Is Spawn [SNES] Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk 

Here are the special moves of Spawn: Fireball - Press and hold Block, then press Down, Down-Right, Right + Punch. The Light Punch will perform a quick Fireball that will kill one of the normal enemies. It uses 0:0:4:8 of your Psi Energy. The Heavy Punch variant comes out slower, but will not disappear until it reaches the edge of the screen. Uses 0:0:6:4 of your Psi Energy. Psi Punch - Press and hold Block, then press Left, Right + Punch. The Light Punch makes a strong direct punch using Psi Energy. Consumes 0:0:9:6 Psi. The Strong Punch produces the same but it delivers almost one and a half more damage. Uses 0:0:9:8 Psi. The most powerful attack of Spawn. Homing Star - Press and hold Down, then press and hold Block and any Kick. The Light Kick will loose a small green homing star that damages and paralyses opponents. Consumes 0:0:1:6 Psi. The Strong Kick will unleash a more powerful version. Uses the same amount of Psi, 0:0:1:6. Use any attack button to detonate the Star. This is handy to get to some troublesome positioned enemies. The 4 Mystic Fireballs - Press and Hold Block, then press Down, Down-Left, Left + Punch. This is quite useful. Spawn summons 4 homing fireballs. The Light Punch version uses 0:0:9:6 while the faster Heavy Punch version uses 0:1:2:8 Psi. Hell Raising Uppercut - Press and Hold Block, then Left, Down-Left, Down, Down-Right, Right + Kick. This is lethal to any foe above you. Spawn does a Revolving Uppercut while engulfing himself in fire. The Strong Punch variant goes about two screens high ! Consumes 0:0:9:6 and 0:1:2:8 Psi for the Light and Heavy Punch respectively. Necroplasm Bomb - Press and Hold Block, then Right, Right-Up, Up, Left-Up, Left + Punch. This is the ultimate power. Clears the entire screen of enemies and causes heavy damage on bosses. The Light Punch version consumes 0:1:2:8 while the Heavy Punch variant causes almost twice the damage while consuming 0:1:9:2 Psi. Hovering - Simply fall into a hole. Instead of loosing a life like other games, Spawn will morph into a ball shaped has his symbol. You can control this ball for a few seconds enabling you to get to safe ground. Consumes 0:1:2:8, but sure is useful. Teleportation - Hold Block, press Up, roll the control pad in a reverse counterclockwise circle back to Up, Kick. Turns you into a floating, invincible Spawn emblem for a short period. Also automatically kicks in when you fall off a bottomless pit Heal - Hold Block, press Up, then press Down and release Block at the same time

I always liked how they animated his cape

I think one of the points (in keeping with the source material) that the game is encouraging you to use your powers as sparingly as possible.

Back then the instruction manual was an required part of the game. Street fight didn't have any moves list outside of the book.

If you saw the movie, the fact that he had extra powers surprised him as well...that was a great idea.

I love your channel, man. I know there's only so many SNES videos you can do, but I'm finding out about so many games I never even knew about. And it makes me incredibly nostalgic as well.

The artwork in this game is really quality.

"Todd McFarlane's Spawn." Not to be confused with Todd's kids lol.

it really seems less like a beat em up and more of an action platformer.

Reading the instruction manual tells you everything you need to know about the game, you didn't need to guess, all old games had loads of information in the booklets, it's only since last gen they stopped putting manuals in, I remember fallout 3 having a massive one

special move command can be done on a 2.5 plane. Denjin Makai 2 figured it out by locking you in place when you hold the attack button.

0:35 - He comes from hell. He has to avoid fire.

i was obsessed with the comic when i was like 6! yes extremely young lol ohh my beloved 90s

Another great short and sweet review. You should review River City Ransom on the Nes. That should be right up your alley with the rpg elements.

The visuals were amazing the soundtrack was pretty cool that went along with it. Stuck close to it's comics which was very nice and was a darker tone even for it being a snes game.

Oh the hours of childhood frustration trying to beat Redeemer.

Love this game but damn it was hard

RTFM. In the 80s and 90s cart space was very limited, so vital info was often in the manual and nowhere else. That’s what the manual was included for. Something that’s easy to forget when going back to these older games.

A HIGHLY under rated game and one of my all time favorites on the system.

Necroplasm points not life points

0:50 - "the game doesn't exactly tell you" ...well, this was the age of instruction booklets and/or discovering shit out on your own, rememeber, lol.

This is one of the coolest games to look at the back of the box of, haha. I never actually played it as a kid but I did look at the box

I remember playing this one, and being truly impressed at it. Not just the grafixs, but the sweet gameplay.

Never knew about this one, will definitely have to check it out. Good vid!

I used to have a poseable Violator action figure.

There is a move that he can heal himself! It's hold block then press up then press down then release block at the same time. lol

Well made video! Subscribed.

Fun fact: This game was made by the same team who did Skyblazer.

I bought a SNES for the first time in my life and this is one of the first games that I picked up for it. i haven't played it yet but this makes me excited to check it out

The music is amazing

I used to LOVE this game! I played this first, then the movie came out and I totally geeked out as a kid. Still my favourite anti hero to this day. Compared to a lot of the games they were out at the time this game was actually very mature for what it is. I remember the Sniper level fondly, I thought spawn was indestructible.

Back in the day we always peeped the instruction manual lol all the good stuff was hidden in those things

Spawn's special moves are in the game manual.

I remember playing star wars empire strikes back on snes and getting all the way to the next to last level b4 discovering how to use the force. My mind was blown. I had just accepted that it cudnt be used so I just played thru with guns and light sabers. It wasn't till I fell of some platform for the 50th time and just got frustrated and mashing buttons (because it was a long fall) and I found out U CAN FREAKING FLY...till ur force meter ran out.

only ever got to the boss that took up the whole screen you had to climb on, always had fun with this one

Had to get this as a kid and always liked this game. Loved the art design of the whole game, the bosses looked awesome. The bosses felt fresh and fun to fight throughout the game too. I never used the power as much as I should because it drained health.

Man, I had this on my want list already, but it wasn't very high up there... Now I NEED to get this game!

Used to have that game :) The sprites were awesome, really faithful to the material.. My only issues is that the special moves are not that responsive compare to lets say Street Fighter, especially when you have a tons of crap on the screen trying to kill you at the same time. They should have done a system like Super Star Wars where you press select and you pick up the skill you wanna use. Otherwise good beat'em'up not amazing not bad it's above average :)

My favorite action game! Aww. The good times. Lit review.

I like how u talk with the flow of the background music.

This game looks super awesome! I am so getting this for my Retron 5. It looks super fun! I love Spawn, and I love old beat em up games. And this may be the perfect game for me.

Looks pretty good! I'll have to pick this up someday.

i have NEVER heard of this game. it looks gorgeous!

Lol it’s funny you said that because I made it to the last boss before I found out about the street fighter moves. That last boss was a brick wall without them and I went online and I still remember like 10 year later being like wtf when I realized all the cool things I could have done had I know.

I remember this game being panned back in the day, as in 2/10 panned.

Awesome channel! You should do a "Best Snes Beat Em Ups" video!

Awwwh i wanna play this thanks for the vid

Michael Jay white as spawn the movie was so tight when I was a kid

Never played this game , saw it on a Toys R Us shelf once and I never actually saw what the cutscene frames ended up looking like in the finished product so THANKS ! very much for this review.

This game was so good. Took me forever to discover the moves and I'm sure I didn't get them all. This game is like a Street Fighter platformer.

Man like spawn is very underrated in my opinion

i thought Castlevania SoTN was the first to implement this hidden moves gameplay in a side scrolling platformers. this is kinda mindblowing!

Spawn had to discover his powers by accident or trial and error so maybe that's why. Or laziness. Or both lol.

This game is quite rare in the PAL region ( & costs quite a lot )

Ninja Warriors is such a good game! Loved that shout out

I remember this game being pretty difficult

I finnished this game as a kid I do remember it cost me a lot of trouble ,I was so young too I'm kinda proud now reading the comments .

23 years later and finally a fair review. There was so much hate on Sony Imagesoft most assumed it was crap.

I’m surprised you never explained the PSI as that’s a pretty unique mechanic in it self. Green numbers in upper right corner if any one is curious.

Rented this as a kid, no manual, died repeatedly and couldn't get past first level. Gave it a second chance on emulator last year and got really far, so I think this game has some conveyance issues, but someone with a knack for figuring out things on the fly would be pleasantly surprised. I've been keeping an eye out for a real copy in recent months, but it doesn't turn up very often.

Def worth playing. Tough to get used to at 1st but the graphics def kept me interested. I didn't get to that board that looks like hell, but it looked awesome. Tough but fun and I'm going to keep playing

I got all the way to the final boss without using any of the special moves (because I didn't even know they were in there), but never beat it. I found out years later in some random Spanish game magazine that there were all these moves that Spawn could do, and that one of them was necessary to beat the final boss! I should go back and finish what I started 23 years ago.

Damn that sprite animation is pretty impressive for a SNES game. Almost SOTN Alucard levels of detail in the animation work.

Good Review :) We at Retro Plastic Gaming or RPG if you will. We love your Reviews. We have almost the whole library of snes games. At some point, We will do a lets play of this game, even if it means dying a bunch lol Chris-

I remember beating this games twice in one day back in 6th grade

Did I not hear somewhere that this was developed by the same team as Skyblazer?

Holy fuck.. My childhood needed this.

I do really like this game. just got it last year

This game was obscenely difficult lol. We rented it and were like... yeah, maybe not this one...

For me, there's no such thing as "just" a beat-em-up.💪🏽😎

The Musik wall to wall Aktion and the bosses was so brutal good this was the only truth spawn game

underrated.. epic little piece for its time.

Loved the spawn game as a kid could never get passed the violator demon boss

As flawed as this game is I love it! Under rated gem, and pretty cheap to get. Another fun under rated game I like is Judge Dredd. I hope you cover it soon.

The game didn’t tell you about the powers, but the manual shows them. But when your a kid who the hells trying to read that lol

I remember beating this game a few years ago with my best mate when we rediscovered my brother's old SNES in my garage. We were absolutely floored with the graphics but then we almost destroyed our controller. God, it's hard as fuck. That second boss, goddamnit, holy shiet.

This game was so badass man. Great memories

Back in the days, my Mom gave me this game as a birthday present 🎁, I spent less than a week (but played it From morning to late night as I was on high school vacations), and achieved to finish the game, but with one twist in mind: I didn’t use a single Necroplasm Attack (I still have the password notated 📝 in my manual) to see if a different ending or story path will occur... but No 👎, Nothing special happens at the end, it’s the same ending as if you used all the unnecessary Necroplasm variety of attacks throughout the game. A missed opportunity from the developers (Aklaim = Mortal Kombat). Still, a nice game 🤘🏼

Speaking of the game needing to let the player know about the special moves... I was stuck on some level in this game where you have to make a big vertical jump (or maybe it was a jump with a special move dash in the air), but Spawn's normal jump wouldn't make it and I had no idea I had access to a higher one. Talk about being infuriatingly stuck.

He didn’t mention that once your ability numbers reach Zero it’s game over and that Spawn also has a life recovering ability if your low on health.

D&D beat em ups use fighting game moves and they work perfectly. Figuring out the moves is part of the fun. Or just look them up in the manual.

I dared to defy my mom's orders and stayed up late to watch the animated series. It blew my mind it was such a dark and disturbing show, and that's exactly what I loved about it. Also I remember renting the game from a local video store, I loved it but it sure was difficult lol

Damn! I never knew of this game back in the 90's, I would have bought it.

We need a new Arkham style Spawn game

This game would be incredible if someone did a hex edit hack to improve the speed that Spawn moves and responds to inputs

This was actually tough

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the ending. Lol

I'm a huge fan of mcfarlane toys and I love the spawn stuff I'd like to get this game

Badass game dude!

I think just having the spcecial moves in the manual is fine. Apart from a separate tutorial mode to familiarize the player with the special moves or listing them in a pause menu or something, I have a hard time thinking of a way of showing them in-game that wouldn't be intrusive and interrupt the gameplay. If you can't turn them off, in-game "hint" prompts are the absolute worst. You're kicking asses left and right, and there comes the pop-ups for the umpteeth time: "Hey, did you know you can do this and this cool move!"

I fuckin love the music from this game

The only thing I remember about this game is how I wasn't able to do the command to heal your health

You know this game looks really fun. I should pick this up. I mean I liked playing both Street Fighter and Streets of Rage so a combo of the genres sounds fun to me

you;re my pride and joy

I loved this game but the only complaint I have is the lack of enemy variety in the last levels. You’re in Hell, there should be more than just 3 tyes of enemies. Still, it’s SPAWN so it has to be awesome.

I had this game as a kid and the instruction manual explained every thing. How to do the moves, details as to what move does what. I remember never being able to beat it as i had not played street fighter yet so doing his fireball didnt make sense to me. Some of his attacks were like king of fighters specials. Back then you had to read and the game wouldn't hold your hand. Its around early 2000 i noticed manuals going extinct

Have it my library for so long, hate it. Will try again.

cheapest one with box here, $710 AUD.. Cart only $70. WOW.. Luckily I am pretty happy with my dreamcast spawn game but this does look fucking sweet.. LOVE spawn as a character and he needs a decent modern movie.

Huh so THAT’S where they got the HUD for that one Spawn Doom mod.

We never got anywhere in this game soo hard and we knew like one or two of the moves but not all