OpenSpidey

Your friendly neighborhood PC rebuild.

OpenSpidey brings Spider-Man (2000) for PC to a native SDL3 and OpenGL engine. Choose your game files, set up the picture, sound and controls, then press Start game. The app remembers your choices.

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Start playing

1. Download the Linux or Windows app from the release page.
2. Extract the whole archive into one folder.
3. Open OpenSpidey on Linux or OpenSpidey.exe on Windows.
4. Choose your Spider-Man (2000) PC disc ISO, or its installed game folder.
5. Pick your video, sound and control settings, then press Start game.

Setup imports the files it needs from an ISO. You do not need to mount the disc, run the original installer or copy files by hand. The app reads your original executable's data; it does not run code from that executable. Only the supported original PC executable is accepted. Other editions, regional builds or modified executables may need further support.

The next launch uses your saved settings. To change them, open OpenSpidey-Settings on Linux or OpenSpidey Settings.exe on Windows. You can also select Show setup every time in the setup window.

Pick your settings

Page	Options
Game files	PC disc ISO or installed folder
Video	Windowed, borderless fullscreen or fullscreen; resolution; antialiasing; texture filtering; smooth distant textures; VSync
Sound	Master volume, music and voices, sound effects
Controls	Modern controls, mouse sensitivity, vertical mouse inversion, opening movie skip

The game keeps its original picture proportions, with black bars where needed. Distant loaded buildings stay visible by default. Antialiasing and world texture filtering reduce jagged edges and texture shimmer. Borderless fullscreen uses your desktop resolution automatically.

Controls

Action	Default control
Move	WASD or arrow keys
Look	Mouse
Jump	Space
Punch	Left mouse button
Shoot webs	Right mouse button
Select	Enter
Pause or skip an eligible scene	Escape
Release or capture the mouse	F1
Quit	F12

Turn off Modern controls in setup to use the original keyboard layout.

Downloads and requirements

Download	Use
openspidey-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	Linux app for a 64 bit x86 desktop with glibc 2.35 or newer, such as Ubuntu 22.04 or newer
openspidey-<version>-windows-x86_64.zip	Native app for 64 bit Windows 10 or newer
openspidey-<version>-windows-binkw32.zip	Separate developer DLL for the original Windows game
Source archives	Build or study OpenSpidey and its bundled runtime

The app packages include their setup launcher, SDL3 and the movie/audio decoder. You do not need Python or a separate FFmpeg install to use them. The game itself is 32 bit; the setup launcher is 64 bit.

The Linux package includes a 32 bit runtime and a Mesa software rendering fallback. It checks your installed 32 bit graphics stack and uses hardware acceleration when that works. Otherwise it uses the bundled runtime. Software rendering can be slower. There is no native macOS build.

You need your own PC game data. Downloads contain no original game assets. An installed folder must contain SpideyPC.exe, data.pkr, media.pkr and texture.dat, and must be writable so the game can load archives and save progress.

Saves, settings and logs

ISO imports, saves and game logs are kept in your user data folder. Updating the app or choosing another ISO preserves the imported game's save folder. An installed folder remains the game's working folder and holds its saves.

System	Settings	Imported game and logs
Linux	~/.config/openspidey/settings.json	~/.local/share/openspidey/
Windows	%APPDATA%\OpenSpidey\settings.json	%LOCALAPPDATA%\OpenSpidey\

Linux also follows XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME. Once an ISO has been imported, its cached files can be used even if the ISO is moved. A failed game run shows the path to its log. Include that log, your map and the last action you took when reporting a problem.

Current progress

This is a development preview. Rendering, player controls, thug behavior, web effects, sound, dialogue and cinematics have advanced since v0.0.2. The full game restoration and matching decompilation are still unfinished.

The latest Linux gameplay checkpoint loaded 68 map entries and 23 training configurations and checked short idle gameplay. Separate tests checked melee attacks, web balls, tug release, camera turns, audio and texture filtering. These checks do not mean every mission, boss, spawn wave or training objective has been completed. Police AI and other game functions still need work. The native Windows app passed setup, movies, main-menu and short level-one checks under Wine. It still needs testing on Windows hardware and across complete missions.

Detailed results are in the gameplay checkpoint and test scenarios.

Development and credits

Read the build guide and contribution guide to work on the engine or decompilation. CI builds native Linux and Windows apps and checks the separate original-game DLL. Runtime libraries and their licenses are listed in the packaging notes.

OpenSpidey is built on krystalgamer/spidey-decomp. Credit for the original decompilation project, its tools and reverse engineering work belongs to krystalgamer and its contributors. This project continues that work with a native app and uses the original binary as a reference. AI coding agents assist with implementation and testing.

Spider-Man (2000) was made by Neversoft and ported to PC by LTI Gray Matter. Spider-Man and the original game assets belong to their respective owners.