<s>
Todd	B-Application
McFarlane	I-Application
's	I-Application
Spawn	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Video	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Spawn	B-Application
comic	O
book	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Europe	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
console	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Ukiyotei	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Sony	O
Electronic	O
Publishing	O
in	O
late	O
1995	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
Al	O
Simmons	O
,	O
Spawn	B-Application
,	O
trying	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
lives	O
of	O
thirteen	O
children	O
in	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
type	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
the	O
Image	O
Comics	O
Spawn	B-Application
character	O
was	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Spawn	B-Application
comic	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	B-Application
McFarlane	I-Application
's	I-Application
Spawn	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Video	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-style	O
side-scrolling	B-Application
beat	I-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
with	O
some	O
platforming	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
melee	B-Application
attacks	O
available	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
has	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
arsenal	O
of	O
special	O
powers	O
that	O
requires	O
the	O
input	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
button	O
combination	O
on	O
the	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fully	O
depleting	O
this	O
timer	O
means	O
that	O
Spawn	B-Application
's	O
soul	O
is	O
lost	O
to	O
hell	O
forever	O
,	O
and	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
Game	B-Application
Over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
Simmons	O
 '	O
special	O
powers	O
will	O
fire	O
projectiles	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
can	O
also	O
teleport	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
as	O
use	O
a	O
special	O
power	O
that	O
completely	O
refills	O
his	O
life	O
force	O
meter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
when	O
the	O
life	O
meter	O
is	O
fully	O
depleted	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
in-game	O
timer	O
runs	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Longing	O
after	O
his	O
wife	O
,	O
a	O
deal	O
was	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
Lord	O
of	O
Darkness	O
named	O
Malebolgia	O
to	O
make	O
Simmons	O
return	O
from	O
the	O
dead	O
and	O
thus	O
become	O
Malebolgia	O
's	O
Spawn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Spawn	B-Application
's	O
powers	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
their	O
full	O
extent	O
,	O
his	O
soul	O
will	O
belong	O
to	O
Malebolgia	O
and	O
he	O
will	O
do	O
Malebolgia	O
's	O
bidding	O
for	O
all	O
time	O
to	O
come	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	B-Application
McFarlane	I-Application
's	I-Application
Spawn	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Video	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
Image	O
Comics	O
 '	O
Spawn	B-Application
comic	O
book	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	B-Application
McFarlane	I-Application
's	I-Application
Spawn	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Video	I-Application
Game	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
reviewer	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
Video	O
Games	O
magazine	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sounds	O
were	O
good	O
for	O
a	O
16-bit	B-Application
system	O
,	O
but	O
relatively	O
low	O
quality	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
shown	O
on	O
32-bit	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
unsatisfying	O
even	O
in	O
this	O
regard	O
;	O
Andrew	O
Baran	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
really	O
have	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
comic	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
four-person	O
review	O
crew	O
judged	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
mediocre	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
good	O
variety	O
of	O
special	O
moves	O
but	O
slow	O
character	O
movement	O
and	O
an	O
excessive	O
number	O
of	O
cheap	O
hits	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
fighting	O
Anti-Spawn	O
.	O
</s>
