Superman

aka: Superman - The New Superman Adventures, Superman - The New Superman Aventures, Superman 64
Moby ID: 9239
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Lex Luthor pulls off another stunt, this time he and Braniac have developed a virtual reality version of Metropolis to trick the people of the fair city. And Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are the first to be tricked.

It's all to pull in Superman, the world's strongest hero, in order to take him down. But as the man himself, your job is to destroy any and all hopes of the bad guys chances.

Using all of his many powers (including heat vision, flight and x-ray vision), you must fight your way through air, sea, underground and indoor levels of bad guys, bosses and puzzle elements in order to reach Lois and destroy Lex's mission.

4 player multiplayer modes are also included as you take control of the many characters for some beat 'em up action.

The United States release contained an exclusive collector's edition Superman comic book inside the package.

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Average score: 32% (based on 24 ratings)

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Average score: 0.8 out of 5 (based on 70 ratings with 5 reviews)

Games like this deserve to burn!

The Good
Oh my God: these are the first three words I think of when hear the term,"Superman 64". There isn't one single thing that I good in this entire game. To even consider this abomination "entertainment" would be an insult to gaming logic. The only thing that's halfway decent is the menu screen.

The Bad
Lets start with the plot. Lex Luthor has kidnapped three of Superman's friends and trapped them in a virtual world (the plot couldn't have been anymore stupid and simple like this)!

When you begin playing, you realise that you only a few metres away from the Lexcorp building. So you may think that Superman has only to go into the building and beat up Lex, right? Well as a matter of fact, NO! You have to fly through this great big legion of rings, and if you miss at least 2-4 of them; YOU LOSE! And you know what? There's a TIME LIMIT! So, while you are trying to be cautious enough to fly through (note: the controls SUCK) the rings, you also have to keep an eye on the time ticking at the top of the screen! And sometimes, Superman gets stuck very easily, even when he isn't touching anything!

In order to crack this part, you have to do every single thing perfectly. You could be right near the end and just miss a ring and start all over again!

So after you get past the rings, a block of instructions how up for practically a split second; only giving you enough time to read the first few words. In this part, you have to lift two cars and make sure they don't hit civilians. And after you do that, guess what? MORE FREAKING RINGS!!

I never got past this point because of two things:

  1. The music loops on and on until it practically destroys your eardrums.

  2. I'd rather kick the man of Steel in the groin rather this playing this garbage.

    The Bottom Line
    There, you have it. My full description on Superman 64, it took ages to get over the fact that Superman actually had a game based off of him that was this bad!

This is the kind of game you would send to someone you hate as a vengeance present. I mean, thank God they don't make game like this anymore.

And do you know what was missing the most? The official Superman music! That's right, its nowhere to be found in this filth. I've had it with game reviewing for the moment, the next one is going to be a review of a GOOD game.

Nintendo 64 · by Arejarn (7353) · 2008

Worst game of all time

The Good
Almost nothing. It was very horrible.

The Bad
What DID I like about this game. This game is absolutely horrible. Once, many years after this game came out, I asked my friends what game we thought was the worst game ever made and they all replied Superman 64. And I agree. Now you might think we are really exaggerating, but it is truly the WORST game ever made. We are not joking don't even buy this game, even if your a huge superman fan. Do not ruin a birthday or christmas with this game because it is not worth it. HEED MY WARNING, DO NOT BUY!

The Bottom Line
Ok, first of all is its graphics are absolutely horrible. The city is not even a city. About every 5 min a large building will appear, and you can do nothing with it, only fly to the top. The city is a huge field of roads leading nowhere. There is no one walking anywhere, except when they a part of a mission (rarely). The powers are useless and boring, and cannot be used on anything because there is nothing to the game to use them on. There is no interactivity, because you can only stick to the missions or you fail and must retry. The controls are sloppy. And worst of all, the second level is completely unbeatable.

Nintendo 64 · by Matt Neuteboom (976) · 2005

From Hero to Zero!

The Good
Look, up in the sky. It's a bird, It's a plane! No, it's (it's nothing more than a superhero hit by an asteroid). Nothing good here, just a bad example of superhero games.

The Bad
The graphics, the gameplay, the rubbish storylines, and the sound is very, very terrible. The first time I played the game, he just look like a cloned villain named Superboy, sort of.

The Bottom Line
Don't even think about renting it or buying it! Remember way back when E.T. killed the Atari console and buried in a New Mexico landfill, that's the reason why we don't care about those kiddie stuff video games anymore. If you want a superhero game that has greater experience (like Batman: Arkham Asylum) and less talking, be my guess because Batman is way better than Superman. "Superman 64" is one of the worst (and eventually the last) superhero games of all time.

Nintendo 64 · by Kadeem Gomez (31) · 2011

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Graphics

The game's developers could not render any background and as an excuse wrote it off as a "kryptonite fog".

PlayStation version

A PlayStation version was in the works, but was cancelled.

Awards

  • Nintendo Power
    • Issue #196 - #1 Worst Nintendo Game
  • Total! (Germany)
    • Issue 01/2000 – Biggest N64 Flop in 1999

Information also contributed by Big John WV and Matt Neueboom

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Game added May 20, 2003. Last modified February 22, 2023.