10 Marvel Superhero Video Games You Never Knew Existed
7. Spider-Man
Parker Brothers’ released Spider-Man for the best selling Atari 2600 console way back in 1982, making it the first ever officially licensed game based on a Marvel franchise. It was greeted very warmly by audiences, leading the company to licence other characters.
It borrowed heavily from the popular Nichibutsu arcade game Crazy Climber with Spidey trying to climb a tall building in order to defeat the Green Goblin. Instead of climbing though you have to use your web slinging skills to progress. Your web fluid isn’t limitless though so you have to plan your route carefully.
Criminals appear in the windows of the building at random and capturing one, which replenishes a small amount of your fluid, but be warned as they can also cut your web leaving you to fall to your death. Not just that though, you also have to defuse bombs along the way too, the final meeting with the Green Goblin requires you stop him detonating the Super Bomb and killing everyone.
Despite its very simple graphics, Atari 2600 Spider-Man is actually a very good game. The gameplay is hugely enjoyable and the difficulty really ramps up on later levels, I highly recommend it.