In this installment of Co-Op Classics, we have two brand new retro videos for your entertainment. Tying in to the theater release The Amazing Spider-Man, we looked back through the old catalog for two co-op 90s brawlers. One was an arcade hit: 1991's Spider-Man the Video Game. The other was available on home consoles in 1995: Spider-Man & Venom Separation Anxiety.
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In the early 90s, the brawler was king, and many licensed properties were converted to arcade game form. This Spider-Man beat em up featured the wall crawler, Black Cat, Hawkeye, and oddly enough the Sub-Mariner. Keep an eye out for the shift between brawler and platformer, a nice innovation that was integrated perfectly.
Spider-Man and Venom in Separation Anxiety
Available for both Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, this game, a sequel to the one-player only Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage, allowed two to team up as Spidey and his sometime foe, Venom. The alien symbiote Carnage, plus five other hybrid symbiotes from the comics, served as the final bad guy and level bosses, respectively. A bit repetitious, and tedious, but also challenging and unforgiving.