +. She emanates whirlwinds from herself with . The whirlwind attack is limited; the amount of whirlwinds is shown next to the extra lives.
	Gambit
	Gambit throws kinetically charged playing cards with . These cards can be thrown upwards with + or while crouching with +. He has a deck of 52 cards. There is a meter that goes down as he throws cards; he cannot throw cards if the meter is empty. Gambit can replenish his playing cards by picking up cards dropped by defeated enemies. He can defeat enemies by running into them, but this costs health and enemies defeated in this manner do not drop cards. Gambit can throw a "Joker" card with , which causes fireballs to radiate out from him. These cards are limited; the amount possessed is shown next to the extra lives.

Items

	Extra Life
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Extra Energy
	Restores a partial amount of energy.

Spider-Man

	Silver Spider
	Awards 50 bonus points.
	Gold Spider
	Awards 100 bonus points.
	Red Spider
	Awards 500 bonus points.
	Diamond
	Awards 100 bonus points.

Cyclops

	Extra Energy
	Restores a partial amount of energy.
	Power Blast
	Temporarily empowers the optic blast so it can defeat any enemy in a single blast. The energy bar flashes while this effect is active.

Storm

	Whirlwind
	Gives Storm another use of her whirlwind ability. These pearls are released from oysters when they are attacked.
	Lightning Storm
	Gives Storm another use of her lightning storm ability.

Gambit

	Lucky Star
	Awards 50 bonus points. Every 100 stars collected awards an extra life.
	Playing Card
	Restores 7 playing cards. These are dropped by defeated enemies.
	Full Deck
	Completely restores Gambit's playing cards, including 2 Jokers, and awards 500 bonus points.
	Bonus "B"
	Restores 26 playing cards and half of Gambit's energy and awards 5,000 bonus points.
	Ball Bonus
	Rolls the doomball backwards and awards 250 bonus points.
	Diamond
	Awards 500 bonus points.

Stages

The opening stage is played as Spider-Man at the start of the game.

After it is completed, the player can choose to play the stages of any character in any order. The player can switch characters after completing a stage. Each character's second stage can only be played after completing the first.

Once they have all been completed, the player plays an additional short stage for every character. The final stage is played as Spider-Man.

	Opening
	Spider-Man must de-activate the "Security Eyes" in a set order (as indicated by the Spider-Sense) to enter the building.
	Wolverine 1
	A funhouse with enemies resembling the clown villain Obnoxio the Clown. The boss is Apocalypse.
	Wolverine 2
	A rampaging Juggernaut chases Wolverine.
	Cyclops 1
	Set in the Genosha underground Sentinel mines. The boss is Master Mold.
	Cyclops 2
	The boss is Master Mold.
	Storm 1
	Underwater maze level with Storm having a limited air supply. She must destroy the capsules to raise the water level.
	Storm 2
	Gambit 1
	A cave where Gambit is chased by the doomball, a giant spiked ball.
	Gambit 2
	The screen scrolls up automatically and can crush Gambit between objects. The boss is the Black Queen (Selene).
	Spider-Man 1
	The bosses are Shocker and N'astirh.
	Spider-Man 2
	The bosses are Rhino and Carnage.
	Final
	The boss is Arcade.

History

Development

The Mega Drive Arcade's Revenge was converted from the Super NES version, and did not arrive on the platform until a full year later.

UK advertising suggests a version for the Master System was also planned at one stage, but ultimately cancelled along with the listed European Game Gear release.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Software Creations Development Team

• Programming: Peter Andrew, Peter Harrison
• Artwork: Gavin Eagleton
• Music: Sound Images

Acclaim Development By "The Black Team"

• Mark Flitman, Donn Nauert, Mike Arkin, Tom Rademacher, Joe Allocco, Linda Spelman
• Special Thanks: Mike Follin, Stephen Ruddy, Kevin Edwards, Coffee

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In-game credits

Game Gear version

Software Creations Development Team

• Programmed by: Mike Ager, Craig Mitchell
• Graphics by: Gavin Eagleton
• Music by: Alistair Brimble

Acclaim Development by The Black Team

• Mark Flitman, Mike Archer, Tyrone Miller, Joe Allocco, J.J Mazziotto, Linda Spelman

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

File:Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge MD US TVAdvert.mp4

US TV Advert

File:Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge MD US TVAdvert.mp4

Print advert in (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
• (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)

Print advert in (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Game Gear print advert in (US) #0501: "February 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Game Gear print advert in (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in (UK) #1: "January 1994" (1993-12-10)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score (RU) 50 (UK) PAL 54 (US) NTSC-U 88 (US) NTSC-U 95 (UK) 70 (AU) PAL 62 (FR) PAL 84 (UK) PAL 45 (UK) PAL 84 (FR) 85 (UK) PAL 71 (UK) PAL 78 (UK) PAL 46 (UK) PAL 80 (UK) PAL 80 (SE) PAL 53 (RU) 67

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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

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Mega Drive, FR
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Mega Drive, SE (rental; Hent; orange)
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Game Gear version

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Publication Version Score (UK) 88 (UK) PAL 45 (US) NTSC-U 60 (US) NTSC-U 70 (US) NTSC-U 65 (FR) PAL 85 (UK) 89 (UK) PAL 51 (AU) 80 (ES) 78 (US) NTSC-U 80

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Technical information

Main article: Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge/Technical information.