History Pinball / SpiderManStern

* SpellingBonus: HERO increases the bonus multiplier, and WEB awards a score bonus.
* SpinningPaper: Beating a villain shows this on the display, with Jameson reading the corresponding headline.
-->'''Jameson:''' "I've got the headline: 'Sandman, Sandbagged!'"

* TakeThatAudience:: Jameson frequently berates the player if they play poorly.

-->'''Jameson:''' "What're you waiting for, Chinese New Year? Go, go, go!"

''Spider-Man'' is an [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball game]] designed by Creator/SteveRitchie, with art by Kevin O'Conner, Margaret Hudson, Marc Schoenberg and Mark Galvez. It was released in 2007 by Creator/SternPinball.

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Jameson:''' "Spider-Man! Where've you been?"]]

->'''Dr. Octavius:''' "Ladies and gentlemen... fasten your seat belts."

''Spider-Man'' has been highly praised by pinball players; it is considered one of the best tables ever from Stern Pinball, with a wide-open playfield, fast action, and rules that are easily enjoyable by beginners while challenging to experts. 500 units of a black limited edition table, with a screened and mirrored backglass and chrome metalwork, was released in the same year.

In 2016, Stern Pinball released the ''Vault Edition'', an updated version of this game. The playfield and backglass art were updated with ComicBook illustrations by Mark Bagley from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', with the dot-matrix animations and game modes updated to match, with the gameplay remaining the same.

A budget [[HomeGame home edition]] was released in 2017 with the same art style.

!!This pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* {{Combo}}s: Consecutive combos award bigger bonuses, and achieving 10 or more combos awards Super Combos, which give more points. Getting 50 combos starts a two-ball Combo Multiball.
* DamselInDistress: Mary Jane Watson, in the "Rescue MJ" mode.

* DeadpanSnarker[=/=]LargeHam: J. Jonah Jameson, played deliciously by J.K. Simmons.

* LicensedPinballTable: It encapsulates all three movies and includes all-new dialog from J.K. Simmons, reprising his role as J. Jonah Jameson.
--> '''Jameson''': "Eight arms? He should be playing this game!"
** The Vault Edition is this for the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The ''Vault Edition''.

* ScoreMultiplier: After shooting all of the white arrows to start a non-villain mode, they will all be lit and next shot will be multiplied by 2x for the rest of the ball. For completing a mode, similarly the inserts will light up and the next shot will be multiplied by 3x for the rest of the ball. Additionally, all scoring is doubled for the remainder of the ball if the WizardMode is completed, ''on top of existing multipliers'', making some shots potentially 4x or 6x.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the start of Battle Royale:

* SequentialBoss: The WizardMode very much is one.
* SettingUpdate: The ''Vault Edition,'' which is essentially the same game but with a more ComicBook-style art design.
* ShoutOut: Word Of God is that Sandman's center bank of three targets is a tribute to ''Pinball/AttackFromMars''.

* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: Several, delivered with Jameson's sardonic bite.

* TimedMission: All of the non-villain modes, which gives you 40 seconds to hit a series of flashing shots.

* TyopOnTheCover: Venom's third mission, "You Ooze, You Lose," was spelled as "You Ooze, You Lo'''''o'''''se" at the back of the playfield in early copies.
* WarpWhistle: The "web slingers", transparent arches which quickly carry pinballs across the playfield.

->'''Jameson:''' "Eight arms? ''He'' should be playing this game!"

In 2016, Stern Pinball released the ''Vault Edition'', an updated version of this game. The playfield and backglass art were updated with ComicBook illustrations by Mark Bagley, with the dot-matrix animations and game modes updated to match, with the gameplay remaining the same.

* ShoutOut: WordOfGod is that Sandman's center bank of three targets is a tribute to ''Pinball/AttackFromMars''.

* TakeThatPlayer: Several, delivered with Jameson's sardonic bite.

* LicensedPinballTable: It encapsulates all three movies and includes all-new dialog from J.K. Simmons.
--> '''J. Jonah Jameson''': "Eight arms? He should be playing this game!"

-->'''Jameson:''' (after a quick drain ball saver) "[[Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports Play better.]]"

* SequentialBoss: The WizardMode very much is one, with five distinct phases to complete in order to win.

* SequentialBoss: The WizardMode very much is one.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition

* SettingUpdate: ''Ultimate Spider-Man,'' which is essentially the same game but with a more ComicBook-style art design.

In 2016, Stern Pinball announced plans for ''Ultimate Spider-Man,'' an updated version of this game. The playfield and backglass art will be updated with ComicBook illustrations by Mark Bagley, while the dot-matrix animations and game modes will be updated to match.

** The sub-Wizard Mode is the "Battle Royale", which is available after beating each villain twice. This is a multiball mode where the player must complete hits on each foe to light the Royale bonus, then collect it at the right ramp.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Aside from the somewhat common ball saver and center post, the outlanes will save the ball when Battle Royale or Super Hero is lit.

* ScoreMultiplier: After shooting all of the white arrows to start a non-villain mode, they will all be lit and next shot will be multiplied by 2x for the rest of the ball. For completing a mode, similarly the inserts will light up and the next shot will be multiplied by 3x for the rest of the ball. Additionally, all scoring is doubled if the WizardMode is completed, ''on top of existing multipliers'', making some shots potentially 4x or 6x.

*** Making the standard skill shot on the final ball will double the player's bonus. Making the Venom skill shot on all three balls will triple the player's bonus.