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Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro

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Level Select#

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Spider-Man 1 Assets Differences and Leftovers#

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Face texture from Spider-Man PS1.
Texture palette from Spider-Man PS1.

Face texture from "Enter Electro", with a webbing pattern and darker texture palette.
Texture palette that is darker and has less white shading.

The developers seemingly modified the assets from the first game as opposed to using the enhanced assets from the Dreamcast version. However, the webless texture from the first game can be found in the game files as well as "Spidey.psx".

Lizard

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man PC

Torso for Lizard from "Enter Electro".
Lizard's head, which remained unchanged in "Enter Electro".

The same also applies to Lizard's assets.

Characters Leftovers

"Mj.psx" and "Lizman.psx" are face textures of Mary Jane and Lizardman from the original game. More than likely these are leftovers.

Misc. Leftovers

Microphone

Door

Sound mixer

The game files still have the studio assets from the credits of a prototype for the original game.

Debug Display#

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The debug display includes Spider-Man's current spawn point, the build date/time and Spider-Man's coordinates.

To do:
Figure out what's included on the rest of the display.

Revision Differences#

Changes After September 11th#

I'm on top of the world, ma!

A few changes were made to the game to avoid any reference to the September 11th terrorist attacks, including the fight against Electro on top of the World Trade Center. Early release versions still have some references to the tragic event that later releases censor.

To do:
Add proper screenshots of the level design changes

Level Name Censorship#

Level Names (Pre-9/11)

Level Names (After 9/11)

CRASH FLIGHT!!

WIND TUNNEL

DOWNWARD SPIRAL

THE CORKSCREW

ACES HIGH

THE GAUNTLET

TOP OF THE WORLD

THE BEST LAID PLANS

The most interesting of these levels is "Top of the World" in which Spider-Man and Electro fight on top of the World Trade Center. The map itself was also changed: the towers before the edit were completely separate, but in the edited version they were joined by a bridge. The textures for the sides of the buildings were also changed to rows of windows rather than close panes.

Video Name Change#

Video Name (Pre-9/11)

Video Name (After 9/11)

THOR SAVES MANHATTAN

THOR SAVES THE CITY

Video (Pre-9/11)

Video (After 9/11)

The video that shows this Bugle headline was changed, as well as the video name itself.

Storyboards#

The game contains unlockable storyboards of its cutscenes. The Twin Towers were removed entirely from these, leaving the panel containing them blank.

Pre 9/11

Post 9/11

Regional Differences#

In the Japanese release, whenever a cutscene starts or ends, the fadeout is different than the Western versions. The spider silhouette present in the fade is considerably thinner than in the Western releases.

Japanese Version

Western Version

During the credits, the Japanese version also lacks Spider-Man's comments on the game's developers.