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− | |introduction = '''Spider-Man 2: The Game''' is a [[:Category:Third-person|third-person]] [[:Category:action|action]] [[:Category:adventure|adventure]] game developed by The Fizz Factor. Despite sharing the name with popular 2004 game developed by Treyarch, this is not a PC port | + | |introduction = '''Spider-Man 2: The Game''' is a [[:Category:Third-person|third-person]] [[:Category:action|action]] [[:Category:adventure|adventure]] game developed by The Fizz Factor. Despite sharing the name with popular 2004 game developed by Treyarch, this is not a PC port. Instead it's a low-budget game developed by a separate team, which doesn't share assets or code with console versions. |
|release history = The game released on June 28, 2004 as retail only receiving negative reviews due to it simplistic, unimaginative gameplay, mediocre visuals and boring gameplay with some reviewers questioning why this version was even made, instead of the game being ported from consoles. | |release history = The game released on June 28, 2004 as retail only receiving negative reviews due to it simplistic, unimaginative gameplay, mediocre visuals and boring gameplay with some reviewers questioning why this version was even made, instead of the game being ported from consoles. | ||
|current state = The game is currently unavailable for purchase with only rare second-hand copies being available. | |current state = The game is currently unavailable for purchase with only rare second-hand copies being available. |
Revision as of 12:15, 4 May 2024
Developers | |
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The Fizz Factor | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
macOS (OS X) | Ryan C. Gordon |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Russia | 1C Company |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 28, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | August 16, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 42 |
IGDB | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | Spider-Man |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Spider-Man 2: The Game is a third-person action adventure game developed by The Fizz Factor. Despite sharing the name with popular 2004 game developed by Treyarch, this is not a PC port. Instead it's a low-budget game developed by a separate team, which doesn't share assets or code with console versions.
The game released on June 28, 2004 as retail only receiving negative reviews due to it simplistic, unimaginative gameplay, mediocre visuals and boring gameplay with some reviewers questioning why this version was even made, instead of the game being ported from consoles.
The game is currently unavailable for purchase with only rare second-hand copies being available.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | CD-ROM used only for installation. | |||
Retail |
- This game is not available digitally.
Demos
- A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.1 is the latest patch for the OS X version.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\System\*.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) |
-
Webhead.ini
contains general settings. -
User.ini
contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\System[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 60° by default. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF), or use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Set in Webhead.ini[2] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Edit ini file[2] |
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DesiredFOV=60.000000 DefaultFOV=60.000000 FOVAngle=60.000000 Notes
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit ini file[2] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit ini file[2] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Set UseJoystick=True in Webhead.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient] . |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit in User.ini . |
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Controller sensitivity | Edit in User.ini . |
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Controller Y-axis inversion | Edit in User.ini . |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
Edit ini file[2] |
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Notes
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Mouse sensitivity
Edit ini file[2] |
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Notes
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Jerky/Uneven mouse movement
Edit ini file[2] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects and Voice. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3.0. | |
Royalty free audio |
Surround sound
- By default, the game outputs to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.
- Forcing the game to use the system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.
Restore surround sound[2] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only on Polish retail copy, download. | |||
Russian | Only on Russian retail copy. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introduction. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Install dgVoodoo2.[2] |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper[2] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set the monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 or 144 Hz monitor.
Set fullscreen refresh rate[2] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | |
OpenGL | ||
Software renderer | RAD Game Tools' Pixomatic Software Renderer. |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | Install the version 1.1 patch for Intel support. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5.21.0 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98/ME/2000/XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium 600 MHz Athlon 600 MHz |
Pentium III |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 827 MB | + 400 MB for the Windows swap file |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA RIVA TnT/TnT2 ATI Radeon series Matrox Parhelia 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | NVIDIA GeForce series |
Sound (audio device) | 16-bit sound card with DirectX 9.0b compliancy | |
Other | 4X CD-ROM with 600K/sec sustained transfer rate |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.8 (Jaguar) | |
Processor (CPU) | G3 700 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7500 NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 32 MB of VRAM |
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Other | 8X CD-ROM [3] |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).