Superman

Superman is a horizontal video game that may be played by one or two players interactively.

The two players, one controlling a blue Superman character and one controlling a red Superman character, team up to save the world from conquest by battling against the evil super-powered aliens.

Each player uses a joystick to move his Superman character while walking, hovering or in flight. Two buttons aside each joystick are used to throw punches, kick, or emit heat vision, a high-intensity laser which destroys all in its path. By pressing the punch button and holding it momentarily, Superman can throw a blast punch.

As Superman picks up various colored crystals, he is awarded with additional energy and weapons, including a Super Blast Punch and Mass Terminator. The Mass Terminator destroys all enemies presently on the screen.

Items such as cars, gasoline cans, etc. can also be picked up and hurled at approaching enemies. This is done by crouching down and then standing up.

It is possible for a second player to join the game at any time and the players can keep playing with the "Continue Play" options.

The game begins with Clark Kent running through an empty alley and switching to Superman.

There are five rounds:

1. Metropolis
2. San Francisco
3. Las Vegas
4. Washington D.C.
5. The Spaceship

At the end of each round, there is a "boss" enemy who must be defeated in order to proceed to the next round.

The game ends after completing the fifth and final round.

During the demo, there is a screen which has a picture of an evil alien creature holding a small globe in his huge hand. That picture originally appeared in an old DC Special Series graphic novel titled "Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali".

It is possible that the idea for the second player's red Superman came from the imaginary story "The Amazing Story Of Superman-Red And Superman-Blue" which was published in Superman No. 162 in 1963, but perhaps this is just a coincidence.

Superman's first appearance in Action Comics 1 May 1938. In 1978, The Superman movie opened in theaters, and years later it would be released on video tapes.

The game plays the theme music from the Superman movies.