Spawn: In the Demon's Hand is a video game developed and published by Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

 for the Dreamcast and Arcade

Arcade game

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, released on February 1, 2000 in North America

North America

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. It is based on the Spawn

Spawn (comics)

Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...

 comic book series created by Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn....

 and produced by Image Comics

Image Comics

Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

. Critics judge this as the best Spawn game, although it did not achieve high rates in Gamespot and IGN, specially due to camera and AI problems. A port was planned for the PlayStation 2 as a launch title but it was later canceled.

Storyline

Al Simmons was a military operative who was murdered by his superior, Jason Wynn

Jason Wynn

Jason Wynn is a fictional character in the Todd McFarlane comic book series Spawn. Wynn is the director of the United States Security Group, an umbrella agency encompassing the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and National Security Council...

, then sent to Hell

Hell

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 for his previous work as an assassin

Assassination

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. Five years after his death, Simmons makes a deal with the demon Malebolgia

Malebolgia

Malebolgia is a fictional character in the Spawn universe, drawing its name from the term in Dante's Inferno used to describe Malebolge, the ditches in the eighth circle of Hell where humans who committed the sin Fraud are punished...

 to resurrect him from death

Death

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 as a hellspawn

Hellspawn

Hellspawn are fictional soldiers from Todd McFarlane's comic book series, Spawn. The main character in the series, Spawn, is himself a Hellspawn.-Description:...

 so that he could see his wife, Wanda, again. However, he soon finds out that his wife, in the five years that he was dead, had married his best friend, Terry Fitzgerald

Terry Fitzgerald

Terence D. Fitzgerald is both a fictional character in the comic book Spawn and a long-term employee and friend of Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.- Spawn character :Fitzgerald is Spawn's former best friend and husband to his ex-wife, Wanda Simmons....

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Playable characters

The game features thirty-seven playable characters overall, including twelve main playable characters as well as multiple hidden characters:

• Brimstone
• Cogliostro
  Cogliostro
  Cogliostro is a supporting character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic series. Cogliostro was created in 1993 by author Neil Gaiman and artist Todd McFarlane and introduced in Spawn issue #9.-Al Simmons:...
  
  
• Medieval Spawn
• Priest
• The Redeemer
  The Redeemer (comics)
  The Redeemer, originally introduced as Anti-Spawn, is a fictional character in Todd McFarlane's comic book series Spawn. The Redeemer is Heaven's answer to the Hellspawn. From time to time, the Ethereal Masters seek the assistance of the Star Hive: a heavenly, magical space station to create...
  
  
• Sam
  Sam and Twitch
  Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
  
  
• Spawn
• Tiffany
  Tiffany (comics)
  Tiffany is a fictional character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic book series. She was first introduced to the series in issues #44 and #45. Tiffany, like fellow angel Angela, is a Hellspawn hunter. Therefore, the most current Hellspawn, Al Simmons, is her primary target...
  
  
• Tremor
• Twitch
  Sam and Twitch
  Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
  
  
• Violator/Clown
  Violator (comics)
  Violator is a fictional character that appears in the Spawn comic books published by Image Comics. The character first appeared in Spawn #2 and was created by writer-artist Todd McFarlane. He is the main antagonist of the comic issues 1-100 and later became a secondary antagonist in the recent...
  
  
• Spawn IV
• Wolf I
• Overtkill
• Spawn I
• Cy-Gor
• Admonisher
• Grace
• Al Simmons
• Black Brimstone
• Soliel
• Angel Teneres
• Skeleton I
• Green Beret A
• The Mafia
• Hell Spawn
• Army A
• Angels E
• Vindicator
• The Curse
• Soldier I
• Vandalizer
• Vacillator
• Vaporizer
• Zombie I
• Gatekeeper
• Sub Curse

Note: All characters that are not unlocked at the start are unlocked by beating Boss Mode with the computer as a teammate using different combinations of characters.

How to unlock characters

To unlock the following characters, you have to beat in Boss mode.

• Zombie I:Beat Boss mode with Gatekeeper.
• Wolf I: Beat Boss mode with Cy-Gor.
• Vindicator: Beat Boss mode with Clown.
• Vaporizer: Beat Boss mode with Vandalizer.
• Vandalizer: Beat Boss mode with Cogliostro.
• Vacillator: Beat Boss mode with Vindicator.
• The Mafia: Beat Boss mode with Sam.
• The Curse: Beat Boss mode with Spawn.
• Sub Curse: Beat Boss mode with The Curse.
• Soleil: Beat Boss mode with Grace.
• Soldier I: Beat Boss mode with Twitch.
• Skeleton I: Beat Boss mode with Al Simmons .
• Overtkill: Beat Boss attack mode with Brimstone.
• Hell Spawn: Beat Boss mode with Redeemer.
• Green Beret A: Beat Boss mode with Jessica.
• Gatekeeper: Beat Boss mode with Hell Spawn.
• Cy-Gor: Beat Boss mode with Tremor.
• Army A:Beat Boss mode with Overtkill.
• Angels E: Beat Boss mode with Tiffany.
• Angel Teneres: Beat Boss mode with Soleil.

Secret Characters

Beat the Boss Attack mode without ever continuing on multiplayer and the characters will unlock as follows.

• One Time: Spawn I
• Five Times: Dark Ages Spawn
• Ten Times: Spawn IV
• Fourteen Times: Admonisher

External links

• Official site
• Spawn: In the Demon's Hand on IGN
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• Spawn: In the Demon's Hand on GameSpot
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