Venom: Separation Anxiety

Venom: Separation Anxiety was a standard side-scrolling beat 'em up video game, released for Sega Genesis and then ported to PC, in which one or two players could team up as Spider-Man and Venom to defeat the evil symbiote Carnage. The game boasts endless thugs to punch, kick, and web your way through, heavily armed Jury and symbiote bosses, and cameo assistance from Captain America, Ghost Rider, Hawkeye, and Daredevil.

Story

The mysterious Life Foundation captured the lethal protector called Venom, and removed five symbiote spawn from him. But before these new symbiotes could destroy their 'parent', Venom escaped. Now he is forced to seek out his old foe Spider-Man, and forge an uneasy alliance with the wall-crawler to stop these symbiotes and cure his...Separation Anxiety. (taken from game documentation)

Characters

• Spider-Man--Our hero, Spider-Man needs no introduction. Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker gained the proportionate speed, strength, and agility of a spider. Dedicating his life to the credo "With great power comes great responsibility", Peter Parker fights evil wherever it may appear.

"Web-swinging high above the streets of Manhattan, Spider-Man saw the unlikely sight of his arch-foe, Venom unconscious in an alley. While recovering, Venom tells the wall-crawler of his escape from the life foundation, and the removal of five symbiotes. The foundation planned to bond the symbiotes with their soldiers, creating a small but unstoppable army. Spider-Man, recalling the menace of the first Venom spawn, Carnage, realizes that the symbiotes must be stopped at all costs-even if it means proceeding with the help of the injured Venom!" (from game documentation)

• Venom--Fighting the Secret Wars, Spider-Man came across what he believed to be an alien costume, but what was actually a sentient symbiote. After Spider-Man rejected the alien, it bonded to reporter Eddie Brock, and the lethal anti-hero Venom was created! Stronger, faster, and more agile than Spider-Man, his alien ability to camouflage himself or assume the likeness of almost anyone, and his ability to generate webbing rather than relying on mechanical web-shooters make him a deadly foe, but what makes him truly terrifying is his complete invisibility to Peter's spider-sense!

"Recovering from his wounds, Venom realizes he must destroy his new 'children' for if the symbiotes should bind with the wrong person, as in the case of crazed criminal Cletus Kasady's transformation into Carnage, the danger will be incalculable. Only with the aid of the Amazing Spider-Man does Venom stand a chance of defeating this incredible menace." (from game documentation)

• The Jury--In order to capture Venom, and then to protect their operations while removing the symbiotes, the Life Foundation hired The Jury, a group of five heavily armed, well-trained criminal mercenaries. Willing and able to undertake nearly any criminal activity as long as they are well paid, The Jury fight solely for profit. And two dead wall-crawlers means twice as big a payoff!
• Symbiotes--Removed from Venom by the Life Foundation and implanted into their best soldiers, these five alien life-forms resemble Carnage more than they do Venom. They are tough, deadly, and absolutely insane. Using them, the Life Foundation plans to rule the world. Their first opponent will be their 'parent', Venom, but they wouldn't mind taking down Uncle Spidey as well!

Cheats and glitches

Passwords: (Enter these at the password screen)

DCCPMH Warp to level 5.

MDRKJP Warp to level 8.

STSPPC Warp to level 12.

QPMJVC Warp to the 13.

MRRYPN Increase difficulty level.

SCBCRS Unlock the level select screen.

Glitches: (Perform these in game) For purposes of clarity this glitch will be illustrated using Venom, but it will work with Spider-Man equally well.

999 Lives After finding your first 'cameo assist' tokens of the game in level three, continue to the level boss, a symbiote. Fight the symbiote as you usually would until it is very close to death, so that one more solid attack will finish it off. Then stop fighting. Allow the symbiote to take every one of Venom's remaining lives. When he's on his last life, pay close attention. At the moment you are killed, Venom's body will fly into the air, and then crumple to the ground. It is at this moment, while Venom is still in mid-air from the attack, that you call in Captain America with your cameo assist token. Although Venom will be on the ground, dead, Captain America will still fight the symbiote for you, and since you had it so close to death anyway, Cap will win. After the symbiote is defeated, Venom will be whisked away to the Trap Room, seemingly alive and controllable, but his life counter will report that you have zero lives! Do not pick up any 1-Up tokens at this point. Doing so will increment your counter to 1, putting you no better off than when you started. Instead, allow yourself to be killed in the trap room one more time. Your life counter will cycle down from zero, and although it will display only a 9, in fact, Venom now has 999 lives!

External Links and References

Spider-man Separation Anxiety FAQ

Venom – Spider-man: Separation Anxiety Cheats