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THE MAKING OF SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER. CREATED BACK IN 1962 BY STEVE DITKO AND STAN LEE, HE HAS SINCE BEEN FRONT AND CENTRE OF THOUSANDS OF ADVENTURES, THROUGH ALL TIMES, DIMENSIONS, MULTIVERSES – AND VIDEOGAMES. LET’S SWING BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ICONIC SUPERHERO’S FIRST 3D ADVENTURE WORD BY PAUL KAUTZ
» Chad Findley was the lead designer of Spider-Man, and part of many other Neversoft games. He switched to Activision in 2014, working on the Call Of Duty series amongst other games, and took a sabbatical in 2017. Since 2020 he works as a freelance game designer, and creates impressive transforming arcade cabinets in his free time. For an example of that, check out youtu.be/xE24md69L2c

IN THE KNOW

» PUBLISHER: ACTIVISION

» DEVELOPER: NEVERSOFT

» RELEASED: 2000

» PLATFORM: PLAYSTATION, VARIOUS

» GENRE: ACTION

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