Play Spider-man & Venom - Separation Anxiety Online

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety came out for the Super Nintendo in 1995, developed by Software Creations. It was a time when licensed games were everywhere, and this one followed up on the earlier Maximum Carnage, offering another side-scrolling beat 'em up starring the two characters. You could see the effort to capitalize on the popularity of the symbiote storyline from the comics, and it landed right in the middle of the SNES's busy life cycle.

You control either Spider-Man or Venom, moving from left to right through city streets and other locations, punching and webbing up an endless stream of identical-looking thugs and symbiote creatures. The main goal is to fight through these stages to defeat the five new symbiote villains that have split from Venom. A key mechanic is the two-player co-op mode, where a friend can jump in at any time to control the other hero. You also collect little green orbs to unleash a screen-clearing super attack, which is necessary when the enemies swarm you from all sides. The pacing is relentless, and the difficulty can feel punishing due to the sheer number of foes and some awkward enemy placements. Playing it feels like a constant, chaotic scramble to survive the next overwhelming wave of attacks.