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The title screen theme song appears as the first track on the band's 1994 album 333 as "Carnage Rules".
The reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly scored the SNES version a unanimous 5 out of 10, commenting that the appearances by other superheroes are "cool", but outweighed by the "sloppy" graphics and mediocre control.
Reviewing the Genesis port, GamePro commented that "all the graphics, features, and fighting action are identical on the Genesis version—unfortunately, so are the drawbacks that made this only an average SNES game".
Overall, critical reception of the game remarkably improved as the game received a cult following over later years, where it was praised for its inspired soundtrack, its faithful comic book adapting and the challenging difficulty, as well as the ability to switch between Spider-Man and Venom, as many called it "one of the best beat'em up games".
IGN gave the game a positive review, where they listed the game 85th in their list of the "Top 100 SNES games of all time".
In 2013, Arcade Sushi ranked the game eighth on their list of the "10 Best Retro Beat 'em Ups".
In 2018, Complex rated the game 63rd on their list of "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".
The game is notable for its red-colored cartridge, being the only official Sega Genesis game with a non-black cartridge and one of three SNES games with a non-grey cartridge, the others being Doom (which was also red) and Killer Instinct (which was black).
The title screen theme song appears as the first track on the band's 1994 album 333 as "Carnage Rules".
Reviewing the Genesis port, GamePro commented that "all the graphics, features, and fighting action are identical on the Genesis version—unfortunately, so are the drawbacks that made this only an average SNES game".
Overall, critical reception of the game remarkably improved as the game received a cult following over later years, where it was praised for its inspired soundtrack, its faithful comic book adapting and the challenging difficulty, as well as the ability to switch between Spider-Man and Venom, as many called it "one of the best beat'em up games".
Overall, critical reception of the game remarkably improved as the game received a cult following over later years, where it was praised for its inspired soundtrack, its faithful comic book adapting and the challenging difficulty, as well as the ability to switch between Spider-Man and Venom, as many called it "one of the best beat'em up games".
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