Superman (1999) (Nintendo 64, 1999)

I am a huge superman fan, but was alittle dissapointed with this game. It is based on the famous DC Comics character, this game became a legend itself when it released for the N64 in 1999, in a bad way that is. Superman 64 was often held up as an example of everything wrong with gaming at the time. Its underpowered graphics engine showed the downside of that era's rush towards 3D, with few on-screen enemies and severely limited draw distances. At the same time, the developers created the game around compromises (the game's pea-soup visuals were explained as being "Kryptonite fog"), rather than focus on the strengths of the Superman character. There were a few good points to the game as it did feature many of Superman's super moves in combat, and a four-player extra mode (with players inexplicably riding on flying vehicles), but the poor control and poor use of the license earned this game the title of "worst game ever" from many critics and fans.

My kid and I really like Super Hero's. We have been playing Spiderman for Nintendo 64 for a few months. She wanted more Super Hero games so we brought Superman for N64 and we love it. At first it is hard to grasp the whole flying thing with the joy stick, down is up and up is down but the cool thing about this game is that it has a Easy mode that is forgiving. You fly through the air past buildings to save your friends which Lex always seems to keep at just the right distance so Superman can't get them. Through the levels you gain super powers (Super Breath and Laser Eye Beam). You take on thugs of all sorts. Graphics are no match for the newer generation games but it is fun none the less. A great game for kids since the violence is low but challenging enough to keep a gamer occupied for hours.....

Superman 64 is a typical example of how a licensed game can go wrong. The game suffers from poor collision detection, sloppy graphics and controls. The ever present 'fog' that prevents you from seeing where you are going. Some portions of the game require you to fly through rings for some reason. You will experience frustration every step of the way. This title is worth playing ONLY for the sake of seeing how bad it is, it is pure solid kryptonite.

This game has the rep of being one of the worst video games ever created. After watching the Angry Video Game Nerd play it we just knew we had to own it. We loved it! It is so bad, it is worth playing it just to experience its pure awfulness. Highly recommend using a memory card if you want to get farther than level 2, since you are sure to die and the game starts you from the beginning. Worth buying but don't pay too much for it.

Superman 64 dubbed one of the worst games of all time

Story: Your superman...save the world

Gameplay: It is some of the worst ever I remeber renting this from my local video store back in 1999 and hating my brother and I turned it off after 10 minutes Damn those rings

Look: this is the only reason it gets a one it looks fine but nothing spectacular but it was the nintendo 64

goal: FLY THROUGH FRIGGEN RINGS! no later on you get to punch people with the most awkward punch in all of gaming history...

Overall: this game is nothing but a waste of life even if your curious don't pick it up you better off playing Fighting Masters (and when something looses to that you know you have a bad game)