Release date: 1978/1979

This page collects games whose release year is recorded on the site as “1978/1979”, for titles where a single year was not settled. At the moment it holds one game: Superman, John Dunn’s action-adventure for Atari, in which you rebuild a broken bridge in Metropolis and round up Lex Luthor’s gang. It is usually dated to 1979, and it was the first video game to star a published superhero.
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Superman

Superman is an action-adventure game for the Atari 2600, programmed by John Dunn and released by Atari in 1979. Lex Luthor has blown up a bridge in Metropolis, and you, as Superman, must rebuild it, catch Luthor and his gang, and get back to the Daily Planet as Clark Kent as fast as you can. It was the first video game to star a published superhero, and one of the first console games with a world spread over many connected screens. You can play it here in your browser.