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* ''[[Superman]]'' (aka "that [[Superman: The Animated Series|cartoon]] [[Superman 64|tie-in game for the Nintendo 64]]") is considered a trainwreck in every conceivable way. It had such poor graphics that the game had to [[Hand Wave|"excuse" the huge amount of fog as "Kryptonite Fog" in a simulation]], made half the missions [[Pass Through the Rings|flying through rings]] with awkward controls, and failed to be entertaining. Described by [[Seanbaby]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116023821/http://seanbaby.com/nes/egm07.htm here]:

{{quote|"It would have been more fun if they made a game about Superman window shopping with Aquaman."}}

** The rings, in which Lex Luthor tasks you to "Solve My Maze",<ref>of ''linear'' ring formations, mind you</ref> became a [[Running Gag]] in N64 Magazine and got [[Ascended Meme|promoted]] to a ''regular feature'' when it became NGC magazine. The Mexican magazine Club Nintendo made a running gag of having the positive aspects of [[~~Creatir~~ Killer|what little games Titus released after this one]] being "It's a Titus' game that doesn't feature Superman"

** The rings, in which Lex Luthor tasks you to "Solve My Maze",<ref>of ''linear'' ring formations, mind you</ref> became a [[Running Gag]] in ''N64 Magazine'' and got [[Ascended Meme|promoted]] to a ''regular feature'' when it became ''NGC magazine''. The Mexican magazine ''Club Nintendo'' made a running gag of having the positive aspects of [[Creator Killer|what little games Titus released after this one]] being "It's a Titus' game that doesn't feature Superman"

** To make insult to the injury, [http://micro-64.com/features/supermanbeta1.shtml it was revealed] that the ''beta version'' was actually ''more playable'' than the one that ended in retail ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBX-OuZxcA people who played a leak of that version did confirm this]), and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110111070930/http://www.protonjon.com/blog/?p=48 the developers explained] that the game ended becoming such a mess because of [[Executive Meddling]]: the people on DC objected to every [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]] that could have make the game a game because they didn't adjust to the image they wanted to give to Superman, and at the same time they didn't gave them enough time to reprogram the game and compensate for the loss of features. In fact, it was DC who insisted in the Ring Maze levels the most!

* ''[[Virtuoso]]'' was a ''hilariously'' bad shooter... or something. It's hard to figure out what kind of game it was, mainly since the combination of shitty graphics and the terrifyingly-bad camera made seeing the game something of a [[Bragging Rights Reward]]. Maybe that was a good thing, since the game was ''terrible'' on its face. Apparently, you play a "famous rock and roll music star" in the future who "escapes from the rigors of stardom" by logging onto the future version of a VR [[MMORPG]], which is one meta level too many. The enemies were also terrifyingly generic. You fight spiders, bats, giant spiders, more bats, and the boss (are you sitting down?) is ''another spider''. But [[Giant Spider|bigger]] this time! Yay.