Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

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Description

From the ingame intro:

"Doctor Octopus is plotting the crowning caper of his criminal career... to rule the world. He has reunited the Sinister Six and with these super-villains together again, nothing stands in their way - except Spider-Man!"

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.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Marvel licensees
• Spider-Man licensees

User Reviews

The Slightly Above Average Spider-Man	NES	browned (125)
Poor Spidey, What Did They Do To Ya?	NES	ETJB (450)
An inferior port of an above average NES game.	SEGA Master System	Magus_X (110)
A decent NES Spider-Man	NES	Magus_X (110)

Critic Reviews

N-Force	NES	Oct, 1992	85 out of 100	85
GamePro (US)	NES	Oct, 1992	4 out of 5	80
Ação Games	SEGA Master System	Nov, 1993		75
Nintendo Magazine System UK	NES	1992	70 out of 100	70
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Game Gear	Apr, 1993	26 out of 40	65
Video Games	Game Gear	May, 1993	61 out of 100	61
Video Games	SEGA Master System	Jan, 1994	59 out of 100	59
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Game Gear	Jun, 1993	7 out of 12	58
Sega Power	Game Gear	Dec, 1993		40
Questicle.net	NES	Jun, 2013	D	25

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Trivia

Spider-Man

Although Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six came late in NES' history (1992), it is its one and only Spider-Man licensed title for the system.

Related Web Sites

• Game Map (Sega Master System) on SMS Power! (Maps of all the levels of the Master System version.)
• Video review of Spider-Man-based games (WARNING: Language) (The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews Spider-Man-based games, including Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six on NES.)