I got this when it came out, and I always thought it was pretty good. I was a real little kid, but it was entertaining and I had learned how to beat it and would play it multiple times just to see how fast I could beat it. Same with the E.T. game, even though that one was more annoying because of the pits, but games with multiple screens in a "map" formation and an ending werent very common back then, and were a welcome change.
I've been reading about the Atari 2600 and its Stella chip. If you had any idea how primitive its display capabilities were and how slow its CPU was, and the fact that you had to fit all game logic and graphics in less space than it takes to display the youtube icon at the top of your browsing tab, you'd be more forgiving.
I actually thought they put a lot of thought in this game. Lex and his goons blow up the bridge, you have to collect the bridge pieces and put it back together and capture Lex and his goons and put them in the prison. The kryptonite took away your ability to fly and capture people and if that happened, you had to find and kiss Lois to get them back. You also had "xray" vision which allowed you to see what screen was coming up next. In the 16-bit days, we mostly got side scrolling beat em ups.
@sglider dude, i was around for atari and you know know what? it sucked balls. if you didn't have the instructions, you basically moved around in some bizarre epileptic dimension most of the time in alot of these games. people wanted to be in the arcades where at least the games seemed to act and look like games.
@sglider oh yeah, I must be 12. yeah, it seems like an uncommon statement to say that some people thought the atari 2600 was unplayable garbage compared to the arcades around at the same time.
Who's comparing Superman for the Atari 2600 to arcades at the same time? I was talking about most superhero games for the Genesis/SNES. Most of them were just side scrolling beat em ups with no thought to other gameplay elements at all. Not sure how you liking arcade games from 1979/1980 more than the 2600s "garbage" relates at all.
@sglider okay. then the superhero games in the 16-bit era were much better than this crap. sorry, but games didn't start showing ingenuity until the 8-bit era.
I often mention this game and many people who came along after 1979 don't believe it even existed. My brothers used to play it and they'd get so annoyed by how, whenever Superman rescued Lois, it would constantly "ding" that they'd purposely drop and kill her. I never understood why they just didn't turn the volume all the way down.
Lol, gotta love all the AVGN fantards trashing this game when they haven't even played it.
It's from 1978, you retards. It's not fucking Call of Duty.
I'm not crazy about the Atari 2600 Superman, but it's considered by many to be among the greatest games ever made. It's also highly, highly influential.
You probably think Pac-Man sucks too. After all, it doesn't have online multiplayer or fancy motion controls.
And you call yourselves gamers. You all should be ashamed.
@pineapple10 Agreed. This was epic stuff back in the late 70s (add extra epicness if ever played this game to Walter Murphy's Superman Theme ;). The problem is, most gamers today are too young to remember or appreciate these old games (I'm 39 btw). It's the same with music, movies, TV and all forms of retro art in general. They'll be there one day, too...
Those calling this and other games of that era a piece of crap should consider this game was made in 1978 (yep, 33 years ago) and it was probably the FIRST game based on a comic book character. So don't go crying and curl into a ball when your grandchildren tell you our GTAs and HALOs were a piece of crap. Get it?
Yeah no. See, that point might be valid if it were Pong, Space Invader or Adventure. The problem with you're analogy is that GTA and Halo are playable. This game is not even playable, and it was horrible then, and it's horrible now.
@janesaysso Hi good friend. How old are you? Did you live in the 70s like I did? In a time when the Atari was, along with Intellivision, the best gaming options around? You see, I was talking about technology and graphics, not playability. Superman was playable because EVERYTHING was fully explained in the (printed) manual. We didn't had fancy tutorials, game guides, or the internet back then. It's a fact, in 20 years PS3 and XBOX360 will look and feel dated, just like those old systems. Cheers.
@RatedJpG That's real neato. Too bad you missed the point. It was a horrible game then and it is still a horrible game. People with nostalgia glasses might see it differently, but just because it was made in 70s doesn't really excuse it. I'm not sure what age has to do with it, sure I wasn't born in the 70's to experience it, but I was born in the late 80's and I've seen many people call horrible games on the NES and the genesis good games only because they played it as a kid.
@janesaysso Good friend, it looks like you didn't read my last comment at all. Honestly, that nostalgia bit you brought makes you sound angry and defensive. It's not a matter of who's right or wrong, If you think these games are horrible, by all means keep thinking that way. There are people out there who do get the point and give all things their time and place in history. So feel free to reply to this once more if it makes you happy to have the last word. I won't be around to read it. Cheers.
@999beme It doesn't sound like you actually watched the video but here it is: 1) Rebuild the Metropolis Memorial Bridge. 2) Capture Lex Luthor and his henchmen. 3) Change back into Clark Kent. 4) Go to the Daily Planet. In the shortest time possible.
I was so excited when my parents got me this game. After playing the game I realized early on in life all that glisters is not gold. This game sucked big dick.
Actually, this was the greatest Superman game ever. Can't even count the number of hours I spent with this. Lois Lane was super-frickin hot in this game.
Actually, this was the greatest Superman game ever. Can't even count the number of hours I spent with this. Lois Lane was super-frickin hot in this game.
Ignoring what all the AVGN drones said, I don't think this game was that bad. It was one of the few games on the system where you could beat it, and the objective wasn't that bad. The only problem was finding things in the random sequence of screens. It isn't THAT bad, however.
@JPhands to me, games like this and et were just way too early a games because number 1- they lacked the graphics that they so desperately were in need of and number two- there was no way of knowing exactly what was happening unless you found out from somebody who knew the game very well. and yeah, im an avgn drone lol
One of my all time atari 2600 favorites. Just played it today. I wanna make a remake with better sounds, better animation and no flicker. Resolution would be the same. Perhaps a nice intro and a nice ending and include a flight with Louis over the statue of liberty. Oh if I wasn't so busy...
@ZlothZloth Hey, disco music is good. At least it's not like today where we have autotune so any tone deaf person can become a star and we get cursed with things like Friday. People actually had to have talent back then.
@ZlothZloth Um, and what's wrong with disco music? Unlike music today there was no autotune so people had to actually be able to sing. It's still better than rap, hip hop, and heavy metal. And ask yourself, who would you rather listen to, Donna Summer or Justin Beiber?
@ZlothZloth Um, and what's wrong with disco music? Unlike music today there was no autotune so people had to actually be able to sing. It's still better than rap, hip hop, and heavy metal. And ask yourself, who would you rather listen to, Donna Summer or Justin Beiber?
@JamiJR Errr, pointing out that some music is even worse than disco does not make disco good.
@Moschovitis Yep, that's Lois. You have to put her inside the Daily Planet. It looks like Jimbo got her in there fairly early but then the helicopter (my friend and I liked to call it the helimelon) flew in and pulled her out again. It may have flown in via the sewer system. I hate it when that happens.
It's hard to believe crap like this actually cost $40-$50 per game back in 1980. That would be like spending $150 for a game today. I had all the Atari and Intellivision games at this time and I have no idea how I was able to afford them all. Oh, right...still living with my parents. The worst one I ever bought was Atari Hangman for $50!!!! I was so addicted, I even bought supreme crap like 3d tic tac toe. Ended up selling the whole set before they really dropped in value.
Atari must've been the worst fucking game company ever made in history! Just look at this kinda fucking garbage? Makes no fucking sense and are so gay you wish you had a fucking shotgun so you could blow the fuck outta every copy out of these stupid and pointless games.
@Togg525 Atari made really good games back in their day yeah sure the graphics on this game don't look good but this game was made in 1978 thats over 30 years ago games consoles have come along way since then.
@dejon71 That is exactly correct. I remember getting ET for Xmas, playing it & having fun while doing so. Same with Superman. I also remember the game Haunted House & actually being a little scared when playing, LOL! @ the time, aside from being 1 of the 1st "Super Hero" games, Superman was "innovative", & had good graphics. I never could figure out the object of this game though. BTW, I'm so grateful for emulation! I have literally every vintage game ever made! I'm a HUGE retro-gamer!
@gjc82071 Yes!!! It was at Christmas time when I got ET and Haunted House. I remember spending hours playing haunted house, superman, and spiderman too! And finishing ET! And we didn't have anything to compare these games too either, these games were new. It sure beat playing pong!
@dejon71 I've read/heard that as adults, we spend our entire life trying to relive our childhood. Proof = video game, baseball card, comic book, etc collectors & the fact people took time to develop retro gaming emulators. While I like modern, I prefer vintage gaming (& TV/Movies). When playing classic games/Watching classic TV, often I can remember when, where & who I was playing a particular game/Watching TV with. BTW, do you still ever play Atari/retro games @ all? BTW, is 71 your B-day?
I loved this game 30 years ago. It was one of the first games where you can do more than just one thing. You have to get the fugitivs and repair the bridge. And all this in many different screen. Great for that time...
@gaydanzig Because most of the people that played this game back in the day, appreciated it for what it was. Innovative, cool, fun, etc. Video games didn't start with Play Station. There are several previous generations of games. While they lack graphics, that is only relative to now. @ the time, people didn't know any better, the same way in 30yrs, people will look at Halo & laugh their ass off at how primitive it was. Also, many people still love vintage games/have nostalgia for them.
Clark Kent is trying to reach the Daily Planet. On his way to work the bridge explodes and he has to travel around (LMAO) the city in order to find the pieces of the bridge. Superman is also rounding up criminals along the way. The satellite looking things are kryptonite.
I played the shat out of this game and now wonder how the HELL!!! did I not have seizures growing up?!?
can somebody explain what is even going on in this? all i can really make out is that clark kent goes into a phone booth to become superman. then he flies around....
Well, you are superman. Lex Luthor and his guys destroyed the bridge... You have to put them in Jail, rebuild the bridge and go to the "daily planet" to report all as Clark Kent :-D
When you hear the strange high-pitch-sound, Superman is using his x-ray-vision...
Besides there exists a subway... You needed a map for your fitst games :-D
For all you dumb fucks that don't understand this game I'll explain it....
The object is to locate Lex Luther and his gang and put them in the city jail. Also you must rebuild the bridge that they blew up in the beginning. If you get hit with Kriptonite you must find Lois Lane and kiss her to regain your strength.
I loved this freakin game. That;s Lex with the Heli-backpack. The bridge blows up and you have to collect the pieces . This game was def better than E.T. and Indiana Jones. The latter still gives me night mares. Worst part of ET was you fall in these pits and it would take hours to get out.
It took me at least until 1:04 to realise that he was flying people to prison. If I were born in 1976, I probably wouldn't have grown up with videogames if THIS was what I had to play with in my young age.
I'm not a big fan of video game systems that came after 1999. I owned an Atari 2600 along with this 'Superman' game. My question is, how the hell did I play it? It looks like the goofiest thing ever. It's like the games 'Adventure' and 'E.T.' combined.
The 2600 was not meant for these sorts of games, it's better for arcade-type games. It doesn't work well on it.
ACluelessKid 3 weeks ago
This is without a doubt the manliest sounding video game in history.
jesseeinblau 4 weeks ago
wtf is your problem atari yours videogames sucks
cristian7829 1 month ago
holy fuck.....
electronwealth 1 month ago
I couldn't wait for Saturday morning to play this game!!...It was all I could think about!...
Wondermouth1 1 month ago 4
Is this funny?
Goliacord 2 months ago
wtf is going on
LuigiDM 2 months ago 16
@LuigiDM I've tried to figure that out whole my childhood...
Siska0Robert 1 month ago
one of the best games for atari
neil54life 2 months ago
Which minipixel is Superman?
supereldinho 2 months ago
Stupid ****ingest game ever.
crapo87 2 months ago
I got this when it came out, and I always thought it was pretty good. I was a real little kid, but it was entertaining and I had learned how to beat it and would play it multiple times just to see how fast I could beat it. Same with the E.T. game, even though that one was more annoying because of the pits, but games with multiple screens in a "map" formation and an ending werent very common back then, and were a welcome change.
xINVISIGOTHx 2 months ago
atari gleee ~ bettr than superman returns :(
TJae1 3 months ago
I've been reading about the Atari 2600 and its Stella chip. If you had any idea how primitive its display capabilities were and how slow its CPU was, and the fact that you had to fit all game logic and graphics in less space than it takes to display the youtube icon at the top of your browsing tab, you'd be more forgiving.
cygil1 3 months ago
i just played..sooo confused
lacowie 3 months ago
I actually thought they put a lot of thought in this game. Lex and his goons blow up the bridge, you have to collect the bridge pieces and put it back together and capture Lex and his goons and put them in the prison. The kryptonite took away your ability to fly and capture people and if that happened, you had to find and kiss Lois to get them back. You also had "xray" vision which allowed you to see what screen was coming up next. In the 16-bit days, we mostly got side scrolling beat em ups.
sglider 4 months ago
@sglider dude, i was around for atari and you know know what? it sucked balls. if you didn't have the instructions, you basically moved around in some bizarre epileptic dimension most of the time in alot of these games. people wanted to be in the arcades where at least the games seemed to act and look like games.
illuminatioracle 1 month ago
@illuminatioracle
You were around back then? Shocking, judging by your reply it sounds like you're only 12 now.
sglider 1 month ago
@sglider oh yeah, I must be 12. yeah, it seems like an uncommon statement to say that some people thought the atari 2600 was unplayable garbage compared to the arcades around at the same time.
illuminatioracle 1 month ago
@illuminatioracle
Who's comparing Superman for the Atari 2600 to arcades at the same time? I was talking about most superhero games for the Genesis/SNES. Most of them were just side scrolling beat em ups with no thought to other gameplay elements at all. Not sure how you liking arcade games from 1979/1980 more than the 2600s "garbage" relates at all.
sglider 1 month ago
@sglider okay. then the superhero games in the 16-bit era were much better than this crap. sorry, but games didn't start showing ingenuity until the 8-bit era.
illuminatioracle 1 month ago
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Mazerati 5 days ago
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@sglider
i think you need to look up the word "ingenuity" in the dictionary
Mazerati 5 days ago
Is Lois that little girl with green clothes?
Moschovitis 4 months ago
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Moschovitis 4 months ago
For a second, I thought my computer crashed or something. Then I relized it was the video...
xxlonleyemoboyxx 5 months ago
between this and pacman, I feel that pacman is better for 2600
skillless 5 months ago
You played it for nearly 9 minutes! You are tougher than entire US Special Forces ;)
MoochBootch 5 months ago
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MoochBootch 5 months ago
Three words: WHAT THE FUCK
SniperWarfareOhio 5 months ago
Man! I would give my life to play this again!! :-)
robjun2000 6 months ago
@robjun2000 google it i just did it..you need stella emulator and torrent client for packed games.5 minutes of work:)
lacowie 3 months ago
This game sounds like rush hour traffic
jrlynn79 6 months ago
@JamiJR Indeed. Bee Gees kick ass!
TheFinlandnator 6 months ago
I didn't know superman was jet powered
fastold 6 months ago
terrible and still better than superman 64 ;)
therawest601 6 months ago
What just happened?
tuxedosponge 6 months ago
BUT...I thought it was great at the time.
ifudge9 7 months ago
I remember this. Seemed to make sense then, but remember the loud annoying sounds.
ifudge9 7 months ago
this game will explode your ears....
Ametallica67 7 months ago
I often mention this game and many people who came along after 1979 don't believe it even existed. My brothers used to play it and they'd get so annoyed by how, whenever Superman rescued Lois, it would constantly "ding" that they'd purposely drop and kill her. I never understood why they just didn't turn the volume all the way down.
JamiJR 7 months ago
If you don't play games with bad graphics your not a real gamer -__- I like playing old games and I was born in a world with ps2 and stuff
MyMegagame 7 months ago
When I played this I always thought he turned into Spiderman when he was walking.
jaybreak 7 months ago
Lol, gotta love all the AVGN fantards trashing this game when they haven't even played it.
It's from 1978, you retards. It's not fucking Call of Duty.
I'm not crazy about the Atari 2600 Superman, but it's considered by many to be among the greatest games ever made. It's also highly, highly influential.
You probably think Pac-Man sucks too. After all, it doesn't have online multiplayer or fancy motion controls.
And you call yourselves gamers. You all should be ashamed.
pineapple10 7 months ago
@pineapple10 Agreed. This was epic stuff back in the late 70s (add extra epicness if ever played this game to Walter Murphy's Superman Theme ;). The problem is, most gamers today are too young to remember or appreciate these old games (I'm 39 btw). It's the same with music, movies, TV and all forms of retro art in general. They'll be there one day, too...
RatedJpG 7 months ago
THE BEST GAME EVER MADE!
WorldChallenge 7 months ago
Fucking Good Graphics!
P90user304 7 months ago
Games with bad old retro graphics can still be intelligible. WTF is going on here?!
bottwaandcalover 7 months ago
Why the fuck when he flys he sounds like a retarded truck engine.
GodlyBoss 7 months ago
petecos
guille443 7 months ago
that shit game
LucasTheFlameBoy 8 months ago
Finhacka en gul lök
Jontsen12 8 months ago
amazing dubstep tune :L
Tarttelinknot666 8 months ago
valla basura de juego
Shirombotico 8 months ago
Those calling this and other games of that era a piece of crap should consider this game was made in 1978 (yep, 33 years ago) and it was probably the FIRST game based on a comic book character. So don't go crying and curl into a ball when your grandchildren tell you our GTAs and HALOs were a piece of crap. Get it?
RatedJpG 8 months ago
@RatedJpG
Yeah no. See, that point might be valid if it were Pong, Space Invader or Adventure. The problem with you're analogy is that GTA and Halo are playable. This game is not even playable, and it was horrible then, and it's horrible now.
janesaysso 7 months ago
@janesaysso Hi good friend. How old are you? Did you live in the 70s like I did? In a time when the Atari was, along with Intellivision, the best gaming options around? You see, I was talking about technology and graphics, not playability. Superman was playable because EVERYTHING was fully explained in the (printed) manual. We didn't had fancy tutorials, game guides, or the internet back then. It's a fact, in 20 years PS3 and XBOX360 will look and feel dated, just like those old systems. Cheers.
RatedJpG 7 months ago
@RatedJpG That's real neato. Too bad you missed the point. It was a horrible game then and it is still a horrible game. People with nostalgia glasses might see it differently, but just because it was made in 70s doesn't really excuse it. I'm not sure what age has to do with it, sure I wasn't born in the 70's to experience it, but I was born in the late 80's and I've seen many people call horrible games on the NES and the genesis good games only because they played it as a kid.
janesaysso 7 months ago
@janesaysso Good friend, it looks like you didn't read my last comment at all. Honestly, that nostalgia bit you brought makes you sound angry and defensive. It's not a matter of who's right or wrong, If you think these games are horrible, by all means keep thinking that way. There are people out there who do get the point and give all things their time and place in history. So feel free to reply to this once more if it makes you happy to have the last word. I won't be around to read it. Cheers.
RatedJpG 7 months ago
nie kumam tej gry do dziś..?
toMek8424 8 months ago
delicious ear rape... wait, is it good if blood comes out?
Blasted9001 8 months ago
What the Heck are you supposed to do?
999beme 8 months ago
@999beme It doesn't sound like you actually watched the video but here it is: 1) Rebuild the Metropolis Memorial Bridge. 2) Capture Lex Luthor and his henchmen. 3) Change back into Clark Kent. 4) Go to the Daily Planet. In the shortest time possible.
RatedJpG 8 months ago
sick graphics
chaosdog05 8 months ago
@chaosdog05
Considering this came out 30 years ago. Geez kids, not every single video game had the graphic of the 360 or Wii
Trance1972 8 months ago
I was so excited when my parents got me this game. After playing the game I realized early on in life all that glisters is not gold. This game sucked big dick.
watergawbard 8 months ago
now think of crysis 2....
MrOctagonapus 8 months ago
My god that made my ears bleed!!?!
ArcaneForged 8 months ago
i had this game, i don't remember it being so bad
DipFreo 8 months ago
I only took 1 second of this
blazingbarrelstudios 8 months ago
i remember being a little kid, and being SO confused playing this game..my older brothers had this for their Atari..I'd pop it in and be like o_O??
thearrah 9 months ago
I've thrown 9min of my life into the bin :S
adrianzu14 9 months ago
its like a damaged TV
TommyDDoom 9 months ago
lol and this game 80$ ?
TommyDDoom 9 months ago
I can't beleive i paid 80$ for that piece of shit game.
blarson12 9 months ago
Fuck, i never realized how annoying the Atari 2600 games were. I guess because thats all there was back then so we sucked it up.
blarson12 9 months ago
37 people were just delivered to jail by Superman...
1xWertzui 9 months ago
I think the most fun I had with this game was getting hit by kryptonite repeatedly and raping Lois Lane.
jblcn1042 9 months ago
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Actually, this was the greatest Superman game ever. Can't even count the number of hours I spent with this. Lois Lane was super-frickin hot in this game.
therichbrooks 9 months ago
Actually, this was the greatest Superman game ever. Can't even count the number of hours I spent with this. Lois Lane was super-frickin hot in this game.
therichbrooks 9 months ago
I have had a lot of fun with this game when I was 4
the8t88 9 months ago
I had to turn down my volume, god fucking damnit.
rissehx3 9 months ago
Ignoring what all the AVGN drones said, I don't think this game was that bad. It was one of the few games on the system where you could beat it, and the objective wasn't that bad. The only problem was finding things in the random sequence of screens. It isn't THAT bad, however.
JPhands 9 months ago 10
@JPhands to me, games like this and et were just way too early a games because number 1- they lacked the graphics that they so desperately were in need of and number two- there was no way of knowing exactly what was happening unless you found out from somebody who knew the game very well. and yeah, im an avgn drone lol
byakugan03 7 months ago
One of my all time atari 2600 favorites. Just played it today. I wanna make a remake with better sounds, better animation and no flicker. Resolution would be the same. Perhaps a nice intro and a nice ending and include a flight with Louis over the statue of liberty. Oh if I wasn't so busy...
1200com 9 months ago
A couple things to remember here:
1. An icon on your desktop uses more memory than this entire game.
2. It was either this or disco music.
ZlothZloth 9 months ago 29
@ZlothZloth Hey, disco music is good. At least it's not like today where we have autotune so any tone deaf person can become a star and we get cursed with things like Friday. People actually had to have talent back then.
JamiJR 7 months ago
@ZlothZloth Um, and what's wrong with disco music? Unlike music today there was no autotune so people had to actually be able to sing. It's still better than rap, hip hop, and heavy metal. And ask yourself, who would you rather listen to, Donna Summer or Justin Beiber?
JamiJR 4 months ago
@ZlothZloth Um, and what's wrong with disco music? Unlike music today there was no autotune so people had to actually be able to sing. It's still better than rap, hip hop, and heavy metal. And ask yourself, who would you rather listen to, Donna Summer or Justin Beiber?
JamiJR 4 months ago
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ZlothZloth 4 months ago
@JamiJR Errr, pointing out that some music is even worse than disco does not make disco good.
@Moschovitis Yep, that's Lois. You have to put her inside the Daily Planet. It looks like Jimbo got her in there fairly early but then the helicopter (my friend and I liked to call it the helimelon) flew in and pulled her out again. It may have flown in via the sewer system. I hate it when that happens.
ZlothZloth 4 months ago
OMG! I thought this was a recurring nightmare, it actually happened! I must have repressed this cruel joke. The horror, oh the horror!
Pittmail88 9 months ago
The guy with the flyin umbrella was suppose to be Lex Luther. I can't believe we actually played this shit growing up.
kingovharts 9 months ago
I played this when I was a kid at my friends house, funny thing is I had no idea what to do, and I still don't.
darthdeth1 9 months ago
This game is poetic
CanalTal 9 months ago
It's hard to believe crap like this actually cost $40-$50 per game back in 1980. That would be like spending $150 for a game today. I had all the Atari and Intellivision games at this time and I have no idea how I was able to afford them all. Oh, right...still living with my parents. The worst one I ever bought was Atari Hangman for $50!!!! I was so addicted, I even bought supreme crap like 3d tic tac toe. Ended up selling the whole set before they really dropped in value.
shatnershairpiece 9 months ago
Atari must've been the worst fucking game company ever made in history! Just look at this kinda fucking garbage? Makes no fucking sense and are so gay you wish you had a fucking shotgun so you could blow the fuck outta every copy out of these stupid and pointless games.
Togg525 10 months ago
@Togg525 Atari made really good games back in their day yeah sure the graphics on this game don't look good but this game was made in 1978 thats over 30 years ago games consoles have come along way since then.
asasinz2 10 months ago
@Togg525 Go back to your Call of Duty, if it weren't for the Atari we would never have games like we have nowadays.
LuisMatheus4 10 months ago
what a mess of a game...the sound effects...makes you wish you were deaf.
HIGH777ROLLER 10 months ago
his cape is like two pixels
MrGuitarTalk 10 months ago
looks like spiderman with a red bandana
TheMhn5 10 months ago
Its true these games were great way back when they still are if you grew up in it just like all these other guys are sayin'.....
cheznar 10 months ago
When your a kid, any game will entertain you. I remember playing this game all the time and ET too!...LOL!!!!
dejon71 10 months ago
@dejon71 That is exactly correct. I remember getting ET for Xmas, playing it & having fun while doing so. Same with Superman. I also remember the game Haunted House & actually being a little scared when playing, LOL! @ the time, aside from being 1 of the 1st "Super Hero" games, Superman was "innovative", & had good graphics. I never could figure out the object of this game though. BTW, I'm so grateful for emulation! I have literally every vintage game ever made! I'm a HUGE retro-gamer!
gjc82071 10 months ago
@gjc82071 Yes!!! It was at Christmas time when I got ET and Haunted House. I remember spending hours playing haunted house, superman, and spiderman too! And finishing ET! And we didn't have anything to compare these games too either, these games were new. It sure beat playing pong!
dejon71 10 months ago
@dejon71 I've read/heard that as adults, we spend our entire life trying to relive our childhood. Proof = video game, baseball card, comic book, etc collectors & the fact people took time to develop retro gaming emulators. While I like modern, I prefer vintage gaming (& TV/Movies). When playing classic games/Watching classic TV, often I can remember when, where & who I was playing a particular game/Watching TV with. BTW, do you still ever play Atari/retro games @ all? BTW, is 71 your B-day?
gjc82071 10 months ago
@gjc82071
The object was to put the bad guys in jail and rebuild the bridge.
mysteric70 10 months ago
I loved this game 30 years ago. It was one of the first games where you can do more than just one thing. You have to get the fugitivs and repair the bridge. And all this in many different screen. Great for that time...
Henson222 11 months ago
it sounds like the Pitfall game trying to take a shit
cainster 11 months ago
This was as bad as E.T. For the Atari 2600
pinballKing012 11 months ago
This game doesn't look fun.
LedWilde 11 months ago
Meh, still beats Black Ops
Spagettieater9000 11 months ago
why are there so few dislikes?
gaydanzig 11 months ago
@gaydanzig Because most of the people that played this game back in the day, appreciated it for what it was. Innovative, cool, fun, etc. Video games didn't start with Play Station. There are several previous generations of games. While they lack graphics, that is only relative to now. @ the time, people didn't know any better, the same way in 30yrs, people will look at Halo & laugh their ass off at how primitive it was. Also, many people still love vintage games/have nostalgia for them.
gjc82071 10 months ago
music hadn't been invented until the 80's, obviously
twentyn9ne 11 months ago
35 PEOPLE GOT CAUGHT BY SUPERMAN !!
Alexylius 11 months ago
what in the hell is the goal of this game, its like I'm on crack while I watch this.
Guld 11 months ago
he looks like spiderman
mic12397 11 months ago
@mic12397 Probably but with inverted colors. And Spider-Man game for Atari was vetter.
pornokrat 11 months ago
@mic12397 spiderman doesn't wear a cape, genius
twentyn9ne 11 months ago
@mic12397 I was thinking the same thing. lol
LedWilde 11 months ago
QUE HIJO DE PUTA SEBA
santfrias 11 months ago
I hate this game. And i had it, unfortunately!
hbferri 11 months ago
what the deuce is this?
metalcoreblastr2010 11 months ago
This game was way ahead of its time.............
fedism 1 year ago
???? this is a game!!??
MisoCrazyCup 1 year ago
@MisoCrazyCup LOL yeah you had to catch Lex Luthor and his cronies and put them in jail, Lex was the 1 on the helicopter thingy.
GeneralG1810 11 months ago
I remember playing this game on a huge black and white TV. Every time I hear any song from the J. Geils Freezeframe album, I think of this game.
bullmoose1969 1 year ago
for real tho. there is no logic or reason to the sound. it just makes random ass sounds for no reason.
my4trackmachine 1 year ago
i use to play this shit when i was kid back in the days this was awesome! fucking psichodelic game
BrayatanMassacre 1 year ago
i use to play this shit when i was kid back in the days this was awesome!
BrayatanMassacre 1 year ago
Sounds like someone's trying to connect to the internet through dial-up o.o
redjughead 1 year ago
I really hope that there was or will be a Superman comic where he makes those god-awful sounds.
redmage87 1 year ago
why does superman looks like spiderman. and whats that FUCKING NOISE????????????
game sound? are u kidding me? it looks like ears a invetion of the 90´ huh?
Zombiepull 1 year ago
this game is better than superman 64
DarkBota1 1 year ago
@DarkBota1 this game is suck ass just like superman 64
BrayatanMassacre 1 year ago
@DarkBota1
-_- Thief
GrounderTheRobot 1 year ago
Better than Superman 64
GrounderTheRobot 1 year ago
Haha, what the heck is going on?
ThrilloVanHouten 1 year ago
Clark Kent is trying to reach the Daily Planet. On his way to work the bridge explodes and he has to travel around (LMAO) the city in order to find the pieces of the bridge. Superman is also rounding up criminals along the way. The satellite looking things are kryptonite.
I played the shat out of this game and now wonder how the HELL!!! did I not have seizures growing up?!?
MechaOmega 1 year ago
It was a really nice game - I played it a lot.
SurfHaidersMustDie 1 year ago
@SurfHaidersMustDie And your hearing survived?
tonilourdes 1 year ago
Wow this graphics is away of 1080p, it has to be like 2080p or more Much better than PS3 and Xbox 360
DaSantosx 1 year ago
can somebody explain what is even going on in this? all i can really make out is that clark kent goes into a phone booth to become superman. then he flies around....
kingcrimson234 1 year ago
@kingcrimson234
Well, you are superman. Lex Luthor and his guys destroyed the bridge... You have to put them in Jail, rebuild the bridge and go to the "daily planet" to report all as Clark Kent :-D
When you hear the strange high-pitch-sound, Superman is using his x-ray-vision...
Besides there exists a subway... You needed a map for your fitst games :-D
SurfHaidersMustDie 1 year ago
I once finished this game in 59 seconds, by pushing a few buttons to delay timer by a few seconds. lol
cmark304 1 year ago
All I remember is that I never understood how to play this.
spol07 1 year ago
this was the very 1st video game i ever played i was 3years old
DeadlyRaveNeo1 1 year ago
This game sucked so fucking bad I wish I had a kryptonite bullet so I can shoot myself in the fucking head with!
liamcear12 1 year ago 19
@liamcear12 lmaoooo
abi999 1 year ago
@liamcear12 The game was great for its time. Where talking early 80s.
matthewakisan 10 months ago
When he flies, it sounds like a Mack truck engine...LOL
wvd1979 1 year ago
my microwave is more interesting then this game
ohyourgoingdown 1 year ago 19
@ohyourgoingdown My couch is more interesting than this game.
Metalsonic136 9 months ago
@ohyourgoingdown and it sounds better
mattsoftnet 8 months ago
This game is almost as cool as Megaforce.Long live the 2600.
1nativeaustintexan 1 year ago
For all you dumb fucks that don't understand this game I'll explain it....
The object is to locate Lex Luther and his gang and put them in the city jail. Also you must rebuild the bridge that they blew up in the beginning. If you get hit with Kriptonite you must find Lois Lane and kiss her to regain your strength.
edge2lyfe 1 year ago
Oh God, I'm so glad we are in PS/Xbox era now...
Tollaneri 1 year ago
Ear Piercing mind FUCK ........... still better than superman 64
MidniteKReapa 1 year ago
34 people are in love with Robert Pattinson
powerchord100 1 year ago
Now I don't wonder why was the Commodore 64 called technological wonder back in the time...
1xWertzui 1 year ago
This is better than Superman 64, actually
luis23456 1 year ago
WTF?
Chaoktarukto 1 year ago
Worst video game ever.
PenafilmStudios 1 year ago
i had this game, i never understood it =S
patojoker2xx7 1 year ago
I loved this freakin game. That;s Lex with the Heli-backpack. The bridge blows up and you have to collect the pieces . This game was def better than E.T. and Indiana Jones. The latter still gives me night mares. Worst part of ET was you fall in these pits and it would take hours to get out.
ottertube 1 year ago
It took me at least until 1:04 to realise that he was flying people to prison. If I were born in 1976, I probably wouldn't have grown up with videogames if THIS was what I had to play with in my young age.
Long live the Atari A500, amirite?!
Carrzy1 1 year ago
how did gaming EVER make it out of the 70s?
BritishBlackOpps 1 year ago
@BritishBlackOpps cus most other games at the time werent so bad
Amaranthus616 1 year ago
This is the most incomprehensible mess of a video game I've ever seen...
superdoonz 1 year ago
Wait, I didn't know you could rebuild the bridge! lol
I liked flying in the game, but god the flying sound is still as annoying as I remember it.
Good times, good times.
shmookins 1 year ago
This's the first game I've completed. really miss the final monotone on 8:38
quiveror 1 year ago
@quiveror
That's not really as much of a monotone as much at it is an unsuccessful 'booping' sound, is it? Haha!
Carrzy1 1 year ago
Thumbs up if the AVGN brought you here.
TheFlyingStar11 1 year ago
WTF is going on.... i see pixels flying and changing colors...
postmortem12345 1 year ago
I'm not a big fan of video game systems that came after 1999. I owned an Atari 2600 along with this 'Superman' game. My question is, how the hell did I play it? It looks like the goofiest thing ever. It's like the games 'Adventure' and 'E.T.' combined.
russianimp1 1 year ago
This is the CRASH!!!!BAD GAME!
PenafilmStudios 1 year ago
Oh my god. This is the worst game I have ever seen. Makes ET look like solid gold.
unifiedreality 1 year ago
I think i got an epilepsy attack o_o
luismatheusv 1 year ago
This game looks like a bad acid trip.
MrMikeydikey 1 year ago