


Chun is still active in the industry today, producing retro style games like Millie and Molly for the C64, a title that was voted game of the year by Retro Video Game in 2020. I reached out to Chun Wah Kong, an exceptionally talented veteran of the video game industry who worked on the red cartridge classic via e-mail to talk about the game’s creation. Even today, it stands as one of the rare titles based off of a comic book that tries its hand at adapting a story into the digital medium.

Released in 1994 and based off of the comic book event of the same name, Maximum Carnage stood out in crowded market of competitors with its unforgettable soundtrack and between stage cut-sequences that actually used panels from the comics. This will mark the live-action debut for the scarlet symbiote, but for many – myself included – they got their introduction to the character through the beat ’em up Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage, easily one of the best comic book games of the 16-bit era that is still a blast to play even today.
