List of video games featuring Superman
Appearance
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A number of officially licensed video games based on the character Superman have been created, the first being released in 1979, over a year after the first Superman film. Due to the success of the movie and the continued popularity of the character, there have been many Superman-based games released since.
Over the years, video games based on Superman have attained a reputation for being of low quality.[1] The most prevalent example of this is the 1999 Nintendo 64 Superman game which is considered to be one of the worst video games ever made.[2] As a result, later Superman games were given "the Superman curse", which means that there will be negative reception for that game.[3]
Video games starring Superman
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1979 – Atari 2600 |
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1985 – Commodore 64, Atari 400/800 |
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1987 – NES |
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1988 – Arcade |
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1989 – Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST[4][5] |
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1992 – Genesis |
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Superman: The Man of Steel 1993 – Master System, Game Gear[6] |
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1994 – Super NES and Genesis |
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Superman 1997 – Game Boy[7] |
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Superman Activity Center 1998 – MacOS, Microsoft Windows[8] |
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1999 – Nintendo 64[9] |
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2002 – PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube |
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2002 – Xbox[10][11] |
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2003 – Game Boy Advance |
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Superman The Greatest Superhero July 6, 2005 – V-Smile[12] |
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2006 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox[13] |
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Superman 2006 – Handheld TV game |
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Video games featuring Superman
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1995 – Super NES, Genesis |
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2006 – Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable |
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2008 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
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2009 – Arcade |
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2011 – PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows |
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2012 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Wii U |
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2013 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Wii U |
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2014 – Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS |
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2015 – Microsoft Windows |
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May 16, 2017 – Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows |
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October 16, 2018 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows |
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Mobile games
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Superman 2011 – iOS[14] |
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Unreleased Superman games
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Superman III Cancellation date:[15] 1983 |
Proposed system release: Atari 5200 |
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Cancellation date:[16] 1992 |
Proposed system release: NES |
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Superman Cancellation date: 1997 |
Proposed system release: Game Boy |
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Cancellation date:[17] 2000 |
Proposed system release: PlayStation |
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Blue Steel Cancellation date:[18] 2008 |
Proposed system release: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii |
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References
- ^ Totilo, Steven (Oct 13, 2011). "The Next Superman Video Game is Excellent". Kotaku. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ Casamassina, Matt (1999-06-02). "Superman review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
(the game) is executed so poorly that it actually serves to butcher the reputation of the prominent action hero.
- ^ Hewitt, Les (June 8, 2015). "The Superman Curse". Historic Mysteries.
- ^ "Superman", The One, Issue 6, March 1989
- ^ "Superman: The Man of Steel", Zzap!64, Issue 47, March 1989
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
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- ^ "Superman Activity Center". GameSpot.
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/n64/superman__ Moby Games. "Superman for Nintendo 64," (retrieved on March 9th, 2009).
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary (8 November 2002). "Superman: The Man of Steel Review".
- ^ "Superman: The Man of Steel Review". GameSpot.
- ^ "Superman: The Greatest Hero - IGN.com".
- ^ "Superman Returns for Xbox 360 - GameRankings". www.gamerankings.com.
- ^ McElroy, Justin (December 6, 2011). "Portabliss: Superman (iOS)". Joystiq. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ "Superman Video Games - Stage 1". www.comicbookbin.com.
- ^ "Unreleased Superman Game For NES Finds Life On The Internet - Siliconera". 27 April 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
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