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Does anyone know the exact year of release on this?
It's either 1978 or 1979 i've seen several cartridge and packaging scans that claim both years and websites that claim both years. I've even seen some claim 1980! Can anyone help out? Andrzejbanas 01:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Game was advertised as "coming soon" in a 1979 catalog. Source: The Atari Video Computer System Catalog, CO14356-Rev. C
77.182.63.139 (
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There's no way it was 1978. The game started based off the Adventure kernel proof of concept, [1] which itself was done by the end of July '78. According to Robinett, he went on vacation and came back and they wanted him to turn it into Superman. He delayed and talked his way out of it until John Dunn accepted. For a game to be out for the Christmas season, it would have needed to be at the production group and manufacturing by September. Which by all accounts seems to be around when Superman was first starting. Game development on average took about six months, and this being one of the first expansive games (along with Adventure) would probably have taken longer. So even with the minimum six months we're looking at the game done being coded around early spring '79. 1978 was just the copyright date in relation to Superman and the licensing. This game was being done in relation to the Superman movie that was first being released that December. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 21:33, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 08:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
The BTECH Newsletter on Atari 2600 games from 1995 lists the following bug for the game:
Hold down the button down as you power on the game. Wait for two
seconds to pass and release. Superman won't change into Clark Kent, and the bridge won't explode. You'll find the bridge pieces in the subway, but don't worry about it. All you need to do is capture Lex Luthor and his men (and return to the Daily Planet). This bug may only work on text-label copies.
Can anyone verify this and add it if really does happen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.105.186.124 ( talk) 20:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Just as I did with Haunted House, i've given this other Atari 2600 game a re-write. I'm still pretty green to writing video game articles, so give feel free comment/edit/copy-edit on anything that may have gotten lost in the update or should be added. Andrzejbanas ( talk) 04:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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I’ll take this one. Comments to follow soon.
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Overall, this article is in great shape. I've taken the liberty of making a few edits for grammar and article flow, but there are a small number of items I would like you to address as well.
And that's it. Despite the above concerns, the article is close to ready for promotion. Therefore, I will place this nomination
On hold while these concerns are addressed.
Indrian (
talk) 15:16, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
AirshipJungleman29 (
talk) 10:44, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Indrian ( talk) and Andrzejbanas ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 16:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Superman (1979 video game); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Does anyone know the exact year of release on this?
It's either 1978 or 1979 i've seen several cartridge and packaging scans that claim both years and websites that claim both years. I've even seen some claim 1980! Can anyone help out? Andrzejbanas 01:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Game was advertised as "coming soon" in a 1979 catalog. Source: The Atari Video Computer System Catalog, CO14356-Rev. C
77.182.63.139 (
talk) 21:49, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
There's no way it was 1978. The game started based off the Adventure kernel proof of concept, [1] which itself was done by the end of July '78. According to Robinett, he went on vacation and came back and they wanted him to turn it into Superman. He delayed and talked his way out of it until John Dunn accepted. For a game to be out for the Christmas season, it would have needed to be at the production group and manufacturing by September. Which by all accounts seems to be around when Superman was first starting. Game development on average took about six months, and this being one of the first expansive games (along with Adventure) would probably have taken longer. So even with the minimum six months we're looking at the game done being coded around early spring '79. 1978 was just the copyright date in relation to Superman and the licensing. This game was being done in relation to the Superman movie that was first being released that December. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 21:33, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
Image:Superman2600.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot ( talk) 08:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
The BTECH Newsletter on Atari 2600 games from 1995 lists the following bug for the game:
Hold down the button down as you power on the game. Wait for two
seconds to pass and release. Superman won't change into Clark Kent, and the bridge won't explode. You'll find the bridge pieces in the subway, but don't worry about it. All you need to do is capture Lex Luthor and his men (and return to the Daily Planet). This bug may only work on text-label copies.
Can anyone verify this and add it if really does happen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.105.186.124 ( talk) 20:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Just as I did with Haunted House, i've given this other Atari 2600 game a re-write. I'm still pretty green to writing video game articles, so give feel free comment/edit/copy-edit on anything that may have gotten lost in the update or should be added. Andrzejbanas ( talk) 04:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Indrian ( talk · contribs) 14:43, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
I’ll take this one. Comments to follow soon.
Indrian (
talk) 14:43, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Overall, this article is in great shape. I've taken the liberty of making a few edits for grammar and article flow, but there are a small number of items I would like you to address as well.
And that's it. Despite the above concerns, the article is close to ready for promotion. Therefore, I will place this nomination
On hold while these concerns are addressed.
Indrian (
talk) 15:16, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
AirshipJungleman29 (
talk) 10:44, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Indrian ( talk) and Andrzejbanas ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 16:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Superman (1979 video game); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.