Superman (known in Europe as Superman: The Man of Steel) is a video game released by Sunsoft for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. It is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It 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 Mister Mxyzptlk.
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I actually enjoyed this game quite a bit. Each level requires different powers to succeed. Eventually you get to space and it's a shoot 'em up.
Superman as it seems is weak shit in this game, although to be fair a game where he wasn't weak shit would probably be very easy. It's a bit overkill though, because this one's hard as shit and really unfun. Not very visually appealing either, but the OST is pretty good. Sunsoft were always on crack with soundtracks but it feels like half the time they couldn't seem to get good games to back them up.
Feels a bit like Sunsoft's Batman '89 movie game for Genesis except worse in most aspects^ and absurdly, insultingly difficult. In their defense, Superman is, of course, a notoriously tough nut for video games to crack, and crack it here they did not! Your playable Man of Steel is clumsy, weak, can't fly (outside of the (bad) scrolling shooter stages), and needs a powerup to punch through a steel door. On the upside, this is a game where you have a boss fight with The Prankster. Oh, and it's Sunsoft so the OST is absolutely lights out incredible for no reason at all.
^The downgrade is weird because this was a couple years later. The art specifically in that game was much, much better, but I guess they did have Burton's production design to go off of.
^The downgrade is weird because this was a couple years later. The art specifically in that game was much, much better, but I guess they did have Burton's production design to go off of.