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Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

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The sequel to Maximum Carnage, and the third Spider Man game we were involved in at Software Creations.

Bizarrely there seems to be a PC release of this game, which we have no recollection of.

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Project details

Started:

Sat, 01 Oct 1994

Development studio:

Software Creations

Main client / publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Status:

Finished

Proper Pickford Bros game?

No, either a work-for-hire project, or we aren't claiming much credit for this game.

Core studio team:

Ste Pickford

Art Director

John Pickford

Creative Director

Marc Dawson

Producer

Paul Murray

Lead Programmer

James Clarke

Lead Artist

Steve Thomas

Animation Director, Animator

David Maclachlan

Animation Director

Kevin Edwards

Programmer

Ste Ruddy

Programmer

Christian Simcock

Graphic Artist

David Price

Graphic Artist

Martin Holland

Graphic Artist

Haydn Dalton

Graphic Artist

Anthony Anderson

Graphic Artist

John Gyarmati

Graphic Artist

Ian Rickard

Graphic Artist

Robert Ager

Graphic Artist

Alan Moult

Animator

Clinton J. Priest

Animator

Scott Pleydell-Pearce

Animator

Andy Wilson

Animator

Daniel Curley

Game Logic

Chrono

Game Logic

Pablo

Technical Support

Paul Tonge

Music Director

Suddi Raval

Musician

Paul Essue

Game Tester

Chris Brooks

Game Tester

Craig Dobson

Game Tester

Adrian Copsey

Game Tester

Davelee Thornton

Game Tester

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety SNES EU cover

Platform:

SNES

Territory:

Europe

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

30,000

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety Genesis EU cover

Platform:

Genesis

Territory:

Europe

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

30,000

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety PC EU cover

Platform:

PC

Territory:

Europe

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

10,000

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety SNES US cover

Platform:

SNES

Territory:

United States

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

100,000

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety Genesis US cover

Platform:

Genesis

Territory:

United States

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

60,000

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety PC US cover

Platform:

PC

Territory:

United States

Release date:

Wed, 01 Nov 1995

Title:

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment

Developer:

Software Creations

Sales:

10,000

Ste Pickford

In truth I did very little on this game. I was Art Director of every game being developed at Software Creations at the time, and as this game was a direct sequel to Maximum Carnage - taking the same codebase, and just adding more characters and new levels, on a bigger cartridge - I don't think it was a priority, what with (no doubt) some more urgent disaster project happening elsewhere in the studio.

I think I was probably spending a lot of time on the Waterworld and Spiral Saga games designs during this period (time well spent, lol!).

 

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