Spider: The Video Game
Encyclopedia
Spider: The Garden is a game developed by Boss Game Studios
and available on the PlayStation platform. The game was published by Eidos Interactive
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, within which the mind of its creator has been implanted. As the spider
you must rove within full 3D environments of the Lab
you were created in, thus many of the obstacles include lab sinks, acid, test tubes and primarily other cybernetic creatures well bent on your demise. Then you get out, and travel to a factory, a museum, and various other locales, each infested with strange and malevolent creatures.
and a "Good" (7.6) by Gamespot
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Boss Game Studios
Boss Game Studio is a defunct video game developer specializing in Nintendo 64 games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of Boss Film Studios...
and available on the PlayStation platform. The game was published by Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
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Premise
"The mind of a genius. The body of a shadow-man. A mortally wounded scientist accidentally implants his consciousness in a nano-tech marvel-a cybernetic spider. Now shrunk to the size of a bug you must fight to stay alive."Story
The intro video to Spider says this: Dr Kelly has just started an experiment. He attaches a spider's legs, then proceeds to transfer his thoughts into it. It is a success: the entire spider reacts. He seems to be able to see from the spider's perspective. However, MicroTech is secretly watching him, and MicroTech's leader, simply a brain in a jar, wants the technology. He either does not want to pay a lot of money for it, or is afraid Dr Kelly will sell it to another party, the former most likely. So he sends his best agents, a woman with special glasses of some sort and a man wearing sunglasses. The pair manage to sneak into Nanotechnology and enter his lab. Dr Kelly sees the gun the man is holding and proceeds to shutdown the experiment. The man starts shooting up the lab. Unfortunately, he accidentally shoots Dr Kelly, seriously wounding him. The woman stops him. The equipment is severely damaged before the shutdown could complete and is unable to disconnect Dr Kelly's connection to the spider, and Dr Kelly is seemingly electrocuted and collapses. The woman tries to remove the transmitter, but since the connection is still ongoing, it cannot be removed. So they proceed to kidnap the unconscious Dr Kelly and steal a case belonging to him, all awhile unaware that Dr Kelly's consciousness is being transmitted to the spider. So the spider (essentially now Dr Kelly) proceeds to follow the pair, in an effort to get his human body back. However, many strange creatures and obstacles stand in his way. And so, he must fight his way through in order to get his body back.Gameplay
As a player you take on the role of a cybernetic Bob SagetBob Saget
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, within which the mind of its creator has been implanted. As the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
you must rove within full 3D environments of the Lab
Laboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
you were created in, thus many of the obstacles include lab sinks, acid, test tubes and primarily other cybernetic creatures well bent on your demise. Then you get out, and travel to a factory, a museum, and various other locales, each infested with strange and malevolent creatures.
Reception
It had somewhat positive ratings, a "Passable" (6.0) by IGNIGN
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and a "Good" (7.6) by Gamespot
GameSpot
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