/vr/ - Retro Games

In a few months we'll be getting a new Spider-Man video game for Sony's PlayStation 5, and while I know that this in itself isn't retro... its gotten me in a mood for Spider-Man and his video games, which there are tons of, most of them not too good, I'll admit it right now, but a lot of them really feel like hidden gems, I get that free roaming around an open NY, which started with Spider-Man 2, based on the Sam Raimi film, really made fans fall in love with that style, but sometimes it feels like most people act as if there's a hole before Spider-Man 2, where no Spider-Man video game existed, but they did, so let's talk about them.

>What's the 1st Spider-Man video game you've ever played?
>Do you prefer the free roaming NY installments or level based ones?
>Have you played any of his older video games in the last few weeks or months?
>Out of all the ones you've played before do you have a favorite that really stuck with you?

I suppose that, as the OP, I should answer my own questions and see where we go from there. I started out with Return of the Sinister Six on NES, could never finish it as a kid, but did in recent years and loved it again due to the level design, even if it doesn't play too well. I love free roaming, but level based ones just seem more focused, more polished. I've mostly played stuff I didn't give enough attention to as a kid, so Enter Electro and Mysterio's Menace, which are sequels to a title I'll get to, and vs. The Kingpin on Genesis, which is excellent. Neversoft struck gold in 2000, I think nothing after that has topped them.