[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Spawn: The Video Game
March 21st, 2011 by Benj Edwards
“Unleash the fury of the full force blast!”
Ah yes, Spawn: the game that launched a thousand thugs…directly off the roof of a building.
I’ll pause while you watch the video.
Aside from that slight programming snafu, Spawn is a passable, if graphically rich, platform beat-em-up for the Super NES. Does anybody out there own this game? How do you feel about it?
Discussion Topic of the Week: What’s your favorite comic book-based video game?
March 21st, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Sunsoft’s Batman definitely.
Its soundtrack was pure NES bass magic.
March 21st, 2011 at 1:12 pm
I never played Spawn, but my favorite comic book-based game would have to be X-Men vs. Street Fighter. I like it better than its successors, simply due to how insanely broken the game was. A team of Ken and Magneto can destroy any competition. I haven’t played MvC3 yet, though, so I’m not sure how it stacks up.
That might be cheating, though, since it’s a crossover between a comic book license and an established video game franchise. A more “pure” answer might be Freedom Force, but it’s not based on any specific license, just the Silver Age of comics in general. Mods fix that, though.
March 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 pm
That bug has been blown out of proportion. It’s not that bad, not game breaker for sure.
March 22nd, 2011 at 8:47 pm
btw, that was my first post here. Been reading this site for years.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:33 am
Good to hear from you, Luis. I agree that the bug is not game-breaking. It is darn funny, though. 🙂