In the latest Superman Homepage Member Poll we asked you the following question:
What has been the best Superman video game to date?
When it comes to celebrating Superman video games, there aren’t that many great choices available, however, fans have voted the 1994 release “The Death and Return of Superman,” which was available for the Super NES and Genesis consoles, as the best Superman video game to date. Let’s hope there’s a new one some time soon.
Here’s the complete voting breakdown:
- The Death and Return of Superman [1994 – Super NES and Genesis] 28%, 45 votes45 votes 28%45 votes - 28% of all votes
- Superman Returns [2006 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox] 20%, 32 votes32 votes 20%32 votes - 20% of all votes
- Superman: Shadow of Apokolips [2002 – PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube] 16%, 26 votes26 votes 16%26 votes - 16% of all votes
- Superman [1988 – Arcade] 11%, 18 votes18 votes 11%18 votes - 11% of all votes
- Superman: The Man of Steel [2002 – Xbox] 8%, 12 votes12 votes 8%12 votes - 8% of all votes
- Superman [1979 – Atari 2600] 6%, 10 votes10 votes 6%10 votes - 6% of all votes
- Superman [1992 – Genesis] 3%, 4 votes4 votes 3%4 votes - 3% of all votes
- Superman [1987 – NES] 2%, 3 votes3 votes 2%3 votes - 2% of all votes
- Superman: The New Adventures [1999 – Nintendo 64] 2%, 3 votes3 votes 2%3 votes - 2% of all votes
- Superman: The Game [1985 – Commodore 64, Atari 400/800] 1%, 2 votes2 votes 1%2 votes - 1% of all votes
- Superman: The Man of Steel [1993 – Master System, Game Gear] 1%, 2 votes2 votes 1%2 votes - 1% of all votes
- Superman [1997 – Game Boy] 1%, 2 votes2 votes 1%2 votes - 1% of all votes
- Superman: Countdown to Apokolips [2003 – Game Boy Advance] 1%, 1 vote1 vote 1%1 vote - 1% of all votes
- Superman: The Man of Steel [1989 – Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST] 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- Superman Activity Center [1998 – MacOS, Microsoft Windows] 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
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” The Death and Return of Superman” and “Maximum Carnage” were 2 of my favorite SNES games while growing up. I would love to play both of them again. Also, I’d like to add that “Superman Returns” was close on my list. But I ended up voting for “The Death and Return of Superman.”