Superman: The Man of Steel

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Superman: The Man of Steel

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Virgin Interactive, Sunsoft (US)

Developer:

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Graftgold?

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1992-12^[2]	$54.9954.99^[3]	T-15036
EU	1992-12^[1]		T-70126-50
AU	199x
EU	1993-06^[4]		MK-27050-50
AU	199x
BR	1993		027190
EU	1993-05-26^[5]		T-70068-50

Superman: The Man of Steel, known simply as Superman in North America, is an action game for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Programmer: Sakura Hasegawa, Ann Bob Winza
Design Concept by: Mike Mendheim
CG Designers: Minori Okamoto, Naomi Sanada, Takakiyo Masaki, Hiroyuki Karashima, Toyozumi Sakai, Dai Ozawa, Yukio Obayashi
Sound Creator: Kenji Yamasaki, Junichi Ueda, Hiroshi Tsukamoto
Director: Masahiro Kataoka, A.T
Special Thanks to: Masato Kawai, Masaru Aoyanagi, Mikio Iwata, Joe Robbins, Rita Zimmerer, David Siller, Steve Gehrke, Al Artus, Karen Shadley, Kazuko Harman
Very Special Thanks to: Luana Chambers, Marilyn Drucker, Barbara Farina
Producer: Kiharu Yoshida

Master System version

Programming: Rod Mack, Steve Turner © 1992 Graftgold Ltd
Graphics: John Lilley
Music: Jason Page
Additional Design: Steve Turner, Rod Mack
Produced by: Ian Mathias
Quality Assurance: Darren Lloyd, Ken Jordan, Terry Spoon
Manual Origination: Gary Penn
Marketing: Andrew Wright, Matt Walker
Logistics Manager: Catherine Spratt
Storyboard Design: Michael Mendheim
Sound Originator: Kenji Yamasaki, Junichi Ueda, Jason Page
Game Design: © 1992 Sunsoft

Magazine articles

Main article: Superman: The Man of Steel/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

FR print advert
1993 04 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

ES print advert 1
1993 06 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

ES print advert 2

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #140: "July 1993" (1993-06-15)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[11]

Cool Gamer (RU)

30

^[12]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

40

^[13]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

52

^[14]

Game Power (IT)

79

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[3]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

79

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

83

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

72

^[8]

Mega (UK)

PAL

39

^[18]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

40

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

50

^[20]

Player One (FR)

61

^[21]

Play Time (DE)

46

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

30

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001A-QINU`"'

62

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[24]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

68

^[25]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

73

^[26]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-U

87

^[27]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

25

^[29]

	59
Based on 22 reviews

Superman: The Man of Steel

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

44

^[33]

Mega Force (FR)

61

^[34]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

PAL

55

^[35]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[30]

Player One (FR)

70

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

52

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

78

^[38]

Sega Force (SE)

85

^[39]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

66

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

11

^[40]

	60
Based on 10 reviews

Superman: The Man of Steel

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Joypad (FR)

41

^[43]

Mega Force (FR)

41

^[44]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

59

^[35]

Player One (FR)

35

^[45]

Power Unlimited (NL)

70

^[46]

Score (CZ)

71

^[47]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

52

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

77

^[48]

Sega Force (SE)

63

^[49]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

64

^[42]

Todo Sega (ES)

65

^[50]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

8

^[51]

	54
Based on 12 reviews

Superman: The Man of Steel

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU (Classic)

Cart

References

↑ File:Mega UK 01.pdf, page 11
↑ File:GamePro US 038.pdf, page 28
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↑ File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 37
↑ File:GamesMaster UK 006.pdf, page 18
↑ File:Go UK 21.pdf, page 28
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 160
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:Joypad FR 023.pdf, page 157 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 023.pdf_p157" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 034.pdf, page 139
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 298
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 212
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-08)
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 101
↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 106
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 53
↑ Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 14
↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 66
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 145
↑ Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 30
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 30
↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 26
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 192
↑ Supergame, "Dezembro 1992" (BR; 1992-12-xx), page 14
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 106
↑ ^30.0 ^30.1 File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 034.pdf, page 108
↑ ^32.0 ^32.1 File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-07-30)
↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70
↑ ^35.0 ^35.1 Micromanía (segunda época), "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 41
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 114
↑ ^37.0 ^37.1 Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 30
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 34
↑ Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 21
↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 107
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 136
↑ ^42.0 ^42.1 File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 43 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf_p43" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 158
↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 114
↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 152
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 43
↑ Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 60
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 65
↑ Sega Force, "5/93" (SE; 1993-08-26), page 26
↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 121

[:File:Mega_UK_01.pdf_p11-1] File:Mega UK 01.pdf, page 11

[:File:GamePro_US_038.pdf_p28-2] File:GamePro US 038.pdf, page 28

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[:File:SegaForce_UK_19.pdf_p37-4] File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 37

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_006.pdf_p18-5] File:GamesMaster UK 006.pdf, page 18

[:File:Go_UK_21.pdf_p28-6] File:Go UK 21.pdf, page 28

[:File:EGM_US_044.pdf_p160-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 160

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p157-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:Joypad FR 023.pdf, page 157 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 023.pdf_p157" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p139-9] File:PlayerOne FR 034.pdf, page 139

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[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 298

[12] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 212

[digitiser1993-04-08-13] Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-08)

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p101-14] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 101

[:File:GamePower_IT_10.pdf_p60-15] Game Power, "Ottobre 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_023.pdf_p106-16] Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 106

[:File:Joypad_FR_018.pdf_p90-17] Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:Mega_UK_11.pdf_p53-18] Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 53

[:File:MegaAction_UK_04.pdf_p14-19] Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 14

[:File:MegaTech_UK_20.pdf_p66-20] MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 66

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p145-21] Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 145

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-05.pdf_p104-22] Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 104

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p30-23] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_21.pdf_p30-24] Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 30

[:File:SegaZone_UK_06.pdf_p26-25] Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 26

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p192-26] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 192

[:File:Supergame_BR_17.pdf_p14-27] Supergame, "Dezembro 1992" (BR; 1992-12-xx), page 14

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_48.pdf_p58-28] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-09.pdf_p106-29] Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 106

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[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p108-31] File:PlayerOne FR 034.pdf, page 108

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[digitiser1993-07-30-33] Digitiser (UK) (1993-07-30)

[:File:MegaForce_FR_18.pdf_p70-34] Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:Micromania2_ES_063.pdf_p41-35] 35.0 ^35.1 Micromanía (segunda época), "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 41

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p114-36] Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 114

[:File:SegaPower_UK_44.pdf_p30-37] 37.0 ^37.1 Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_21.pdf_p34-38] Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 34

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_04.pdf_p21-39] Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 21

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-09.pdf_p107-40] Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 107

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p136-41] File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 136

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[:File:Joypad_FR_021.pdf_p158-43] Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 158

[:File:MegaForce_FR_18.pdf_p114-44] Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 114

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p152-45] Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 152

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_007_199402.pdf_p43-46] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 43

[:File:Score_CZ_08.pdf_p60-47] Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_22.pdf_p65-48] Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 65

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_05.pdf_p26-49] Sega Force, "5/93" (SE; 1993-08-26), page 26

[:File:TodoSega_ES_04.pdf_p60-50] Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-08.pdf_p121-51] Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 121

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Superman: The Man of Steel

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

References