The Amazing Spider-Man Vs. The Kingpin (Sega CD)

Ready for some swingtime? If so, read the review and purchase the game afterwards!This game faithfully follows the Spider-Man game for the Sega Genesis, but the Sega CD version has features that are a vast improvement!Graphics: Better than the Genesis version and very goodControl: Great controls - A button is used to attack, B Button is used to use the web shooters and C Button is used to jumpSound & Music: Great Soundtrack with "Swingtime", the sound effects are major improvement over the GenesisPlot: The Kingpin has made New York falsely accuse Spider-Man for planting a bomb somewhere in the city - which will detonate within 24 hours, and Spider-Man has to clear his name and defuse the bomb somehowFun-Factor: The action is hot, the challenge is great for even the most novice of playersAnd so: It'll appease even the most faithful Spider-Man fans - Enjoy.J. Garten

What we have here is an updated version of Spider-Man for the Genesis coming to you on Sega CD. This version comes packed with new music, cutscenes, and gameplay refinements. In this game we find Peter Parker enjoying a quiet evening with Mary Jane when suddenly Wilson Fisk, known to Peter as the villainous Kingpin of crime, broadcasts a message saying that Spider-Man has gone rogue and stolen a nuclear device that he intends to use to blow up the island of Manhattan within twenty-four hours. Fisk sets a bounty of half a million dollars to whoever captures Spider-Man. Peter then dons his costume and sets out as Spider-man to stop Fisk and defuse the bomb, if one really exists. But the Kingpin has hired a rogues gallery of super villains to stop Spider-Man and the police will stop at nothing to apprehend him.The gameplay is classic side scrolling beat 'em up fare. When you select a level from the overworld map you move to the exit taking out anyone in your way. At all times a timer is counting down twenty-four hours though it is closer to thirty minutes. The timer carries over between levels, but it does not go down while on the overworld map, however if you lose all your health, Spider-Man will end up arrested or hospitalized and both outcomes take a chunk of your time away upon continuing. The main goal is, of course, to defuse the Kingpin's bomb, but to do this you need to learn how. All throughout New York are a slew of villains who need a good pounding and upon defeat they let slip some vital information. The time required to find them is contingent on your difficulty setting. When playing on easy, large icons show up on the world map and the exact spot to find them is highlighted. If you're playing on hard you'll only know the general area and if you're on nightmare mode you'll just have to search without any hints.A gameplay feature that was fortunately removed from the Genesis version was the photography system. In that version Web fluid had to be bought with money earned by photographing yourself fighting baddies. Now you can simply find "W" icons in the levels that replenish your web shooters.The two biggest features added to this game are the new soundtrack and the animated cutscenes. The Soundtrack now has some great rock music that goes very well with the gameplay along with a hilariously 90's sounding main theme. This music was composed by Spencer Nilson who made the music for such Sega CD games as Ecco The Dolphin and the US version of Sonic CD. The New cutscenes are delightfully cheesy and reminiscent of the old 60's Spider-Man TV series. Overall this version is very enjoyable and fun to play through. If you're in the market for a classic Spider-Man game then look no further.

This Sega CD game it came in Excellent condition in box it works really good thanks it works really good wen you play it Excellent

Many a Spidey fan asked for it but few turned out quite like this. The Sega CD port of The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin was one of ol' Web Head's greatest moments in video games. Not only does Kingpin have poor Spidey accused of planting a nuclear bomb somewhere in the city (which is set to blow in twenty four hours!) but he's kidnapped M.J. as well! As if to add insult to injury Kingpin has also hired some of Spidey's greatest foes to guard the keys to the bomb and slow the wall crawler down. With the odds against him, not to mention his arch enemys, their thugs and unfortunately the police, it'll take everything Spidey has up his little red web-patterned sleeves to thwart the Kingpin and crawl his way out of this mess. This is the best of the old school Spider-Man games as it is a huge improvement over it's predicessors for Genisis, Master System and Game Gear. It features a load of challinging levels, both the main villain levels and side missions (I'm afraid I haven't counted them all, sorry), and contains most if not all of Spidey's greatest enemies including Electro, Sand Man, The Vulture, Mysterio, Hobgoblin, The Lizard, Venom and of course Dr. Octopus. Whew! It also had a few extra things that the other "versions" did not. This game borrowed two more villain characters from the Dare Devil comics (I mean besides Kingpin). The player was rewarded for their efforts by being treated to a fight with Bullseye and Typhoid Mary who acted as Kingpin's body guards and who had to be defeated in order to proceed to the chamber of the large round one himself. (Bullseye and Typhoid Mary did not appear in any other version of the game). This game also featured comic book style video sequences complete with character voice overs to help the story along and a rockin' soundtrack by Spencer Nilson of Sonic fame and the rock group "Mr. Big". No Spidey fan should go without playing the Sega CD version of Spider-Man, a real clash of the Marvel Titans. Swing on true believers. Excelsior!

The Sega CD Version ofAmazing Spiderman vs The Kingpin is a essential must own gameThere are other version for the SNES and GENESISBut, both those version can't stand toe to toe with this versionIt's truly the Best and only version to own and playIt looks amazing has animated cut scenes full cd quality soundplays betterThis was/is the bench mark for what the Sega CD potential wasBut, things didn't go that way..............If you can find this on the cheap go for itHands down this should be on any all Sega CD Collectors top 10 List it's that good 8.8/10