Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin

Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
North American Genesis box art
DeveloperTechnopop
PublisherSega
Producer
Ed Annunziata
Designer
  • Sega CD
    Burt Sloane
    Bridget McKenna
    Douglas Herring
    Lisa Sands
Programmer
Burt Sloane
Jonathan Miller
  • Game Gear, Master System
    Paul Hutchinson
Artist
Scott Haile
Joe Ellen Reiss
Jennifer Martin
Susan Greene
  • Sega CD
    Burt Sloane
Composer
Mark Miller
John Karr
David Javelosa
PlatformsSega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Sega CD
Release
August 1991
  • Genesis/Mega Drive
    • NA: August 1991
    • EU: September 1991
    Master System
    • NA: August 1991
    • EU: October 1991
    Game Gear
    • EU: April 1992
    • NA: May 19, 1992
    Sega CD
    • EU: November 1993
    • NA: 1993
    • UK: February 1994
GenresAction, platform
ModeSingle-player

Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (originally released as Spider-Man) is a 1991 action-platform video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The game was originally developed by Technopop and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, before being ported by Sega to the Master System and Game Gear, with the latter version published by Acclaim Entertainment through its Flying Edge division. An updated version for the Sega CD, also developed by Sega, was released under the name The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.

The player controls Spider-Man as he battles various supervillains (Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Lizard, Hobgoblin, Vulture, Mysterio, Electro, and Venom) in order to obtain the keys needed to disarm a nuclear bomb that the Kingpin has not only framed Spider-Man for stealing, but plans to detonate within 24 hours. In the middle of the game, Spider-Man's wife Mary Jane Watson is also kidnapped by Venom.