13 Video Games That Prove Superman Is Cursed

9. The Death And Return Of Superman – Sega Mega Drive/Super Nintendo

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Published by Sunsoft for the two best selling 16-bit consoles, The Death and Return of Superman of Superman is based on the comic books of the same name that introduced us to a new range of different Supermen.

In essence this is a pretty bog standard scrolling beat ‘em up where you take up the role of a different pre-determined character for each level. The pretty standard melee style levels are broken up with flying stages to add some variation and the usual boss battles.

While there isn’t anything inherently bad about this game, there just isn’t anything to write home about either. The paint-by-numbers style of gameplay will keep you entertained for a bit, but will quickly become boring and leave you wanting more. It also suffers from the lack of a simultaneous two-player option, something that was pretty standard for beat ‘em ups of this time.

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