lukenuetzmann plays Spider-Man and X-Men in Arcade's Revenge - Part 1 of 14

Let's see, how can we make up for not being able to use another LP of a PC game where stuff happens differently?

I know! Let's show off LJN!

Level 1

After watching Spider-Man watching Gambit get kidnapped by some truck with a human grabber (or something), we delve into the depths of the hell we call LJN.

You have to collect all these blue icons with flashing red lights before you can enter the exit.

First of all, what the hell is this? I'm saving the fucking X-Men, not participating in some shitty scavenger hunt.

If there's an enemy nearby, the Spider-Sense icon on the upper-right next to the amount of lives you have will go off, and you'll also see the words "Spider Sense" below the HUD. Gee, thanks, LJN...I guess. The arrow tells you where you're supposed to go to find the next blue icon (whatever those things are, I don't know...and I don't wanna know).

If you can't pick a blue icon up, it's because the little red light on it isn't flashing. You basically have to go a set way through the level to pick all these things up. Thankfully, that's what the arrow is for. Why the hell LJN decided to do things like this, I don't know.

Thankfully, you can climb walls, shoot webs, and create your own little web ropes to get around. At least LJN didn't mess this up.

When you make your way deeper into the level, it looks like you're running around like you're frantically trying to make your way to the bathroom in what looks like...a bathroom. That reminds me, I need to go puke now.

The hearts refill your health. So if you see one, you might want to pick it up. (Durr.)

After beating this level, Spider-Man meets Arcade as well as the kidnapped X-Men: Gambit, Cyclops, Wolverine and Storm. Amazing how Arcade looks like some regular, run-of-the-mill turdburglar actor from the late 1970s. I blame the 1980s. And video games.

Spider-Man Level 1

The robots that throw those balls at you are evil, so here's what you do to beat up the first one at the beginning: get on the wall, then shoot, avoid, shoot, avoid, shoot two more times. It's dead.

Unlike the last level, you have none of those blue icons to tell you where to go. Have fun being lost, sucker!


The silver and gold spider icons just give you points. What, you can't just collect a certain amount of these things and get a 1-up? That sucks.