It just seemed to fit in quite nicely with the ability to swing on webs properly. Yapp explained how platforming was added during the development stage of the game and it was not included in its original design: 'The platform idea wasn't part of the original brief. In December 1990 issue of British gaming magazine The One, Rick Yapp from Oxford Digital Enterprises was interviewed about The Amazing Spider-Man's development. The various rooms are often parodies of film genres. To save her, Spider-Man must navigate through various environments and puzzles divided into separate acts, representing Mysterio's obsession with film.
The plot involves Spider-Man's wife, Mary Jane, being kidnapped by Mysterio.
