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*'''Special Thanks to:''' Bruce Reilly, Cathy Juby, Mark Luszcz, Toko Okano, Kazuaki Goto, Masato Kawai, Akito Takeuchi, Karen Lillie, Darin Horgan, Michelle Carlton, Sherry Ross, Frank Pearce, Jr., Susan Brophy
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' Bruce Reilly, Cathy Juby, Mark Luszcz, Toko Okano, Kazuaki Goto, Masato Kawai, Akito Takeuchi, Karen Lillie, Darin Horgan, Michelle Carlton, Sherry Ross, Frank Pearce, Jr., Susan Brophy
 
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**Marilyn Drucker, Barbara Farina, Cheryl Rubin at DC Comics
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**Marilyn Drucker, Barbara Farina, Cheryl Rubin at [[DC Comics]]
 
**Luana Chambers, Holly Stein, Laetitia May at Warner Consumer Products
 
**Luana Chambers, Holly Stein, Laetitia May at Warner Consumer Products
 
*'''Superman Created by:''' Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
 
*'''Superman Created by:''' Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

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The Death and Return of Superman
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sunsoft, Acclaim (EU)
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[2] T-15186
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-81466-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		FDEA06SMC

The Death and Return of Superman is a 1995 beat-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive and SNES by Blizzard Entertainment and Sunsoft tying into the The Death and Return of Superman comic arc.

Gameplay

A shoots lasers from Superman's eyes. B punches. C jumps.

Versions

The Death and Return of Superman was released at roughly the same point on both the Mega Drive and Super NES, and both ports turn in a very similar game. While the Super NES port is able to tap into more colours than the Mega Drive, it is permanently restricted to a 256x224 resolution. In this case, the graphics appear to have been drawn with the Mega Drive's 320x224 resolution in mind, so on the Super NES, all in-game graphics are wider than they perhaps should be (something immediately apparent on the first stage, as the circular spinning fans in the background are stretched on Nintendo's console). Some layers of parallax scrolling are missing in the Mega Drive version of the game, such as the foreground layer in front of the player which is visible in certain areas. Also, the music score is completely different between both versions.

The PAL version of The Death and Return of Superman removes the region lock of the North American version but inadvertently added a glitch which appears randomly while playing through the first two Superman levels, locking up the game. If the player manages to get to the third level (the first The Cyborg level) without triggering the glitch, then it disappears for the rest of the game. It's very unlikely not to come accross it though. Acclaim never issued a bugfixed version of the game for Europe and Australia, instead it simply halted its production making the PAL version a rare and sought after game in the Mega Drive library.

Production credits

  • Game Design: Blizzard Entertainment, Dan MacArthur
  • Programming: Jesse McReynolds, James Anhalt III, Pat Wyatt, Allen Adham, Bob Fitch
  • Artwork: Joeyray Hall, Mickey Neilson, Samwise Didier, David Berggren, Roman Kenney, Stu Rose, Ron Millar
  • Sound and Music: Realtime Associates, Eric Swanson
  • Executive Producers: David Siller, Allen Adham
  • Producers: Samwise Didier, Dan MacArthur
  • Technical Manager: Al Artus
  • Manager Game Testing: Sam Patel
  • Play Test: Steve Rizor, Rene Boutin, Steve Gehrke, Justin Siller, Mario Zavala, Kelly Mc Carthy, Benjon Martinez, Pete Marquez, Euclid Woo
  • Chairman: Masami Maeda
  • Vice Chairman: Tad Shimamoto
  • Director, SunSoft of Japan: Kiharu Yoshida
  • General Manager: Kenji Yoshioka
  • Marketing Director: Karen Shadley
  • Game Play Manual: Alison Quirion
  • Executive Assistant: Nanette Hyssong
  • Customer Service: Kaz Harman, June Eckert, Connie Perez, Julie Williams, Jamie Jorgenson, Erin Berry, Jaupale Laster
  • Special Thanks to: Bruce Reilly, Cathy Juby, Mark Luszcz, Toko Okano, Kazuaki Goto, Masato Kawai, Akito Takeuchi, Karen Lillie, Darin Horgan, Michelle Carlton, Sherry Ross, Frank Pearce, Jr., Susan Brophy
  • Very Special Thanks to:
    • Marilyn Drucker, Barbara Farina, Cheryl Rubin at DC Comics
    • Luana Chambers, Holly Stein, Laetitia May at Warner Consumer Products
  • Superman Created by: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Magazine articles

Main article: The Death and Return of Superman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #66: "July 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[3]
  • EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)[4]
  • EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)[5]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
62 №44, p56
40 №2, p100
50 №55, p114
64 №54, p28
Sega Mega Drive
 54
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[6]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
85
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
56
[8]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
60
[9]
Freak (IL)
82
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[2]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
64
[11]
Joypad (FR)
74
[12]
Joypad (FR)
62
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
49
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
72
[15]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
61
[16]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[17]
Player One (FR)
50
[18]
Sega Magazin (DE)
57
[19]
Sega Megazone (AU)
64
[20]
Super Juegos (ES)
64
[21]
Todo Sega (ES)
68
[22]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
67
[23]
Video Games (DE) PAL
61
[24]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[25]
Sega Mega Drive
 63
Based on
21 reviews

The Death and Return of Superman

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover

References

  1. ↑ File:EGM US 066.pdf, page 224
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GamePro US 068.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 068.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 73
  4. ↑ EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 179
  5. ↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 163
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56
  7. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
  9. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 97
  10. ↑ Freak, "4/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  11. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 88
  12. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 58
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  14. ↑ MAN!AC, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 55
  15. ↑ Mega Fun, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-19), page 71
  16. ↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 46
  17. ↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 102
  18. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 116
  19. ↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 30
  20. ↑ Sega Megazone, "August 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 28
  21. ↑ Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 93
  22. ↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  23. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 49
  24. ↑ Video Games, "8/95" (DE; 1995-07-26), page 79
  25. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
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