to have a significant change is Storm, who now walks, shoots multiple bolts of lightning rapidly and calls upon gusts of wind and jumps about four times the height of the other characters. The last level takes place inside a large room, where Arcade chases Spider-Man back and forth in a large Arcade-shaped robot, which operates like a Matryoshka doll, until Arcade is finally defeated. The X-Men stand-by at the edges of the room, occasionally attacking on their own. After surviving the deadly traps and defeating arcade, he blows the building up. Spider-Man and the others survive but there is no sign of Arcade. Development and release According to Richard Kay of Software Creations, development of the game was fraught with problems: "Spider-Man And X-Men started going horribly wrong and Acclaim were screaming at us and threatening litigation and we ended up with three teams on this one game". The Genesis and Super NES editions of the game are nearly identical, apart from different instrumentation in the soundtrack. Reception Reviewing the Game Boy version, GamePro commented the graphics are good but the controls are frustratingly imprecise and complained of the fact that players must re-solve the tedious level 1 maze every time they start the game. They gave the Game Gear version a negative review as well, saying it retains the problems of the Game Boy version. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Game Gear version a 6 out of 10, praising the ability to play as multiple different characters but criticizing the difficulty as overly high. Brett Alan Weiss of AllGame criticized the Game Gear version for "awkward" controls, particularly of Spider-Man and its weak portrayals of the superheroes. Super Gamer reviewed the SNES Version and gave an overall score of 75% stating: "A whole host of superheroes make this attractive for any comics fan. Gameplay is varied and tough, graphics impressive and sound brilliant". Notes References Citations Works cited External links 1992 video games Acclaim Entertainment games Cajuns in video games Game Boy games LJN games Platform games Game Gear games Sega Genesis games Software Creations games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Superhero crossover video games Video games based on Spider-Man Video games based on X-Men Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Tim Follin Video games set in Africa Video games set in New York City Video games featuring female protagonists