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Mary Jane has been kidnapped by the facelessly enigmatic supervillain, Mysterio, retreating to his home turf playground to begin taunting her imminent knight in red and blue lycra, Spider-Man. Luring Spidey through six booby-trapped movie sets, Mysterio is in a prime position to execute the special effect trickery he has spent his former career perfecting. Venturing through 250 screens worth of hostile, pliable assailants - curiously not all of whom emanate from the Marvel universe - culminates in a perilous bid to extricate Mary Jane from a rigged contraption of encroaching doom-mongery. Highly specialised torture kit sold by Acme I believe.

Just as developers, Oxford Digital Enterprises, took a few tangential handbrake turns into non-lore-ful unorthodoxy, I may too have applied a hint of artistic licence in assessing this one, hence the title. It's also available as a video presentation on YouTube because madness is infectious.

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Revenge is a dish best served unsold

Dr Doom has nicked a nuclear weapon and is threatening to unleash it upon the innocent civilian population of New York. Since Empire Software's license also included the rights to produce games starring The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America, ensuring the survival of five million citizens was tacked onto their to-do lists. They'll certainly have their work cut out seeing as the diabolical doc has drafted in a supporting cast of sinister super-villains to assist: Eduardo Lobo, Grey Gargoyle, Machete, Boomerang, Oddball, Rattan, Electro, Hobgoblin, Rhino, and Batroc.

Tackling them sequentially in a one-on-one beat 'em tournament shindig ultimately leads to a skirmish with the chief purveyor of blackmail and misery himself. Call it Doomsday if you like, although I've heard a few more derogatory terms bandied about to describe this game.

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