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Superman

Atari 2600

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Platformer

John Dunn’s 1979 Atari VCS action-adventure: rebuild a three-piece bridge, catch Lex Luthor’s gang, and get back to the Daily Planet while kryptonite satellites knock you into Clark Kent.

Franchise

Superman

Facts

  • Warner owned both Atari and DC. Warren Robinett declined to turn Adventure into a Superman game and passed some code to Dunn, who required a 4K ROM instead of the usual 2K.
  • Among the first console games with a pause feature, following the Fairchild Channel F. Sources disagree on whether it is the first film-licensed VCS game.

Related games

  • Adventure · Atari 2600Shared Adventure prototype lineage

Sources

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