Video Game Chronology | Spider-Man - The History of Spiderman Games (A List)

With Spider-Man swinging back into theaters this summer, it’s a good time to look into his video game history and see the ups and downs of the web slinger’s offerings to the world of digital entertainment. Few superheroes have had as many video games made for them as Spider-Man has so it’s a decent sized list but that won’t stop us from digging into it. As we did with The Avengers, we will focus on the Spider-Man centric games which means we will skip the various fighting, pinball and mash-up entries like Ultimate Alliance. Spider-Man is the star of the games on this list so if you’re ready, strap on your embarrassingly tight jumpsuit and let’s swing into action!

[Ajoyshop]

Brings back fond memories. Oh how I miss you Sega Genesis. :)

[Orangeandwhite]

The only meemory i have of the genesis is sonic the hedgehog. haha

[guitarse]

Wow what a list! I didn't realise there were so many, although I have played damn near all of them lol.

[manlypile]

You're right, there are sooo many Spider-Man games. He must be easy to develop games for.

[deno]

Have this one for my snes.

[TheDivine]

Had the Spideman/Xmen game (really good), Maximum Carnage (the best imo), and Separation Anxiety. Those are the 3 best Spiderman games ever made, MC and SA had a great comic book feel to them. Ive wondered why they havent remade them or had a xbla sequel instead of these generic crap movie tie-ins.

Also im pissed as hell that i never got spiderman 4. The whole series i was waiting for them to get to Carnage and right after venom they reboot the series. Im also waiting for Xmen to finally have Apocalypse, my favorite character for sure. Hollywood has no frickin clue.

[manlypile]

I agree. Spider-Man 3 wasn't the greatest but I liked Sam Raimi's vision for the franchise. Seeing his version of Carnage would have been fantastic!

[godzilla72]

You forgot one of the better spiderman games. Spiderman for the dreamcast!!! Maximum Carnage Snes was a great one, what memories!

[Orangeandwhite]

This is waaay too many spider man games and the tradition continues to this day and i can't decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing..

[manlypile]

I'd say as long as the games are quality products, it's a good thing. Unfortunately there are so many that it's largely hit-or-miss.

[MitchConcannon]

Spiderman on the ps1 was only one i could play for fun. Don't like all these new ones.

[jeremybtyler]

The last Spiderman game I played that I enjoyed was on the Sega GameGear.