Spider-Man -- Venom: Maximum Carnage (Super Nintendo, 1994)

I played this game way back in the day--and I loved every little bit of it! So after I saw a copy on sale, I flipped, and I bought it :) To all those who love the Marvel universe (mainly the Spider-Man series) and/or action side scrollers--I highly recommend this for all who still own an SNES. You won't be disapointed!

Spider-Man and Venom:Maximum Carnage is a scrolling fighting game for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis,developed by Software Creations and published by LJN (a subsidiary of Acclaim) in 1994.

The game,based on a sprawling comic book story arc of the same name,featured 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 the Living Vampire,and Firestar,all teaming up to battle an onslaught of villains led by Carnage,including Shriek,Doppelganger,Demogoblin​,and Carrion.

Maximum Carnage is notable as one of the first video games to be directly based on a comic book story,rather than simply using comics characters in a standard video game "action/adventure" plot.Many of the game's cut scenes feature semi-animated versions of art taken directly from the comics.It was also notable as being the first Spider-Man video game to receive a teen rating(That being the Genesis version in particular;the SNES re-release version had a rating of K-A.

The game received mixed reviews from critics and gamers,with many reviewers commenting on its repetitive,generic gameplay,Although this can be considered LJN's best video game,due to the fact that most LJN games were labeled unplayable by most gamers.

The game featured a colored cartridge.Both the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo versions were red.They were later released in the normal catridge colors(black for Genesis, gray for SNES).

The game was followed up by a sequel called Spider-Man & Venom:Separation Anxiety.

The game's soundtrack was provided by American rock group Green Jellÿ.The title screen theme song appears as the first track on the band's 1994 album 333 as "Carnage Rules." However,due to the state of video game music technology at that time the soundtrack was not recorded music,but a computerized rendition of the songs.
Personally I think that was the way to go as Green Jellys' ACTUAL vocals SUCK.This game has some of the BEST music I've ever heard for a game.

Gameplay
In this single-player side-scrolling beat'em up(with a format similar to Final Fight,and Streets of Rage)the player controls Spider-Man(but in some levels have the option to play as Venom)through various levels in an effort to stop the supervillain Carnage and his gang,as well as hundreds of criminals they inspire in their wake,from taking over the city.
The two 16-bit versions are virtually identical,aside from the quality of the sound and music.

Spider-Man's wallcrawling plays an important part in the game.It can be used to find secret items,temporarily escape from difficult enemies and is even the basis for the second level.

The other Marvel heroes can be summoned by collecting appropriate items hidden within certain levels.Their effects vary greatly,and some of them have different effects depending on who the player is.Of note is the rarity and set locations of the power-ups necessary to summon aid,and that each character has a unique set of music to accompany their appearance.


Now personally,I LOVE this game.It's fun and the controls(SNES version) are easy and you have multiple moves to choose from.
It hard and very challenging,but fun.And personally,I think it has some of the BEST music I've ever heard for a videogame.
The only complaint I have is that MOST of the writing in the cutscenes is VERY HARD to read.

This game's AWESOME!!!

I buy that game because thats a great game and I love but I still dont got the item yet let me know whats going on .thanks junior

This game is very fun.It is a beat um up based off the arcade version.Its exactly like an arcade game which makes it good and bad at the same time.The bad would be that you cannot save the game so no matter how far you are in the game and you die start over.Their are continues which you can recive through every level but must play game repeatedly to use them wisely.The only other bad thing about the game is their is no option of 2-player.Think about it a game with Spiderman and Venom as playable characters but a friend cannot play along.The game is good but not excellent.Fantastic graphics satisfying gameplay and arcade quality.

If you are interested in collecting SNES games, Maximum Carnage is one of the game you have to have. The game itself doesn't worth much attention. But it was relised in red color cartrige. As far as I know, there is only two games the one is Maximum Carnage and the other one is DOOM. So it's a good idea to have this game.

i wasn't even expecting to see this game in the mail already that was fast i'm about to go play it in the living room after i type this.

world best game review of year

one of the awesome game of the year fun to play if your inrested in this game i got say well u just can't get enough of this & take my word for it this game is awesome to play if your gamer & u don't what to play this is it i recommend on this game it so worth playing 10 out 10 perfect
plus beleave gamers i got the worlds greatest to the worst & take from me i just love even the world dumdest game could be awesome on my book to graphic well don't see the problem with but all i can is a job well done sound hmmmm i hear just it perfecly the music i think i love videogame music i just can't get enough of it & the gameplay well as u see its like i all ready knew how to play when i got it at the store ready if u don't beleave what i say then take look at the game 4 yourself if u don't like it then don't play it plus the video game company work hard everyday to make it just the way we want game to be made u did me proud game comanys u win my vote

Graphic 10/10
Gameplay 10/10
Sound 10/10
Music 10/10

In other just an awesome game of the year 0_0 ;D :/

Great seller and has great games love the return policy wouldn't doubt on buying from him again great games left for me to buy.

I Went Bananas When This Game First Came Out And Started Playing It Back When I Was 10 Years Old And Talk About Memories. Many Thanks For One The Very Best Spider-Man Video Games Of All-Time And Happy Holidays.

i bought this for my son.....he said it worked fine. i don't have anything else to say...........................​..............................​..............................​..............................​..............................​..............................​..............................​...