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Spider-Man

Trouble's ahead for Peter Parker in Spider-Man's first appearance on the Game Boy Color: an explosion at Dr. Curt Conners' lab will lead him into a plot planned by a mysterious villain, involving the alien…

30 August 2000

Spider-Man is a platform developed by Vicarious Visions, released 30 August 2000 on Game Boy Color.

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What Spider-Man is

Spider-Man is a platform game developed by Vicarious Visions and released in 2000. It was published by Activision. It is available on Game Boy Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Trouble's ahead for Peter Parker in Spider-Man's first appearance on the Game Boy Color: an explosion at Dr. Curt Conners' lab will lead him into a plot planned by a mysterious villain, involving the alien symbiote and several of Spidey's arch enemies.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

Spider-Man is the 69th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was X-Men: Mutant Wars in 2000.

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What it launched against

Spider-Man launched on 30 August 2000, within three weeks of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Paper Mario, Dino Crisis 2 and Rayman 2: The Great Escape.

Released around the same time: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Paper Mario, Dino Crisis 2, Rayman 2: The Great Escape.

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When did Spider-Man come out?
Spider-Man was released on 30 August 2000 for Game Boy Color.

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