Time to surf the web.

Any day with a new game in the mail is a good day, methinks. Case in point: this dandy release of the recently discovered Videopac/Odyssey2 prototype of Spider-Man. I’ve been playing it a bit and it’s quite…aggravating! Even the Atari 2600 version of this game got on my nerves something fierce, and the Odyssey2 version is no exception. 😆 I’m consistently stunned by what the programmers for this system were able to make it do in its twilight years. I’ll have a more thorough review posted soon, complete with video. I’m also pleased to report that, as advertised, it plays beautifully on a North American O2 console with no audiovisual irregularities that I can detect.
Also, Bas Kornalijnslijper did a fantastic job with the packaging. I may yet cook up U.S.-style cover art for my own copy, but for now, it looks great on my shelf, between Speedway! and Super Cobra. 😉 I know some of the purists decried Bas’ use of the Spider-Man movie poster art, saying that it would’ve looked like the Spider-Man box for the 2600, but I have this to say to them:
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