Spider-Man (2002 video game)
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| Developer(s) | Treyarch |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Distributor(s) |
Marvel Entertainment Columbia Pictures |
| Designer(s) | Tomo Moriwaki Akihiro Akaike |
| Composer(s) | Michael McCuistion Dick De Benedictis |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (Xbox) 78.37% (GBA) 77.56% (GC) 76.31% (PS2) 75.63% (PC) 75.14% |
| Metacritic | (Xbox) 79/100 (GC) 77/100 (GBA) 76/100 (PS2) 76/100 (PC) 75/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
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| Edge | 4/10 |
| EGM | (GBA) 6.67/10 6.5/10 (PS2) 6.33/10 |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Game Informer | (GBA) 8.5/10 (Xbox) 8.25/10 (GC) 8/10 (PS2) 7.75/10 |
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| Game Revolution | B (PS2) C+ |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 (GC & PS2) 7.4/10 (GBA) 7.2/10 |
| GameSpy | (Xbox) 80% (PC) 78% (GC) 76% (PS2) 72% |
| GameZone | (GC) 9.2/10 (PS2) 9/10 (Xbox) 8.8/10 (PC) 8.3/10 (GBA) 7/10 |
| IGN | (GBA) 8.8/10 (PS2) 8.4/10 (PC) 8/10 (GC) 7.6/10 |
| Nintendo Power | (GC) 4.4/5 (GBA) 4.1/5 |
| OPM (US) | |
| OXM (US) | 7.9/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 80% |
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Spider-Man is a beat 'em up video game based upon the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and is also loosely based on the film Spider-Man. It was developed by Treyarch and released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows and several video game consoles. The game has many scenes and villains that did not appear in the film. It was followed by Spider-Man 2 two years later to promote the release of the second film. In 2007, to promote the release of the third film, Spider-Man 3 was released. After the franchise was rebooted in 2012, Activision rebooted the game series as well.
Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) develops super-spider powers after being bitten by a genetically altered spider. The game opens with an optional tutorial, narrated by Bruce Campbell, where Peter learns to use his powers and the player learns the controls of the game and how to read the HUD. After competing in a wrestling match as Spider-Man, Peter is cheated out of his prize money by the fight promoter. After the fight promoter is robbed by a thief, Peter lets the thief go out of spite. Later, Peter devastated when his Uncle Ben is killed by the leader of the Skulls gang. Peter uses his new powers to track down and defeat the murderer and learns it is the same thief he let go at the fight promoter's office, the thief then dies by accidentally slipping out of a window while trying to avoid Spider-Man. Peter vows to use his powers for good and to fight evil in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe) and OsCorp are investigating the appearance of this new hero. Anxious to develop his Human Performance Enhancer "Super Soldier" serum, the main goals of which are already exhibited by the super-hero, Osborn orders the capture of Spider-Man, deploying hunter-killer robots for this purpose. Spider-Man fights these robots and emerges victorious. Meanwhile, the Shocker (Michael Beattie) has just robbed a bank, and is driving away with his thugs as Spidey lands, only to be hit by Vulture (Dwight Schultz). Spider-Man goes after Shocker first. His battle with Shocker leads him through Grand Central Station, into the sewers and to a subway station, where Spider-Man defeats him in a climactic battle. Afterward, Shocker tells Spider-Man about Vulture's lair: an old clock tower on the Lower East Side of town. Spider-Man climbs Vulture's tower (avoiding bombs), but Vulture escapes. He chases Vulture through the city. Spider-Man defeats Vulture around the Chrysler Building.
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