I could always beat the game in 3 SECONDS. Go to the right, turn around immediately after the bridge blows up and hit the “select” button on the console, which “pauses” the game. If you are in the right spot, you will appear on a door during the pause feature. Immediately go left when you see this to enter the Daily Planet, and the game will end, and will play the winning tune.
Yep, a friend of mine had discovered this quick playthru back in the day. Although the game was written by John Dunn (uncredited by Atari of course), the game code was borrowed from Warren Robinett's Atari Adventure game which came out the year before. Both games are lots of fun if you ask me. The lack of sound on Adventure only adds to the ambience.
The Robbinet engine games always fascinated me. They're one of the earliest persistent world games. They missed an opportunity for an alternate game mode where you play as Lois walking around the city , calling Superman when you find bridge pieces and henchmen for the CPU controlled Superman to zero in on and take to its place if he's not already taking care of something. Occasionally you'll get a help call from Superman because the stupid AI ran into kryptonite. Difficultly switch markers show you the direction he's in. Finally, henchmen can kidnap you, preventing you from moving until rescued.
A friend of mine had this cartridge but we were too young to understand - and we didn't know any word in english also. As a teenager, I tried to play it by myself but wasn't able to figure things out by myself also. Now you've shown this game (and I have the age to have grandkids) I think i've finally got it.
Cool, I never had the chance to play this game but I was aware of it. It looks like a fun play. The screens and directional gameplay reminds me of a game called Adventure. That was a great game too. It was one of the first games my dad bought for me and my brother. Lots of hours chasing (and being chased) by dragons. 😮
The MOST COMPLEX Atari 2600 game has 21 screens to the left or right, when you go up or down out of any screen it goes to different parts of the city, when you go into a phone booth you go into different parts of the subway & when you exit the subway to the left, right or down you go to different parts of the city, if you keep going up you stay in the subway that's 4 to 5 different parts of the subway. you need to put all the robbers in jail & complete a 3 piece bridge while the helicopter picks up parts of the bridge & puts them in different parts of the city while kryptonite satellites are moving around through out the city & subway. if a satellite touches you when you are Super Man you lose your power to fly until you kiss Louis lane. when you put all robbers (Lex Luther is the only robber that has a hella pack on his back & flies around) in jail & complete the 3 piece bridge at the bridge sight part of the city. you must go to the phone booth with a phone on it to change from Superman to Clark Kent so you can walk across the Bridge then into the phone both with a diamond on it because that is the daily Planet building, X-Ray vision is when you push the button down & move the joystick in any direction to see up, down, right or left screens before you walk or fly to those screens. This is by FAR the MOST COMPLEX Atari 2600 game EVER made (I mean its so complex most people have NO idea how to play it so they think & say bad things about the GREATEST game EVER made for the Atari 2600 it was one of the FIRST releases after the system was released) but it can be one of fastest games to complete: I seen it completed in 38 seconds. I completed it in less then a minute. The Atari 2600 SuperMan is by far THE BEST GAME FOR THE Atari 2600 it sells for under $5 most the time. it beats the crap out ALL these 1 screen games for sure. today is 12-27-23
There's actually a cheat mode. When you start don't touch the stick, but hold down the button and look around. If you let go of the button while he's moving down and you get it just right, he'll just fly without changing into Clark. Then you can just catch the bad guys, fix the bridge even though it never blows up and if you get touched by a satellite, Lois will automatically show up.
Let me see if I can remember precisely how you can skip changing into Clark. In the air, you use the X-ray vision to look at screen where bridge explodes. I can only recall that as method I used over 40 years ago. Give it a try
My memory now is a bit foggy but I’m sure you could start the game, press either select or start (can’t remember now) to pause the game, wait until the background changes to the subway colour leading to the daily planet, move the joystick and go left into the daily planet as Clark and finish the game. I beat it in 6 seconds doing it this way. I’m sure the cheat was in TV gamer or computer and video games magazine back in the early 80s.
I could beat Superman in 1 second. When you start as Clark Kent, you move to the center of the screen, hit the select switch to pause the game and wait for the Daily Planet screen to show up and then unpause by moving Superman. Game finished in 1, 2 and sometimes even 0 seconds
Personally I wouldn't consider superman on atari to be one of the worst superman games It is the first video game with the superman license and it did represent superman at the time At its worst it can get repetitive but that can also be applied to any atari game at the time
When I was a kid, I rented this game, Adventure and Haunted House without the manual!. I managed beating them but after so many hours trying to figure out what to do.
I could always beat the game in 3 SECONDS. Go to the right, turn around immediately after the bridge blows up and hit the “select” button on the console, which “pauses” the game. If you are in the right spot, you will appear on a door during the pause feature. Immediately go left when you see this to enter the Daily Planet, and the game will end, and will play the winning tune.
This true?
Ooooh, such a great video! What I would have given in the early 80's to have a tutorial like this, or any video walk-through for that matter!
Yeah, me too! I thought it'd be good to have "How Tos" for these classics.
used to play when i was a child, it was a bit hard to understand what to do, but was a fun game
It is tricky but it becomes addictive once you know what to do.
awesome coverage
Yep, a friend of mine had discovered this quick playthru back in the day. Although the game was written by John Dunn (uncredited by Atari of course), the game code was borrowed from Warren Robinett's Atari Adventure game which came out the year before. Both games are lots of fun if you ask me. The lack of sound on Adventure only adds to the ambience.
The Robbinet engine games always fascinated me. They're one of the earliest persistent world games.
They missed an opportunity for an alternate game mode where you play as Lois walking around the city , calling Superman when you find bridge pieces and henchmen for the CPU controlled Superman to zero in on and take to its place if he's not already taking care of something.
Occasionally you'll get a help call from Superman because the stupid AI ran into kryptonite. Difficultly switch markers show you the direction he's in.
Finally, henchmen can kidnap you, preventing you from moving until rescued.
Truly an underrated game. I loved this one as a kid.
A friend of mine had this cartridge but we were too young to understand - and we didn't know any word in english also. As a teenager, I tried to play it by myself but wasn't able to figure things out by myself also. Now you've shown this game (and I have the age to have grandkids) I think i've finally got it.
It's not a satellite, it's Kryptonite.
It's both. Says it in the manual.
Cool, I never had the chance to play this game but I was aware of it. It looks like a fun play. The screens and directional gameplay reminds me of a game called Adventure. That was a great game too. It was one of the first games my dad bought for me and my brother. Lots of hours chasing (and being chased) by dragons. 😮
There are similarities for sure. I think Adventure hit more because it's a bit simpler to understand!
That's because Superman was made using the code from a early build of Adventure
The MOST COMPLEX Atari 2600 game has 21 screens to the left or right, when you go up or down out of any screen it goes to different parts of the city, when you go into a phone booth you go into different parts of the subway & when you exit the subway to the left, right or down you go to different parts of the city, if you keep going up you stay in the subway that's 4 to 5 different parts of the subway. you need to put all the robbers in jail & complete a 3 piece bridge while the helicopter picks up parts of the bridge & puts them in different parts of the city while kryptonite satellites are moving around through out the city & subway. if a satellite touches you when you are Super Man you lose your power to fly until you kiss Louis lane. when you put all robbers (Lex Luther is the only robber that has a hella pack on his back & flies around) in jail & complete the 3 piece bridge at the bridge sight part of the city. you must go to the phone booth with a phone on it to change from Superman to Clark Kent so you can walk across the Bridge then into the phone both with a diamond on it because that is the daily Planet building, X-Ray vision is when you push the button down & move the joystick in any direction to see up, down, right or left screens before you walk or fly to those screens. This is by FAR the MOST COMPLEX Atari 2600 game EVER made (I mean its so complex most people have NO idea how to play it so they think & say bad things about the GREATEST game EVER made for the Atari 2600 it was one of the FIRST releases after the system was released) but it can be one of fastest games to complete: I seen it completed in 38 seconds. I completed it in less then a minute. The Atari 2600 SuperMan is by far THE BEST GAME FOR THE Atari 2600 it sells for under $5 most the time. it beats the crap out ALL these 1 screen games for sure. today is 12-27-23
Do you know how much time I wasted on figuring out how to beat this game. Lol. Wish you were around when I was 10. Great video bud
LOL! Thank goodness for the internet, right?
I was wondering if anyone else did this. Not sure how I heard about it when I was a kid.
There's actually a cheat mode. When you start don't touch the stick, but hold down the button and look around. If you let go of the button while he's moving down and you get it just right, he'll just fly without changing into Clark. Then you can just catch the bad guys, fix the bridge even though it never blows up and if you get touched by a satellite, Lois will automatically show up.
Let me see if I can remember precisely how you can skip changing into Clark. In the air, you use the X-ray vision to look at screen where bridge explodes. I can only recall that as method I used over 40 years ago. Give it a try
My memory now is a bit foggy but I’m sure you could start the game, press either select or start (can’t remember now) to pause the game, wait until the background changes to the subway colour leading to the daily planet, move the joystick and go left into the daily planet as Clark and finish the game. I beat it in 6 seconds doing it this way. I’m sure the cheat was in TV gamer or computer and video games magazine back in the early 80s.
You can actually do it in 0 seconds if you time it just right. Sometimes it takes a bit for the clock to start moving, if I recall correctly...
Always thought Superman looked more like Spider Man in this game.
Him: How to beat Superman in 3 minutes!
Also him: 18 min video 😅
I get why it's just a bit funny Good video keep up the good work!
I could beat Superman in 1 second. When you start as Clark Kent, you move to the center of the screen, hit the select switch to pause the game and wait for the Daily Planet screen to show up and then unpause by moving Superman. Game finished in 1, 2 and sometimes even 0 seconds
Personally I wouldn't consider superman on atari to be one of the worst superman games
It is the first video game with the superman license and it did represent superman at the time
At its worst it can get repetitive but that can also be applied to any atari game at the time
When I was a kid, I rented this game, Adventure and Haunted House without the manual!. I managed beating them but after so many hours trying to figure out what to do.
Looks like an ET game. lol
It's a little easier to figure out.
I could never figure out ET when I was a kid.
How much did this game cost at the time.., ~ 35USD?
Think of spending that to day on a video game and beat it in 2 mins and 30 secs 😂
My father bought this when it first came out... it was $50 as it was a "Special Edition" cartridge (along with "Chess").
18 minute video on how to beat game in 3 minutes. 🤔