Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992)

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six cover

Developer: Bits Studios
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment, Tec Toy
Platforms: Sega Game Gear, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Genres: Adventure
Rating: 3.0 of 5, 13 player ratings

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A side-scrolling superhero brawler where Spider-Man fights through six villain levels with web-slinging acrobatics.

actionsuperheroarcade-stylefast-pacednostalgicbeat-em-up-adjacentcomic-book

About

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six is a side-scrolling game which puts you in the role of Spidey throughout six levels against Electro, Sandman, Mysterio, Vulture, Hobgoblin and Doctor Octopus respectively. Some puzzle solving (like finding a key) is necessary to beat some levels. Spidey can duck jump, climb walls, punch, shoot webs to swing (by pressing punch and jump together) and perform a jump kick (by pressing the punch button twice). Collecting web cartridges allows Spidey to shoot limited web projectiles. Although hard to die, Spidey has only one life, there are no items to recharge life (but killing some guys will do so) and only one continue.

Screenshots

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six screenshot 1

More games like this

More by Bits Studios

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.