Superman (1992)

With Metropolis under attack and Lois Lane kidnapped, Superman is the only one who can save the day. As the Man of Steel, you'll make your way through five intense levels, flying through various environments and blasting enemies with heat vision. You'll have plenty of powers to keep your nemeses on the run, and you'll need all the help you can get against bad guys like Metallo, Brainiac, and Prankster. Drill through buildings, avoid deadly kryptonite, and use power punches to make your foes feel the pain in this detailed take on a classic character. The animations are based on the more traditional comic book Superman rather than the newer animated series, making this a great game for SUPERMAN die-hards and gamers alike.

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LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! And it's the Genesis version to boot. In this thrilling edition, you fight off the hordes of Brainiac (who seems to be getting his kicks kidnapping women and children). From Metropolis to outer space, Superman fights for peace, justice and Universal way!

Each level of the game begins with a front page of the Daily Planet announcing that some supervillain is wreaking havok on the city, and with Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman leaping into a phonebooth in order to start the level. The game limits the powers of Superman to jumping, punching and kicking. He can only use his famous superpowers by collecting certain icons scattered throughout the level that are required to accomplish a certain task, i.e. a superpunch icon to break down a wall in order to further advance in the level. At the end of each level, Superman battles one of the super villain from the comics and the intermission between each level is a congratulatory message from the Daily Planet newspaper. The final level involves Superman flying up into Brainiac's space station for a repeat battle with the previous super villain bosses and then a final battle with Brainiac.

Superman (known in Europe as Superman: The Man of Steel) is the title of a video game released by Sunsoft for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. It is based on the popular DC comic book characters of the same name and is a traditional single-player side-scrolling arcade game where the player controls Superman through various levels in an effort to defeat the evil supervillain named Brainiac. Other super villains, as bosses, include The Prankster, Metallo and Mr. Mxyzptlk.