Spider-Man climbs walls and swings webs in a decent MS platformer. The wall-crawler controls well and powers are used thoughtfully. Pleasant for fans without being exceptional.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player7+
Description
Action game featuring Spider-Man battling Marvel villains in New York City. Published by Sega, released in North America in 1991. Spider-Man in side-scrolling view with webs and punches and Vulture, Electro and Sinister Six bosses. Master System adaptation of Marvel's Spider-Man.
The US edition of this 1991 Spider-Man tells a different story from its PAL twin. In America the NES dominated and the Master System base was tiny, leaving complete North American copies markedly harder to surface than European boxes. That thin local distribution, not the game itself, drives the price gap on a Sega platformer otherwise identical to the PAL release, making the US cart a regional scarcity rather than a design rarity.
Is Spider-Man still worth playing in 2026?
An action adventure game from Sega, Spider-Man has the web slinger roam New York to foil his emblematic enemies' plans, alternating web swinging, fights and urban exploration. The web handling, the management of its reserves and the comics mood give a likeable character to an honest adventure, sometimes rigid in its control. The fidelity to the licence appeals to fans. For a retro action adventure fan, a Spider-Man fan or someone curious about superhero adaptations on 8 bit, the title keeps a decent interest and a faithful mood.
