Friendly Neighborhood Obscurity

Posted on December 30th, 2003 by Frank Cifaldi

Brazilian site Odyssey 2000 reports that a gentleman by the name of Bas Kornalijnslijper has come into posession of the world’s only known prototype of Spider-Man for the Odyssey 2 console.

If you recognize the game from the provided screenshots, don’t be too surprised. Parker Bros. later released a very similar game for the Atari 2600.

Thanks to Digital Press for the tip.

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