History VideoGame / Superman64

[[caption-width-right:350:Enjoy this N64 ''Superman'' [[CoversAlwaysLie box art]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UzTpXfpU It's far more entertaining than the game]].]]

* AWinnerIsYou: After hours of ring stages and other nonsense, you're treated to a shot of Superman and his friends standing outside the portal (in a manner suspiciously similar to the intro scene) and the text says [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iA3YPGnNHo "Well done, you managed to get your friends out of this nightmare...]] [[spoiler:But in the real world, Lex is still there."]]

* FakeDifficulty: By the truckloads! Between bad controls and short draw distance, this game is hard for all the wrong reasons.
** Special mention goes to level 6, where you must {{escort|Mission}} Lois from the end of the stage to the start. If you get too far away from Lois (i.e., she exits the game's hideously short draw distance) a new enemy spawns next to her and you have 15 seconds to go back to her.

* FloorboardFailure: Happens unintentionally sometimes, when Superman suddenly drops through the floor onto the base of the level. And when it does, you have to start the level over, since there's no way to get back up to the "floor"

* {{Irony}}: Many levels have you flying Superman through loops, very similar to the CultClassic game ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''. What's the ironic part? ''[=NiGHTS=]'' is considered a great game, while ''64'' is considered one of the worst.

** You can also die ''in the cutscenes''. If you're in a room with Kryptonite, your health will keep draining. And draining. Until Lex wins.

* PokeThePoodle: All of the PassThroughTheRings stages count as unintentional examples, as Luthor has Superman trapped in a virtual reality machine and could theoretically program all manner of ColdBloodedTorture and the like, but instead just "tortures" him by forcing him to fly through rings.

** Despite the game being simply called ''Superman'' (or ''The New Superman [[strike:Adventures]] Aventures'' [sic]), it quickly became known as ''Superman 64'' to distinguish it from other Superman games.

* [[TextlessAlbumCover Textless Video Game Cover]]: The North American front cover art simply displays Clark Kent ripping open his shirt to reveal his Superman suit underneath, with the title nowhere to be seen. The PAL version added the title.

* VoodooShark: The tie-in comic book explains that the reason Lex Luthor somehow has Darkseid under his control is because Brainiac, who helped Lex create the virtual world, managed to overpower and capture Darkseid thanks to his "technological superiority." The comic does not, however, explain why Brainiac doesn't just [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim beat Superman himself]] if he is perfectly capable of taking on someone who's ''stronger'' than Superman.

* AWinnerIsYou: After hours of ring stages and other nonsense, you're treated to an incessantly zooming and un-zooming shot of Superman and his friends standing outside the portal (in a manner suspiciously similar to the intro scene) and the text [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UzTpXfpU&feature=youtu.be&t=1h53m52s "Well done, you managed to get your friends out of this nightmare...]] [[spoiler:But in the real world, Lex is still there."]]

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* EvilerThanThou: The tie-in comic has Comicbooks/{{Brainiac}} defeating and subjugating Darkseid, then [[VoodooShark not really giving a reason]] for why he doesn't dispose of Luthor with the same ease instead of working with him.

* EasyModeMockery: The game cuts off several levels early on the Easy and Medium difficulties. Brainiac's Starship level is only available if you beat the game on the hardest difficulty.

* FissionMailed: It's possible to make it so that [[MemeticMutation Lex Wins]], and then proceed into the next part of the stage. One example shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOWibh__uQ#t=27m50s here]] has Superman intentionally fail by hitting a woman with a box, but she still walks to the finish if you wait a few minutes.

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[[caption-width-right:254:[-Enjoy this N64 Superman [[CoversAlwaysLie box art]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UzTpXfpU It's far more entertaining than the game]]-].]]

''Superman'' (or ''The New Superman [[TyopOnTheCover Aventures]]'' [sic]), [[FanNickname unofficially referred to as]] ''[[FanNickname Superman 64]]'', is a video game based on ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and released by Creator/TitusSoftware on May 31, 1999 on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. It is notorious for the negative reception it received from critics and is considered one of the worst games of all time.

* CheckpointStarvation: the maze levels have no checkpoints whatsoever; die at any point in a maze level and you must start over.

* EasyModeMockery: The game cuts off several levels early on the Easy and Medium difficulties. The Brainiac's Starship level and the true ending are only available if you beat the game on the hardest difficulty.

** In level 6 you must escort Lois to the start of the stage, where she will be ambushed by Metallo. Leave Lois to fight Metallo and--as usual--a Dark Shadow will spawn next to Lois. Normally the level ends when you kill Metallo. If you kill Metallo and a Dark Shadow is still around, the game glitches and the level doesn't end, forcing the player to restart.

[[caption-width-right:254:[-Enjoy this N64 Superman box art. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UzTpXfpU It's far more entertaining than the game]]-].]]

* {{Irony}}: Many levels have you flying Superman through loops, very similar to the CultClassic game ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''. What's the ironic part? ''NiGHTS'' is considered a great game, while ''64'' is considered one of the worst.

''Superman'' (or ''The New Superman [[TyopOnTheCover Aventures]]'' [sic]), [[FanNickname unofficially referred to as]] ''[[FanNickname Superman 64]]'', is a video game based on ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and released by TitusSoftware on May 31, 1999 on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. It is notorious for the negative reception it received from critics and is considered one of the worst games of all time.

!!This game exhibits examples of:

ComicBook/LexLuthor creates a virtual version of Metropolis and then succeeds in [[DamselInDistress trapping]] ComicBook/LoisLane, ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, and Professor [[DistressedDude Emil Hamilton]] within it. Superman is forced to enter Luthor's virtual world and [[AC:[[MemeticMutation SOLVE HIS MAZE]].]] Other villains in the game include Parasite and Brainiac.

* {{Irony}}: The first level, what with its Superman flying through loops, is very similar to the CultClassic game ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''. What's the ironic part? ''NiGHTS'' is a great game, while ''64'' is one of the worst.

''Superman'' (or ''The New Superman [[TyopOnTheCover Aventures]]'' [sic]), [[FanNickname unofficially referred to as]] ''[[FanNickname Superman 64]]'', is a video game based on ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and released by TitusSoftware on May 31, 1999 on the {{Nintendo 64}}. It is notorious for the negative reception it received from critics and is considered one of the worst games of all time.

* AdaptationalWimp: ''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'', of all characters, is given this treatment. He's working for (not "with", ''for'') SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, gets beaten by Superman with astonishing ease, and ends up being locked in a prison meant for ordinary humans.

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle There's no time to waste!]] [[DescribeTopicHere Describe this atrocity of a game here.]]

** The green fog in the game is "Kryptonite fog" meant to weaken and depower Superman. Why it isn't ''killing'' Superman is not clear.

** Flying around Mala too much in her boss fight will either result in her falling through the floor or, possibly, the game ''removing her'', leaving the second level impossible to complete.

* AWinnerIsYou: After hours of ring stages and other nonsense, you're treated to an incessantly zooming and un-zooming shot of Superman and his friends standing outside the portal (in a manner suspiciously similar to the intro scene) and the text [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UzTpXfpU&feature=youtu.be&t=1h53m52s "Well done, you managed to get your friends out of this nightmare... But in the real world, Lex is still there."]]

* AWinnerIsYou