The Death and Return of Superman

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24K plays 1994 #Action#Fighting

The Death and Return of Superman is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game released by Sunsoft for the Super NES and Genesis. It is based on "The Death of Superman" comic book storyline by DC Comics and features many characters from the comics, including Superman himself, Superboy, Steel, Cyborg Superman, the Eradicator, and Doomsday. All of the five Supermen are playable characters at some point.

Gameplay, and visually, the Genesis and Super NES versions are near identical, however, each version's soundtracks are radically different from one another.

From Wikipedia's article The Death and Return of Superman, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

Videos

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Pixel Verdict

The Death and Return of SupermanGenesis

1.5 Wake me up when it's over

GameRankings 48% (archived)

What the reviews talk about

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Scores

  • GameRankings 48% · archived average · Genesis
  • AllGame 3.5/5; 3.5/5
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 1995 28/50; 6/10, 6/10, 5/10, 5/10
  • GamePro 1994 14.5/20; 18.5/20
  • Game Informer 1995 8/10 (other versions)
  • Hyper 1995 30% (other versions)
  • M! Games 1995 49%
  • Mega Fun 1995 72%
  • Next Generation 2/5
  • Nintendo Power 1994 14.6/20 (other versions)
  • Player One 1995 50%
  • Superjuegos 1995 64/100
  • Total! 1995 79/100 (other versions)
  • Video Games (DE) 1995 61%; 69%
  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 1994 8/10; 8/10
  • MegaZone 1995 64%

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 82/100 · 90 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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