SPIDER-MAN (Sega Master System)

Description

SPIDER-MAN for Sega Mastersystem. This preowned game is in good condition and includes pictured case + cover + game cartridge.

The game is a side-scrolling platformer where the player controls Spider-Man through six levels, with a member of the Sinister Six to defeat at the end of each level. Some levels require Spider-Man to find a particular item to progress.

Gameplay
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Peter Parker’s apartment
The game is an action platformer played as the superhero Spider-Man, who fights criminals and negotiates obstacles while searching for the keys necessary to defuse the bomb, within a time limit of 24 hours. Spider-Man moves with Left or Right and crouches with Down. He jumps with 2 and jumps down from platforms with Down+2. He can grab certain walls and other surfaces in the background by holding 2 in midair and climb them using the D-Pad. While in midair, Spider-Man can shoot a web line and swing from it with Left+1, Up+1, or Right+1. He can jump off the web line while swinging for extra distance. Spider-Man punches with 1 and kicks with 1 while crouching or jumping. He fires a web shot with Left+1 or Right+1, which stuns enemies for a few seconds.

Spider-Man has 24 hours to collect the five keys needed to disarm the bomb. The timer ticks down while the player plays the game, at a rate of about a minute per second. Keys are dropped by bosses when they are defeated. In most stages, Spider-Man must defeat every enemy (not counting animals) for the boss to appear. Spider-Man’s spider senses alert the player when a boss is coming.

Spider-Man has a life meter that diminishes as he takes damage from foes. The life meter turns red when it is low. If he runs out of life or if time runs out, the game ends. Below the life meter are squares that represent Spider-Man’s web cartridges, and below the web cartridges are smaller squares that represent how much webbing remains in the current cartridge. Using a web ability costs a small amount of webbing. Spider-Man cannot use a web ability if he does not have any webbing left. Spider-Man can buy more web cartridges with money earned from taking pictures of enemies.

While in a stage, the player can invoke an options menu by pressing 1+2 in the Master System version or START in the Game Gear version (which also pauses the game). This menu shows the number of keys collected and the player’s score. From this menu, the player can select a camera, for taking pictures of enemies, or toggle the music and the story screens. After defeating Doctor Octopus, Dr. Strange appears to assist Spider-Man and gives him a special amulet that allows him to return to his apartment at any time to heal. However, resting costs time.