In these levels, characters move in any direction using the D-Pad. These levels scroll automatically, similar to a shoot-'em-up.
Some levels are entirely played by flying. Some barriers can be passed only by flying. Some enemies have the ability to fly and are easier to defeat if confronted in the air. Characters can punch and use their Super Weapons while flying. While flying, they can avoid some enemies and obstacles. Each Superman has the ability to fly by pressing again in midair and using the D-Pad to move. They perform dive attack by pressing while in midair. These attacks are limited but can be replenished by finding Superman shield icons.Ĭharacters jump with.
Characters can unleash a screen-clearing special attack with +. Each character has a "Super Weapon," used with, which is a projectile attack that does scant damage but momentarily stuns opponents. Some items, such as crates, can be picked up and thrown at opponents with. Sometimes hidden items can be uncovered by throwing enemies at breakable parts of the level. While grabbing an opponent, they can pummel them with + or throw them by holding any other direction with. They attack by punching and kicking with. While the characters differ in appearance, they have the same basic abilities.Ĭharacters can move in any direction on the plane using the D-Pad. The currently played character is determined by the level rather than chosen by the player. The game is a single-player, belt-scrolling beat-'em-up played as Superman and the four other Supermen. An insidious force still threatens Metropolis, and it is up to the four characters to discover it and find the real Superman. Months later, four Supermen emerge in an effort to replace the original Superman, each claiming to be the original Superman: Cyborg Superman, the Eradicator, Steel, and Superboy. While an image of an unpowered Superman is present in the game, the player never gets to battle with Superman in this form.Įvents that take place in the game are: the Underworlder's attack on the power plant, Doomsday's appearance and defeat/victory against Superman (Doomsday is twice fought against as a boss character), the Cyborg's assault on Cadmus to retrieve the body of Doomsday, the battle between the Eradicator and Steel, the destruction of Coast City and the subsequent fight between the Eradicator and the Cyborg, Superboy's fight against the Cyborg, Steel's assault on Engine City, Superboy's assault on the missile bound for Metropolis, Steel's destruction of Engine City, and Superman's final battle with the Cyborg.After a titanic struggle against the supervillain Doomsday, an evil monster terrorizing Metropolis, Doomsday is destroyed, but Superman is fatally wounded as well. Other heroes such as Green Lantern, Supergirl, and the Justice League are omitted from the game (though the league is mentioned in a cutscene) and other notable enemies such as Mongul are also missing from the plot. The game follows the events of the Death of Superman starting from the time that the Underworlders take over the Metropolis Power Plant to Superman's return and defeat of the Cyborg. Steel - "A.K.A John Henry Irons, former special weapons designer for Westin Technologies, the Man of Steel has pledged his life to carrying on Superman's legacy of justice." Steel uses iron rivets as a projectile attack.Superboy - "Created within the genetic tubes of the Cadmus project, Superboy claims to be a teenage clone of Superman." Superboy uses telekinetic blasts as a projectile attack.His super move causes the screen to go dark and him to charge plasma in his hands. Or is he?" The Eradicator uses plasma blasts as a projectile attack. The Eradicator - "Regenerated within the Fortress of Solitude, the Eradicator is Superman reborn.Is this Superman rebuilt?" The Cyborg uses his arm cannon as a projectile attack. The Cyborg Superman - "Half man, Half machine, Cyborg's organic parts match Superman's DNA identically while his metallic parts appear Kryptonian in origin.Superman - "The greatest hero of all time, Superman guards Metropolis and the world against all evil forces." Superman uses his heat vision as a projectile attack.The Death and Return of Superman is a video game released in 1994 for Super Nintendo and 1995 for Sega Genesis.
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