Superman - Nintendo 64 Review - Ultra HDMI - HD 

I think the game sold so well because a lot of people didn't read reviews before buying games. They'd just run out and buy whatever looked cool. I know that's what I did before I was really active online. Superman is really recognizable and a lot of people like him, so naturally a lot of people thought a game with him would be just as good.

Since I'm a n64 fan boy my friend buys me this game every year for my birthday

What does the S on his chest means? in the N64 world, it means "Shitty"

I remember playing this when I was 12. I didn't have high standards but I think this was really my first true "what the fuck" moment of disappointment in gaming. And the reason why people got this game despite poor reviews because the Internet didn't exist and kids like myself only had hype magazines like Tips & Tricks spinning screenshots of game trailers that were strategically designed by the developers themselves before the game actually released. So I'm like wow that looks dope! And it was not dope.

You get a like just for getting through this review, Glenn. 🤘

I have nothing but respect for anyone who speed runs this game.

Uh oh. Well it had to happen someday ;)

It's nice to see another Brit who loves the N64. I've started to try and get a full collection.

I remember actually really wanting Superman 64 as a kid. For some reason I was just so intrigued by 3D games with open ended worlds. I would imagine in my head all the stuff you'd be able to go around doing. Then one day at Toys R Us, I got to try the game and after about 30 minute, my interest had completely plummeted Only thing this game show is that Superman must have good ring muscles.

This is the game that taught me the value of reading game reviews. At the time I didn't have access to the internet or any of the gaming magazines, so when I saw that there was a new game on Superman coming out I went and bought it. I remember putting it in my 64 and playing it for less than an hour. For me it is definitely the worse day I've ever spent my own money on, if not the worst game I've ever played. The plus side is Superman 64 made me a wiser consumer, so there is that take away. That being said I kinda wish someone would try and fix its issues and release it on a homebrew cart. It would take a lot of work but it has potential.

I remember flying around the city and fighting imaginary enemies.. it just felt better than the missions

This is THE definitive video on this game. I had no clue this game had anything other than flying. Very interesting to hear about Titus and their profit. Well done!

Fun fact: Angry Joe's superman shirt (and the reason he likes superman) is in direct homage to the Titus version of superman in this game!

As the first speedrunner of this game, I admit that hearing the "whooosh" sound for hours on end was maddening. After routing and practicing, eight two-hour attempts was all I had in me. The game feels so much longer than it is because of the sheer amount of rings. A truly punishing game.

Glenn, thank you for the detailed info . I also was unlucky enough to play this. Never got past the second level lol

Hahaha, best opening line to a video ever... "Superman 64 is a danger to the public" LOL

Superman deserves better. I hope that one day Rocksteady Studios would do a Superman video game that does the hero justice.

One of the few people to review this on actual hardware, using a real cart, thank you! (Sky box isn't purple in the first level, that's the giveaway). Glad you finally gave this one a go. In my, opinion, honestly, the game wasn't the worst thing ever, it's just a clunky, disjointed mess. I do agree it's one of the worst N64 titles though, next to Daikatana and Carmageddon, but I think it's like E.T. where the reputation of being bad, counts more than the actual product itself. It's not a good game, but I've played plenty of garbage over the years.

I only ever played this game as a rental from Blockbuster in the 90s, until recently where I picked it up for my 64 collection. Now as an adult, and with the help of whiskey, I genuinely find this game rather fun to play. I haven't beaten it yet, but I've made great progress in the game so far and don't find it that frustrating to fly through a million rings, it's kind of neat how big of a city they actually built for the game. Obviously, it's not a great game, but personally I find it a bit unfair how trashed this game gets by generally everyone... but that's just one man's humble opinion.

Why would people buy a game when the reviews are so bad? *FIFA*

I remember being stuck in the damn subway for hours for what felt like me like going in an endless loop of bullshit and hate. Finally giving up and never playing this piece of wasted petroleum and circuitry again... *pretty sure that was the training course*

I remember that my local independent N64 magazine too was incredibly scathing of it's review of Superman. In saying that, they still accepted advertisement money to print ads on their pages for the game. Which is my contributing idea to why the game sold better than people realize. Interestingly, I also remember a lot of said advertisements were of real live action photographs rather than including actual screenshots or gameplay of the game.

Hi Glenn, for starters this game has left a scar in my memory... During my youth my mother would allow me to rent a game maybe once or twice a month. When I heard Superman64 was out I begged her for a couple weeks to go and rent it. My local video store would have a two day or week rental policy depending or the popularity or age of the game. Needless to say my excitement could not be contained... Going to the store getting the last copy in the return bin... Brought it home and...This $#%&ing game ruined my entire month... 2 day rental and I couldn't get past the first stage. This game should not have ever been released. Terrible memory. Btw great job Glenn :)

One of my favorite reviewers... reviews N64 Superman... og my god

What are all these comments on about? This game was a masterpiece. The ring stages are amazing, and make me feel like I'm in that old Japanese Superman movie, "Superman vs the Ring Monster". The graphics are second to none. I've never seen graphics simulate fog the way this one does. The controls are super hard but this was intentional, to add to the challenge. And what you perceive to be random glitches are intentional. You are not restricted by the game designers' vision - you're superman. LEAVE THE GAME BEHIND YOU AND EXCEED THE BOUNDARIES OF EXISTANCE! ❤ 10/10

you can remove the rings in the options menu by selecting easy mode...for extra frustration select superman mode

This game was so hyped up when it came out, but actually playing it devastated my young mind. Even then it felt like an unfinished game. It was so broken and unplayable that I just flew around in the open world exploring until the timer ran out. It's sad to see that they made such a huge world and limited it to a tiny area, mostly flying through rings... It's like they were punishing you for wanting more out of the game. Such a scar was left from that terrible experience that even to this day I can't bring myself to buy any superhero games.

It sold well because we weren't in touch with reviews back then. That generation of gamers were much younger and also didn't have access to information like we do nowadays. We still did have a lot of fun with the multiplayer side of the game.

Superman was my brother's Christmas gift, mine was Quest 64. Didn't realize it was a bad game, just thought it was tough. At least the multiplayer was somewhat enjoyable.

A friend of mine had it and I remember feeling so bad for him. We were so proud of our games back then. Didn't know it sold well tho. Enraging if you think Conker's Bad Fur Day sold badly and this well.

I still have this in near mint condition complete with poster. I dont know that’s something to boast about but hey... its gaming history

I think the dislikes are from WB

I bought this and Turok 2 in 2000 for $20. I had never seen reviews for it and I didn’t even really know it existed until I saw it sitting in my local Walmart. I regret this purchase to this day.

Superman as a character is simply extremely popular. I remember back in day on gamestore, when i was purchasing Shadowman, there were few kids super excited to find Superman 64 available. Needless to say, it was rather funny moment.

I wonder if Glenn will take a look at a prototype ROM of Superman 64. I hear it's actually better than the final release. It's not complete, but I don't think it had ring levels.

My buddy bought this game before a sleepover. We were young and didn't read reviews before buying games. We spent all night trying to get through the rings and never did. It was the most frustrating gaming experience ever. I haven't touched the game since.

Superman 64 developers should of been sent too the Phantom Zone!

I had the unfortunate experience of renting this from my local Blockbuster when I was much younger. Probably my first ever memory of being frustrated due to a game's badness despite not me being able to grasp such concepts. It's very satisfying to see how others also couldn't do the flying stages.

Played this for like 3 days when I was younger and I hated it because I missed the rings then had to go back, think I only beat the first mission it was so bad.

What if the devs started a Kickstarter for a good remake?

Fantastic video buddy!

Literally just got my copy in the mail from eBay yesterday...for collectors only 🤣🤣🤣

my local electronics boutique back in the day wouldn't sell you a abysmal rated game without warning you. It's how I dodged bullets like Bubsy 3D. lol

Maybe the people who buy this game in 1999 don't know anything about it

Another informative and entertaining review!

I have heard you mentioning Superman 64 with you saying that you would rather play Superman than Elmo's Letter Adventure on your Elmo's Letter Adventure Review.

I don't see how Mike matei beat this game. I played it the other day and I couldn't even get through one ring. The reason why this game sold well in 99 is because the bright colors on the cover and I'm sure alot of moms and grandma's bought this for their child or grandson

Hey Glenn, I've just watched all your reviews and I have an abundance of games added to my purchase list now, haha :) it might be superficial, as n64 fanatics tend to agree Ocarina of Time is a masterpiece. However, I'd like to see your take on it, especially Majora's Mask! Thanks for the content. Unfortunately, your video's severely "underwatched". Nevertheless, your viewers actively watch your videos, which matters more after-all ;)

Superman License and the fact that not many gamers ever read game magazines compared to the audience of people who already had the N64 system in their homes, much less those on the PlayStation a lower percentage of people who owned the system and brought the gamer mags compared to those who didn't that were mostly casual gamers who didn't do their research. I considered myself a rare beast during the N64 life span as I already knew about Dinosaur Planet and how it was changed into a StarFox game, compared to the average Nintendo Gamer who never buys gamer magazines and saw the StarFox Adventures not realizing the history behind it, they thought it was going to be Star Fox 64 but on Gamecube and were totally not expecting a Zelda like adventure.

Here it is, the The Room of video games. I still would buy a copy if I ever see it for a good price, just so I can see how bad it is for myself.

I was excited for this game. Apparently I wasn't alone, because it was unavailable, for maybe two weeks, when I wanted to rent it. But when I finally did rent it, I was disappointed that I couldn't directly enter buildings.

This game was profitable? I swear I had no idea!

I can almost guarantee you that the reason this game sold well is also the same reason I rented it from Blockbuster as a kid: the box art. I loved the Superman cartoon back then and as soon as I saw this on the shelf at Blockbuster, I nabbed it. I was only 7 at the time, so I was still way too young to bother keeping up with gaming news, especially since this was the late '90s. So I just took one look at the cover and decided to rent it, because how could a Superman game be bad? I actually didn't know it was bad at the time since, as I said, I was 7 and I couldn't figure out what to do. I just flew around trying to look for bad guys to beat up. Eventually I just lost interest because I thought I was just doing something wrong. It actually wasn't until nearly a decade later when I first fiscovered AVGN that I learned (to my surprise) that not only was it a horrible game, but one of the worst games ever made. But going back to my original point, if seeing that admittedly awesome box art was enough to make me rent the game, then you can bet it was enough to make uninformed people such as myself want to buy it. Especially for their kids. Because like I said earlier, how could a game where you play as SUPERMAN possibly be bad?

Why? Because if it’s based on something you like you’d still buy it, hell I bought an Xbox back in the day just to play WWE Raw fully knowing reviews weren’t great but the pics in mags still looked good

Didn't know a lot of this, thanks for dropping all the facts

I rented this from a local video store as a kid. I remember the rings and just running around with poor direction. But I know I barely played it because of how frustrating it was.

This game ended my childhood. The christmas after we rented it was the first time i asked for socks. I had decided that as long as i could avoid comming into contact with this game again, i would gladly accept the dullest christmas gift you could ever get. And when i opened socks on christmas, yes i was in fact truly happy i did not get this game.

LOL I just ordered this on ebay a few days ago. Not in yet. But when it is, time to rock baby!

I think that it sold well due to the IP. Superman is globally recognizable, and people make the assumption that an IP that big would have a great product attached to it. I do remember the Nintendo Power review being quite flattering as well. The fake positive reviews played into this as well. I'm assuming that the official Nintendo magazines reached more gamers in 1999 than did their independent counterparts.

I won't lie this game is my guilty pleasure, I actually liked flying through rings. There was something about the speed of flying and the animation that had me enjoying the game. I wish the controls were better and they were generous with the ring penalties. When combat and mazes were involved I realized it was a bad game.

I remember this game being hyped up in gaming magazines back in 1997 and 1998. I bought it in June 1999 and oh my effing Gawd....I wanted to smash my N64 but realized it wasn't the consoles' fault. So what did I do? I rented Diddy Kong Racing and swapped the game cartridges. Some poor soul(s) must've thought they were gonna play some Diddy Kong Racing but instead got Superman 64....hahaha. Yes. Yes...I know. I was evil. Hehehehe.

Great review of the worst Nintendo 64 game of all time in my opinion.

I heard there is a beta/prototype version of this game floating around and that it's better than the final version.

I love you glen!

Do you need a hug after reviewing this game?

Superman? More like Pooperman, or Boogerman

Who thought making a game where Superman flies through rings was a good idea? Maybe it was Fred Fuchs.

I was a kid during the N64 days and really didn't have much opinions on games. I just played them to beat them. I'd probably would have did that if I had found this game or it got into my collection where so many games just did.

Superman 64 is less of a game and more like a contest to see which developer on an acid trip can make a game as fast as possible without ANY consideration of the basic fundamentals that makes a game.

The game was hyped up to no end. People really did think this would be on par of evolutionary gameplay as Mario 64. It was all lies of course, but many people were duped.

Are you happy with the Ultra HDMI? Having used it for a bit are you satisfied with it, worth the money? I'm curious about getting one as I only have a standard PAL N64 with SVideo setup.

The N64 was great, it has the best and worst video game of all time in its library.

Why do people buy bad games? Is a game really bad because "critics" and "reveiwers" say it is. NO! In fact several games I have played, that people say are bad, turn out to be really good or atleast entertaining enough that I just don't throw it at Gamestop and demand my money back. On the other hand there are games I have played that are universally praised and I simply have no fun with them. Having said that Superman 64 is not either of these. It's simply a bad game and no amount excuses or finger pointing is gonna save this rushed, low quality, buggy, garbage fire of a game. This is like E.T. on the Atari or Sonic 06 on the 360/PS3.

Perfect Video Again Glenn It Was Unfortunate I Bought This Game :( haha Cheers.

i bought this game for £5 just because of its reputation, i think i got as far as level 2 before i was like "meh"

Been waiting so long for this

Titus also invented a special Ultra Low Rez mode just for this game, apparently. Wretched attempt.

Ahhh was so excited to see this in my feed!

hidden gem ^^

The most shocking thing about this game is how expensive it is in the PAL region.

My reaction when seeing this in my sub feed: Wait, he's really reviewing it? After review: So it is true, it is terrible. Thank goodness I never even played the game (even to rent)

I would love to see groups of modders try and fix this game in a contest or something.

I LOVED THIS GAME SO MUCH AS A KID! I can't comprehend how severely underrated this game is. Me and my friends used to play this and enjoyed every little bit of it: From flying through the rings to throw cars!! /s

Why do people buy bad games? I bought Devil's Third on Wii U and I admit I really, REALLY like that game and I find it sad that it wasn't more popular, especially in the Multiplayer^^ I bought it because I thought it looked so dumb, sstupid and idiotic, I just HAD to play it and I had a good time. Now I still play it on Cemu Emulator and in mostly 60FPS it is actually really good - dumb as all hell but I like it^^

I was 6 years old when I played this and knew it was bad after playing it I remember thinking that games based off movies or shows are always bad.

The verse mode was actually kind of fun

Been looking forward to another good GP video. God this game is cancer. Glad I never wasted money on this POS. Great video Glenn! Big fan of this channel and binge on it sometimes.

So, you've played a lot of N64 games so far...........is it really the worst?

Got this at my local game store in the box. Couldn't resist 😅

The worst game I've ever played!

Superman! More like Hooperman! Such a shame as there were so many possibilities that could have been explored with the license!

I'm thankful I never bought this game. Glenn good review you get an A for making it through this horrible game.

This is my personal experince in NA as a kid but not many of my friends read reviews, had the internet or magazines. It was just taking a chance with your money or asking a friend what they thought about the game. My friends would also buy games with big name brands like Tony Hawk, Madden and Wrestling. I was lucky enough to have borrowed Superman 64 and Bomberman 64 from a friend for 2 days. I thought nothing of Superman 64 other than i wish i could explore the city more instead of flying through those pesky rings.

This game was a fun rental back in the day. In the days before the internet, before everyone just hopped on the "Superman 64 is the worst game ever" bandwagon...it was actually fun, renting it with your friends. It's obviously not a top tier title and it's buggy, but it has some redeeming value.

Game sold well for 2 reasons. 1. Gaming media was non-existent by modern standards. Unavailable in many homes completely. Many people didn't even have the internet, and most kids were lucky fucks if they got videogame magazines on top of getting all the videogames they wanted (like you apparently did?). So most kids just saw a commercial and said "mom i want that" and aside from looking at the back of the box in the store, that was that. 2. It's superman.

I kinda want to own this game. something about it says it belongs in my collection. idk why though

You deserve more views and subs :)

Roadsters is the one Titus game every n64 fan should give a shot.

I hate this game solely because it kept us from getting a good Superman game. Game development isn't easy, but Superman should be relatively simple to make a game of. Just make it a Shootem-Up like Starfox, or Sin and Punishment. Hell it would be even easier to make it today, as we have had masterpieces like Kid Icarus Uprising to draw inspiration from. Sucks that Warner Bros is still in such a terrible mindset with their most famous character.

Superman 64 is the worst Nintendo 64 game ever