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{{quote|''[[This Is Gonna Suck|In short time your fate will be sealed, Superman.]]''}}
''Superman'' (or ''The New Superman <s>Adventures</s> Aventures'' [sic]), [[Fan Nickname|unofficially referred to as]] ''[[Fan Nickname|Superman 64]]'', is a video game based on ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]'' and released by [[Titus Software]] 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.
[[Lex Luthor]] creates a virtual version of Metropolis and then succeeds in [[Damsel in Distress|trapping]] [[Lois Lane]], [[Jimmy Olsen]] and Professor [[Dude in Distress|Emil Hamilton]] within it. Superman is forced to enter the virtual world, then to fly through a series of rings and destroy cars. He also has to complete puzzle obstacles in order to save his friends and stop Lex Luthor. Other villains Superman battles in the game include Parasite and Brainiac.
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* [[Flying Brick]]: Superman, and he sure controls like one too.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Done unintentionally. Cutscenes use the game's engine. As Superman flies out a window into the city and the screen fades to black, you can see him crash into the textured wall that depicts the skyline.
* [[It Got Worse]]:
** The game is notorious for its unbelievable abuse of [[Pass Through the Rings]], but that only covers the odd number levels, or "Ride Stages." What follows afterwords is a set of ridiculously cramped buildings with simply painful fighting mechanics.
** Think the ring stages are bad now? Wait until you get to the ''ten minute'' long one. The '''most of the ten minutes are necessary''' long one.
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** Starting in the second ride stage, the rings actually start ''moving''. And they eventually move in rapid but small circles, making it even harder to fly through them.
* [[James Bondage]]: Jimmy Olsen and Professor Emil Hamilton.
* [[Kaizo Trap]]:
** Under certain circumstances, you can still be killed in the "Superman Wins" end-of-level screen.
** 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.
* [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]: There was a "Collector's Edition" of the game that came with a tie-in comic.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: Pretty much everything in the game. Including innocent boxes!
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Not much of a surprise given how sloppy the game is...
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