A number of officially licensed video games based on the character Superman have been created, the first being released in 1979, over a year after the Superman film.
Over the years, video games based on Superman have attained a reputation for being of low quality. [1] The most prevalent example of this is the 1999 Nintendo 64 Superman game which is considered to be one of the worst video games ever made. [2]
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1979 – Atari 2600 | Notes:
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1985 – Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family | Notes:
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1987 – NES | Notes:
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1988 – Arcade | Notes:
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1989 – Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST [3] [4] | Notes:
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1992 – Genesis | Notes:
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Superman: The Man of Steel 1993 – Master System, Game Gear [5] | Notes:
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1994 – Super NES and Genesis | Notes:
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Superman 1997 – Game Boy [6] | Notes:
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Superman Activity Center 1998 – MacOS, Windows [7] | Notes:
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1999 – Nintendo 64 [8] | Notes:
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2002 – PlayStation 2, GameCube | Notes:
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2002 – Xbox [9] [10] | Notes:
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2003 – Game Boy Advance | Notes:
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Superman The Greatest Superhero July 6, 2005 – V-Smile [11] | Notes:
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2006 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox [12] | Notes:
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Superman 2006 – Handheld TV game | Notes:
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1995 – Super NES, Genesis | Notes:
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2006 – Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable | Notes:
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2008 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Notes:
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2009 – Arcade | Notes:
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2011 – PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows | Notes:
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2012 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Wii U | Notes:
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2013 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Wii U | Notes:
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2014 – Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS | Notes:
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2015 – Microsoft Windows | Notes:
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May 16, 2017 – Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows | Notes:
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October 16, 2018 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows | Notes:
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February 2, 2024 – PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows | Notes:
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Early 2024 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Notes:
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Superman 2011 – iOS [13] | Notes:
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Superman III Cancellation date: [14] 1983 | Proposed system release: Atari 5200 |
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Cancellation date: [15] 1992 | Proposed system release: NES |
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Cancellation date: [16] 2000 | Proposed system release: PlayStation |
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Superman: Battle for Metropolis Cancellation date: [17] 2001 | Proposed system release: Game Boy Color |
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Blue Steel Cancellation date: [18] [19] 2008 | Proposed system release: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii |
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