Superman (NES) vs. Superman (Famicom) *Descripton Updated*

[Caztro72]

Oh man! The real Superman score DOES make a difference!! Even the "Can You Read My Mind" song during the input screen made this game more "Superman-y". Any way to game-genie the music back into the American version?!! LOL!!

[eddy67]

i used to really like this game when i was 5 i just didn't know what i was supposed to do

[DJCandyManMike]

@eddy67

Don't feel bad. I played it when I was 12 or so and couldn't figure it out either. It was at least 7 more years before I tried again and realized how to play the game.

[RationalDischarge]

I love how the Famicom version asks for the player's blood type. That is so typically Japanese.

[theretrogamer14]

you know all the nes version had to do was keep the music and it would have been awesome (but without it it sucks)

[ScuderiaAzzurri]

Man I remember playing this when I was 4 or 5 and sucking . I wish they would make a new Superman game similar to the new Batman series by Rocksteady that would be awesome.

[zolo1243]

The Japanese version is...better? I guess it's like eating a skunk versus eating a skunk with a little salt...

[conradojavier]

Linkara:I AM A MAN!

[RoyStantz]

@ctrcodeman

You damn right it's a good game!

[RyanDyches]

game sucks either way

[Loader2K1]

I guess I was the only one that like Superman's theme in American version of this game. In my opinion, it fit Superman's character: you're the hero, and everyone is counting on you to come through.

[xIegionx]

I wish i could find mp3s of the famicom's version 8 bit superman songs.

[stanisgodz]

I thought this game was a wonderfully fantastic game when I was a kid. I kicked ass at it. and to be honest I'm glad I didn't have that super man music playing. it would have been annoying eventually. I find the American music to be less annoying on a repeat.

[AbhiB]

how the hell did the JPN get the music but the American's didn't get shit

[xIegionx]

@AbhiB my guess is that if they used it in america there would be some copyright law with the film or john williams.

[RpKingman]

I remember playing this rare game back around 1987 at a friend's house and I enjoyed it. I'm not sure I understood it too well, but I did enjoy it.

Sometimes I think our modern perspective on gaming corrupts the original charm of a vintage game.

[RoyStantz]

@RpKingman

That's right. Gamers have been spoiled rotten by modern games like Halo and Call of Duty, and that's why they pick old games like this as their scapegoats!

[conradojavier]

@RoyStantz Call of Duty is All Serious, Less Fun.

[punymoron]

Superman NES theme version >>>>>Superman Famicom Version

[avgnfanvideos64]

wat the famicom gets the superman music but nes does not?! lol i have super man on nes and as well on 64 they both suck check out avgns review XD

[nintendodude4]

he looks like a moron on the famicom

[ottawa2001us]

Anyone know where I might be able to find this game online to play?

[alucard624]

Suprisingly, the music starting at 0:37 IS from the films. At least, Superman III. After listening to part 3's soundtrack, I found out that some of the music from when Superman tries to save the chemical factory was partly adapted to this game. Weird, huh?

[theyummysock]

fuck this game

[RoyStantz]

@theyummysock

No Yummysock... FUCK YOU!!!

[atari94]

why did the japanese get the better opening music

[Stantasio]

at 3:14 it won't let you rid without a pass, It's like come on man, I'M SUPERMAN, LET ME ON THE TRAIN

[grabisoft]

yeah yeah lot of AVGN man-

[KroniKKidZ28]

looks like us Americans got jipped. At least the Japanese got a shitty game WITH sweet music. Looks like the Statue of Liberty will make you fight forever or it'll start telling everybody Superman's secret identity since it, y'know, can talk now

[RoyStantz]

@KroniKKidZ28

True, but you're still a dumbass!

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

They even fucked up the Statue of Liberty.

[EdElricBoy]

Looks all anime-like and cute. I kinda like it.

[10thEnemyHasTheBomb]

Superman's scared speechless by a talking Statue of Liberty. He's just standing there praying David Copperfield comes to rescue him.

[moriya2k2]

why is superman chibi-sized.

[1983parrothead]

Because Japan likes cuteness.

[conradojavier]

@1983parrothead Chibi Superman is A MAY'UN!(Atop the Forth Wall Reference)

[einsteinpup]

NICE SUPERMAN THEME!

[Ivaria]

I like this ^^

[RoyStantz]

@Ivaria

Me too! ;)

[santan25]

whats with teh statue of liberty!?

[hualni]

Located on a 12 acre island, the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. were you curious about what the statue of lliberty was or why it was in the game?? if it is the game, the answer is simple, everybody knows what the statue is and it represents the good in people, the same as superman. without the internet not many knew of the origins of superman.

[santan25]

I meant why it talks.

[tour86rocker]

Why didn't he just fly to Metro Park in the beginning..? The game's not as hard as it's made out to be sometimes. I also LOVED the music, truthfully. I don't understand why the player didn't switch powers in the NES version...the same option is there.

...holy crap the Famicom Superman looks evil! Like the NES zombies

[RoyStantz]

@tour86rocker

Now that's I'm talking about! It's 23 years later, and I think it's high time that Superman for the NES finally got that second chance it deserves!

[slackerjester]

LOL weak!

[stdelcambre]

I much prefer the Superman theme from the NES version. This game sucks, but used to run around and play it for the sole purpose of the Clark Kent and Superman themes. Unfortunately, you can't really hear the Superman theme in this video without it being cut off every second from an item pickup.

[JetTheHawk123]

you owe me 635 minutes of my life

[EntaDaStage]

And you wasted another 10 seconds typing up a dumbass post like that.

It's a double OWN3D.

[Toneman]

hahaha what a dick.

all he had to do was just move on

[VideyoJunkei]

faster than a speeding train! Able to leap up to a second story! It's SUPERMAN!!!

[williamshank]

"Hey What are you doing?"

Me: Nothing, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE!

[cowterfire]

How do you lose???

[Ivaria]

You die...

[pieguy07]

O.o the famicom version at least tried to make a good superman game thanks to the music.

[DML897]

Just watched the AVGN's review of this shitty game and i knew somewhere the music actually fit now i realized it was the famicom version. Thanks for the comparisons dude!

[RoyStantz]

@DML897

Eat salty balls, you sucka!

[KroniKKidZ28]

*gasp* the Statue of Liberty can talk!!! and it knows Clark Kent is Superman!!! And its French!!! Those facts alone make it the biggest threat to national security in the history of shitty NES game

[RoyStantz]

@KroniKKidZ28

Oh, crawl outta your daddy's ass, you dumbass!

[BjGard]

For some reason video games have failed miserably with Superman and WHY??? Even the champ known as nintendo can't get it right

[RoyStantz]

@BjGard

What you morons fail to realise is that a game that captured the spirit of Superman would be boring as fucking hell. Here's what a real Superman game would be like: you'd fly around beating up everyone and not taking any damage, then Lex Luthor would show up with a shitload of Green Kryptonite and you'd be completely fucked. The End. Does that sound like a fun game? No, it doesn't. Superman on the NES, on the other hand, is damn fun.

[r1ptyd]

This game looks more enjoyable than superman64...

[RoyStantz]

@r1ptyd

And that's a SHOOT!

[stdelcambre]

This game wasn't very good but I loved/love the Clark Kent and Superman music themes of the game.

[tehdud]

thats the cutest statue of liberty ever xD

[slashjimmypageEVH]

haha.. those old music themes for video games are annoying. lol ... shitty that superman can't fly in this game

[NEbombsquad]

are you fucking kidding me?!

[zueq]

super man is so super that he gets hurt when a bad guy toches him :]

[zueq]

LOL at 1:26 the bad guy was shooting the opposite side of superman (talking about bad programing?)

[Melirune]

"Oops! You cant ride the subway with no pass"

Haha since when does Superman need to take the subway? Wouldn't he rather fly than be stuck with public transit?

[111grngoblin111]

ha ha they made superman look so asian

[jaimebula]

He got shot almost everytime.

[grontito]

It´s incredible! th japanese respect much more the themes and doesnt get any speaking statue i keep with the japan version!

[zeldafanboy345]

don't keep with any of them...they both suck ass

[RoyStantz]

@zeldafanboy345

I hope you get bombed by Obama's goons, you horse-banging skank!

[KUROGUY]

I know this is an old game.....But this is Shit even for the 80's.

[RoyStantz]

@KUROGUY

Ah, go empty your squeaky-clean vagina, you vaginal belch!

[RhystheBishop]

The reason the Statue of Liberty could talk was because the creaters needed a medium to tell you your role in the game since the game would have barely any diologue(SP?) from there out.

[thunderaga]

blademaster9191 said it all

[RoyStantz]

@thunderaga

That's because you lick his tasty vagina, asshole!

[lboy9898]

gravity must've decraesed while superman was on adventures in this game

[blademaster9191]

Wow uber crappy lol

[swisherman84]

Yea, I know...and I thought Superman 64 was a waste of developmental skillz....sheesh!

[RoyStantz]

@swisherman84

Superman 64 still sucks, while this game FUCKING ROCKS! So kiss my arse, nigga!

[RoyStantz]

@blademaster9191

You can just suck your mommy's cock for all I care, you gaywad!

[LightWarrior2000]

OMG THE GIANT STATUE...IT TALKS.

[mvp4life017]

It's actully the statue of liberity donated by france....i have no Idea why it tslked o.o

[LightWarrior2000]

Oh I know..I felt like it added to the humor by just saying "Giant statue"

[mvp4life017]

lol....

[DevonAJBaker]

lmfao 1st of all it looks gay 2ond of all how can u die super man nvinsaple 3 of all can the librty tower talk

[Ashanmaril]

Why does the video game ask you your blood type?

[EricTL1]

hahaha I know thats weird.

[fireontheside]

There is a popular belief in Japan that a person's blood type is predictive of their personality, temperament, and compatibility with others, similar to astrology in the West.

It is common among anime and manga authors to mention their character's blood types, and to give their characters corresponding blood types to match their personalities. Some video game characters also have known blood types, such as in Street Fighter series, Soul Calibur, Final Fantasy, which lists character blood types.

[Ashanmaril]

Weird. Well on the Naruto website it says their blood types. That's kind of odd.

[MercyAngelShin]

The Japanese beleive that your blood type effects the way you act, similar to how we think our Zodiac changes your natural tendencies.

[Ashanmaril]

I don't beleive in anything Zodiac. I'm Christain.

[acce245]

and....

You do realize that Christianity and the Zodiac do not directly interfere with each other, right? The Zodiac was simply created as a way to tell time, much like the Julian calendar. However, both have been changed over time to accommodate religions.

You know, like christmas, easter and day of the dead on the Julian. Same with the 'chinese' calendar, and the new year, for example.

You do realize also that many christians in the Asian world use the Zodiac reckoning, right?

[acce245]

Or the way the Julian calendar is slanted toward christian beliefs (spring for new life, for example). Easter in spring, day of the dead/all saints day/halloween in the fall. Really doesn't seem so different, does it?

[ISQUEIROx]

nah, it rocked. especially when you made superman bump into lois lane's tits and she made some kidn of generic atari sound.

[conradojavier]

Jedite1:is Superman stoned?

[cjironc]

que asco de juego porque los vandidos atacan con balas a superman?? si a el no le ase nada nisiquiera las basukas

[MrUniq]

What tripped me out was the jazzy music when you were superman.

[Fattypatties]

Hmm.. I'm actually fond of the Famicon Soundtrack the movie themes are quite awesome. Maybe if we had this soundtrack in the U.S. I would have actually kept playing this back when I had my NES.

[stringanime]

No one finds it suspicious that Clark can jump 30 feet straight up? And what is with that first enemy shooting Clark as soon as he steps out of the daily planet? Why must a man tell us he knows "Nothing at All?" I supose that is to fully immerse the player into the game. heh

[Ashanmaril]

I was about to comment that and then you put it. lol.

[jrag1000]

I beat this game a few times. It's good. I had a lot of fun when it came out. I rented it from blockbuster almost every week, and then eventually bought it. You get into it if you give it a chance.

[AlucardsQuest]

I love John Williams, but the tunes that replaced the score weren't all that bad. Typical NES fare, & melodic & catchy. Still the movie music adapts itself so well to the NES that a newcomer (unlikely as it may seem) might think them to be originals. Ironically, the awful Indiana Jones games had no problem securing Williams' music. Batman didn't use Danny Elfman's music either, but at least the stage 1 song was cool.

[Normal1S]

I agree. I like the US version tunes as well.

[AlucardsQuest]

I actually like this game so I'm not really sure how valid my opinion is though lol.

[LeadCeno]

Why in the world did they have to remove facial features?? Did they think the original sprite looked too much like Christopher Reeve?? It didn't, at all. The sprite barely looks like Superman to begin with.

[TheGameroomBlitz]

Just when I thought I couldn't hate Superman on the NES any more than I already did, along comes this news that the game was actually made WORSE when it came to the United States. What a rip-off!

JR

[RoyStantz]

@TheGameroomBlitz

Suck my balls, bitch!

[meidc]

The statue never really spoke. Superman was just super high.

[ProductionX]

And as usual, the Statue of Liberty has that Moe look all over her!

[LemonLimesour]

is it just me or did the statue of liberty just talked to Superman

[TheLuigi02]

yeah, I think the statue of liberty just talked to Superman. Creeeeepy...

[conradojavier]

just talk to Jedite about it.

[RoyStantz]

@conradojavier

That's because Jedite is a dishrag cocksucker!

[deepvoodoo]

I still think it's cute. I'd rather watch someone play it than see Hollywood turn him into the deadbeat dad of steel. By the way, how come the Japanese version has the theme from the movies, but not the American version?

[JPThunder01]

Ahh Kemco, responsible for making one of the worst Superman games AND one of the worst Batman games ever...

[Headbanger14]

WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK! He looks like a Chibi version of Superman.

[loganpettis]

Why does the statue of liberty talk to him???

[kazheton]

WTF HE IS SUPERMAN !! WHY CANT RIDE ON SUBWAY :|!! my life sucks :( hahaha

[wiseass2147]

Wow. This is just sad.

[RoyStantz]

@wiseass2147

Because you're one of the impatient gamers, you scientologist faggot!

[uncyclomaniac]

HE needs a pass. For the subway.

T.T

[perfectSync]

...can I throw up now?

[RoyStantz]

@perfectSync

No you can't!

[paavokokko]

Superman can't ride the subway ;_;

Aslo to note; there's something strange going on _only_ in the park. Gangsters randomly gunning down reporters in the morning is a completely normal occurence in a metropolis like this.

[Blacksill]

ummm why was he running around with a constipated look on his face, punching people?

[ReijiAzuma]

Superman apparently has the new superpower of Super-Big-Head. And is it just me, or does Clark look like a middle-aged, balding Japanese man? (still, that's nothing compared to what they did to Luthor!)

The love theme sounds good despite being NES, though the main theme is merely okay. The arcade version of it sounded excellent though. Of course, that had stuff just as weird as this (Superman shooting energy beams out of his hands and red Superman twin brother/clone anyone?)

[GlobalHuntMan]

And who thought up that weird scene at the beginning where Superman actually has a conversation with an anime version of the Statue of Liberty?

[GlobalHuntMan]

I had this game when I was little and used to get so frustrated with it because I never knew what I was supposed to do. As far as the music goes in the American version, I seem to remember some of John Williams' music being retained in the game in places, but his music was, of course, replaced in the parts you show. The transcription of the love theme to the Nintendo synthesizer was pretty good, but there were a lot of errors in that of the main theme.

[GlobalHuntMan]

(continued) I don't know if this had to do with carelessness and/or incompetence on the part of the transcriber or with compromising having to have been made to accommodate the limited musical capacities of the Nintendo, but maybe that's why it was scrapped when the game was ported over to the American market.

[BigAl2k6]

Damn Clark keeps blowing his cover by jumping 20 fricking feet in the air!

Also, "Can you read my mind" on the Famicom sounds pretty good!  Too bad the game still sucked.

[kaihedgie]

It's interesting as the Famicon actually has the original Superman theme but the NES version doesn't. >_>

[TripleLei]

Bring on Superman 64!!!

...nah, nevermind.

At least this one has that ol' NES charm... >_>

[wussycat]

I wonder if the Famicom version also gives a good explanation for why Superman can be harmed with ordinary weapons...

[cybersaur]

omg you can't even fly properly

[myogatheflea]

Very interesting indeed. This game is still the ultimate s_uck though.

[Tork110]

Is there any point to choosing a blood type?

[Futuramaooy]

Search Japanese blood type theory of personality on Wikipedia

[ahogan]

Is there a point in making a Superman video game? Nope. Each one sucked.

[DarkMario86]

nope you just have bad taste

[RoyStantz]

@ahogan

What you fail to realise is that a game that captured the spirit of Superman would be boring as fucking hell. Here's what a real Superman game would be like: you'd fly around beating up everyone and not taking any damage, then Lex Luthor would show up with a shitload of Green Kryptonite and you'd be completely fucked. The End. Does that sound like a fun game? No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. Superman on the NES, on the other hand, is damn fun.

[EggYolk]

yeah when u bleed a dif color comes out. >.< actually I don'y know.

[Msdos4]

Another stupid superman game. It takes too freak'n long to get where you want to go, and if you even manage to survive the trip to your destination, you'll bearly have enough life to fight the even tougher stuff!!

[tetsuo9999]

Why the hell does Superman need to ride the subway? Can you imagine how awkward that would be for the other passengers?

[Toneman]

Hey at least in case if the train derails or get hijacked, at least there's a hero on-site!

[taipion]

Yea does he pay for a Subway token? If so where does he keep his wallet?

[gurumed]

Well I can see why they did it, although I think I do like the full facial sprite better, they look funny and cool.

[36cf]

that looks so bad

[Toneman]

I agree. I just like the game for its music. That's it.