8 Hilariously Broken Games You Won't Believe Were Released

2. Superman 64

05 Superman64 Anyone who's been on the internet for five minutes knows that Superman 64 is one of the most universally mocked video games of all time. Released in 1999, it was based on the Animated Series of the character, the concept being that Lex Luthor has trapped Superman in a virtual Metropolis forcing him to carry out all sorts of "super" tasks to save his friends. It has everything that makes a game bad all in one title. Terrible unresponsive controls, ugly graphics and a bland story to name but a few. Superman is the epitome of one of those games that is so bad it's almost good. Almost. Everything about the games existence is laughable. For instance the game features a thick green fog the whole way through, which is clearly there to mask it's graphical failures. Developers however insisted it was Kryptonite Fog, invented by Lex just to mess with Superman further. To this day, some games (Iron Man for example) still haven't mastered flying in a 3D environment but Superman was exceptionally bad. Getting him in the air to begin with was tough enough as it is since the button to do so sometimes decided, "Nah, not today Superman." I guess Lex was to blame for that glitch too, right? When you finally did get it in the air, turning was a tortuous affair, making simple tasks like flying through rings into a ridiculously laborious process. It got even worse when you had to combine flying with another action like picking up stuff or attacking an enemy. It all becomes even funnier when you realise that so many of the games tasks are timed missions. Trying to beat the clock becomes near impossible when Superman can't even walk in a straight line without spazzing out. It's one of those games that is so broken that it has to be seen to be believed. If you have the patience of a saint, you might just find humour in one of gaming's most notorious entries.
 
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