Spider-Man

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Description

The second Questprobe adventure moves on from the 'verb noun' command interface of The Hulk and allows fuller sentence inputs. The in-game graphics also see some degree of advancement. You play Spider-Man, Peter Parker's crime-fighting alter-ego, as he takes on Mysterio, who can block out Parker's Spidery senses using his canisters of poison.

As in The Hulk, the Examiner plays a key part in the game, as he initially strips Spider-Man's knowledge and prepares him for the battle. Throughout the game you meet many familiar Marvel characters, using the clues in the provided guidebook to help you deal with these situations correctly.

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Alternate Titles

• "Spiderman" -- Alternate spelling
• "Questprobe featuring Spider-Man" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Marvel licensees
• Scott Adams Questprobe series
• Spider-Man licensees

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Critic Reviews

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1986	9.75 out of 10	98
Commodore User	Commodore 16, Plus/4	Aug, 1985	18 out of 20	90
Commodore Computing International	Commodore 64	Mar, 1985		80
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1985	8 out of 10	80
Personal Computer Games	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1985	7 out of 10	70
Sinclair Programs	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1985	70 out of 100	70
Your Computer	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1985		60
Home Computing Weekly	ZX Spectrum	Jan 22, 1985		60

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Trivia

The game's documentation says that it will not run with any DOS version higher than 2.10.

To get the game to run under windows 95, you'll need to do a little hacking. With a hex editor, change the two bytes in the main exe file from "??" at offset AEA4 and AEA5 to "52"

It appears that the original game code was calling a very old DOS open file function that supported wildcards in the filename. It was trying to open the file "SPL52.DAT" using "SPL??.DAT" as a parameter.

Since there is only 1 SPLxx.DAT file used in the game, hard coding the ??'s to 52 works just fine!

Related Web Sites

• Spider-Man at iFiction (Play Spider-Man through your web browser!)