Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety

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title = Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety


developer = Software Creations
publisher = Acclaim Entertainment
designer =
engine =
released = 1995
genre = Beat 'em up
modes = Single player, Cooperative
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platforms = SNES, Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, PC
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"Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety" was a standard side-scrolling beat 'em up video game and sequel to "", released for Sega Mega Drive and Super NES and then ported to PC, in which one or two players could team up as Spider-Man and Venom to defeat the evil symbiote Carnage. The game boasts a large number of thugs that the player has to defeat: heavily armed Jury and Venom's symbiote children.

There is also cameo assistance from Captain America, Ghost Rider, Hawkeye, and Daredevil.

The game was met with less critical response by the gaming community, especially when compared to its predecessor.Fact|date=March 2008

Of particular note is that the title is misleading--the plot of the comic book series "" involves Venom's five symbiote spawn attempting to force Eddie (without his symbiote) to help them communicate with their own symbiotes. The events of the game more closely follow the events of Venom's first limited series, .

*Tagline: "Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow...""

Characters

Main characters

*Spider-Man-- The titular hero of the series, Spider-Man is weaker and faster than his teammate, Venom. As in the comic, he is able to punch, kick, swing from webs and cling to walls. In combat, his special moves are oriented toward agility and finesse rather than brute strength.
*Venom-- As a symbiote, Venom is a combination of both human and alien organism. He has all of Spider-Man's generic abilities (web-swinging and wall-crawling), but unlike Spider-Man, his combat moves are primarily based on raw power. He also takes less damage per hit than Spider-Man.
*The Jury-- Unlike the Symbiotes, these level bosses are not superhuman; instead, they are extremely well-armed and well-equipped mercenaries. They appear singly and in pairs at the end of selected levels, and again together at the end of the game. The members are Sentry, Ramshot, Screech, Bomblast, Firearm and Wysper.
*Symbiotes-- Like the Jury, these hybrid alien/human level bosses possess varied combat skills and attack either alone or in pairs until the end of the game. The symbiotes are Riot, Agony, Lasher, Scream, Phage and finally Carnage
*Carnage-- The main antagonist of the game, Carnage appears as the final boss and is the most difficult of the symbiotes to beat.

Cameo Appearances

*Captain America-- When summoned, Captain America will throw his shield, hitting all enemies on screen.
*Ghost Rider-- Ghost Rider would either fire blasts from his chain, hitting all enemies or grab the closest enemy and hit the remaining enemies with the blasts from his chain.
*Daredevil- Daredevil would hit the closest enemy and hit all enemies on screen with his baton.
*Hawkeye-- Hawkeye would fire arrows in the air that would come down and hit all enemies on screen

Plot

The game's plot loosely follows "Lethal Protector" in the following ways:
*Appearance of Spider-Man (in LP#1.)
*Confronting the digger in San Francisco (as seen in LP#1.)
*Discovering the underground city (as seen in LP#1.)
*Appearance of The Jury (as seen in LP#2.)
*Removal of five symbiote seeds to create five new symbiotes (as seen in LP#4.)
*Spider-Man and Venom's escape from the Life Foundation (as seen in LP#4.)
*Confronting the five symbiotes at the Life Foundation Headquarters (as seen in LP#5.)

External links

* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/game/586480.html Spider-man Separation Anxiety FAQ]
* [http://cheats.gamespy.com/pc-cheats/venom-spider-man-separation-anxiety/ Venom - Spider-man: Separation Anxiety Cheats]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/genesis/action/spidermanampvenomsa/index.html Spider-Man and Venom Separation Anxiety for Genesis]
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