Spiderman & Venom: Separation Anxiety

So after a depressingly bad Nintendo 64 game, I'm moving back onto the Super Nintendo for games I know won't depress me with Spiderman & Venom: Separation Anxiety.  Developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim, Separation Anxiety was released in June 1995, just a year after Maximum Carnage, which it is very like.   Separation Anxiety is your general Beat 'Em Up action game were you move across the levels fighting enemies until you face the boss at the end.

The game's story is much like the Venom: Lethal Protector comic, it follows Venom after being captured by the Life Foundation, who have spawned five symbiotes from Venom.  Venom teams up with his foe Spiderman in order to stop the Life Foundation and their symbiotes.

So as the game starts, you get to choose either to play with Spiderman or Venom (if it's two player, player one is Spiderman and player two is Venom).  So the game starts in the city streets, you move forwards and start fighting enemies. The first level's enemies are simply street thugs (most taken from from Maximum Carnage), from the simple trench coat to the thugs wearing bulls-eyes on their shirts. None of them are difficult and they all go down quite simply to being beaten on. The most dangerous part is when they begin to surround you and get on either side, so when you start to beat on one, the other hits you.

So I continue moving forwards, beating on random thugs, when I remembered that each that each of the enemies does something different.  While the trench coat is straight forward, the bulls-eye has a jump kick, which he heavily telegraphs so that you know it's coming.  As I continue forwards more, a girl with a pony tail appears as another type of villain. Unlike the other enemies, the girl is smart: she blocks.

Anyways, I decide to be a true wall crawler, jump onto the wall and begin to climb up it. After hanging around up there for a bit, I just jump down and kick someone on the way... mostly just because I can.  But continuing on, after beating on the enemies for a bit more, the music fades and then a new tune starts and it's boss time. So moving backwards a bit towards a large alley, I meet the first boss a giant robot that is called the Digger. It's pretty bulky but incredibly easy, move towards it, beat on it for a bit, then move away; it goes down quite easily and quickly.

And so another game is played and I'm significantly more entertained then I was for the last one.  I shall continue into the weekend for the next one.  Adios for today though.