Marvel’s Spiderman Shattered Dimensions

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a 2010 action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. Players control four different versions of Spider-Man, each originating from a different universe in the Marvel Comics multiverse. Previous Spider-Man voice actors Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Dan Gilvezan, and Josh Keaton each voice one of the four Spider-Men.

The game revolves around an artifact known as the Tablet of Order and Chaos. When it is shattered into pieces during a fight between Spider-Man and Mysterio, it causes problems with multiple realities across the Marvel Multiverse. Madame Web calls on four versions of Spider-Man from four different realities to restore balance to the multiverse: the Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, and Ultimate Spider-Man. The player controls each of the four Spider-Men as they attempt to retrieve the tablet fragments from villains within their respective dimensions, who now possess new abilities granted by the tablet.

Shattered Dimensions received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release. Reviewers generally praised the concept of bringing four Marvel universes together, and lauded the voice acting, combat, presentation, humor, and score, though criticism was aimed at the story, choice of villains and the overall design of the cutscenes as well as the technical difficulties.

A sequel, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, was released in October 2011, featuring only the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099. Both the game and its sequel were de-listed from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live marketplaces in 2014 following the expiration of Activision’s existing licensing deal with Marvel. Shattered Dimensions was re-released via Steam on October 24, 2015, but was later removed on April 1, 2017.

One of the writers of the game, Mark Hoffmeier, also worked on the well-received Spider-Man The Animated Series on Fox Kids before working on the game. Some of the concepts from the TV show influenced the game, including the use of multiple versions of Spider-Man (as seen on the show) and the concept of the Tablet of Order and Chaos. Another version of this, the Tablet of Time, appears in the animated series. The game is notable for inspiring the 2014 comic book storyline, “Spider-Verse”, also written by Dan Slott, which in turn would inspire the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Minimum Configuration Hardware:

CPU: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better
CPU SPEED: 1.6 GHz
RAM: 256 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista)
OS: Windows XP/Vista
VIDEO CARD: 3D Hardware accelerated card required – 100% DirectX 9.0c-compliant 128 MB video card (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200+ / ATI Radeon 9500+)
TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 128 MB
3D: Yes
HARDWARE T&L: Yes
PIXEL SHADER: 2.0
VERTEX SHADER: 2.0
DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c (included)
SOUND CARD: Yes
FREE DISK SPACE: 5 GB (plus 500 MB for Windows Swap file)
DVD-ROM: 4X DVD-ROM

Recommended Configuration Hardware:

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CPU: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better
CPU SPEED: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 1 GB
OS: Windows XP/Vista
VIDEO CARD: 3D Hardware accelerated card required – 100% DirectX 9.0c-compliant 128 MB video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon X800+)
TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 128 MB
3D: Yes
HARDWARE T&L: Yes
PIXEL SHADER: 2.0
VERTEX SHADER: 2.0
DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c (included)
SOUND CARD: Yes
FREE DISK SPACE: 5 GB (plus 500 MB for Windows Swap file)
DVD-ROM: 4X DVD-ROM