Venom: The Symbiote & Spider-Man Villain’s 10 Best Appearances In Video Games
Venom is not only one of the most iconic Spider-Man villains, he’s also one of the most famous villains in comics and pop culture in general. While the Venom symbiote was originally introduced as a living alien costume in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May 1984), his first full appearance as Venom was in The Amazing Spider-Man #300 (May 1988). That means Venom is now 40 years old, and that he’s also been in video games almost as long.
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The Amazing Spider-Man (1990)
Developed by Rare, this game is notable for being the first game to ever feature Venom in any capacity. For context, Venom only made his first debut two years before this simple side-scrolling platformer game launched for the Nintendo Game Boy. However, Venom is only one of the enemies in the game and he’s not playable in 1990’s The Amazing Spider-Man. Still, this game deserves to be on this list because it was Venom’s first-ever appearance in a video game, so that’s a historic moment in time.
Spider-Man And Venom Maximum Carnage (1994)
It would be four years later before Venom became playable for the first time in video game history with Spider-Man And Venom Maximum Carnage. It was a side-scrolling beat ’em up game (where you could choose to either play as Spider-Man or Venom) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Software Creations. This game is a classic for a reason and a remaster or remake would probably be a hit if it ever gets made.
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