Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

released on Sep 16, 1994

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

released on Sep 16, 1994

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game for the Super NES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment and it's subsidiary LJN in 1994. The game, based on a sprawling comic book story arc of the same name, features numerous heroes, including Spider-Man, Venom, and their allies from the Marvel Comics fictional universe like Captain America, Black Cat, Iron Fist, Cloak and Dagger, Deathlok, Morbius and Firestar, all teaming up to battle an onslaught of villains led by Carnage, including Shriek, Doppelganger, Demogoblin and Carrion. Both the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super NES versions come in a red cartridge. They were later released in the normal cartridge colors (black for Genesis, gray for Super NES). The game was followed up by a sequel called Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety. Universal Studios Orlando used Maximum Carnage as the theme for a haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights in 2002.


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Maximum Carnage is a classic beat-em-up for Spidey fans, but it definitely hasn't aged gracefully. The comic book panels for cutscenes and the rockin' soundtrack are its biggest strengths. However, gameplay is repetitive, controls feel clunky, and the difficulty can spike unfairly. It's a nostalgic trip for those who played it back in the day, but there are much better superhero games out there now.

Like every Marvel story of the nineties, it had the potential to be epic but things got convoluted way too quickly and then it just gets buried under its own weight.

Why do you fight umbrella men?

Un buen beat em up, no reinventa nada pero es entretenido, el soundtrack es genial.

Nothing really that fantastic, though I imagine it was received a lot more favorably when compared to both other Marvel games released at the time along with the games LJN had been putting out at that time. Decent way to kill some time.

A very mediocre beat em up. At least to me, it got very boring very fast.

one of the first spider-man games i would consider 'good'. playing with infinite lives is a must