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Superman: The Man of Steel

In the Xbox only Man of Steel, Players control Superman through 7 levels of 3D flying, overhead vertical scrolling and sidescrolling secitons.

19 November 2002

Superman: The Man of Steel is an adventure developed by Circus Freak, released 19 November 2002 on Xbox.

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What Superman: The Man of Steel is

Superman: The Man of Steel is an adventure game developed by Circus Freak and released in 2002. It was published by Atari Interactive. It is available on Xbox only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story flows out of events outlined in Superman: Y2K, in which futuristic villain Brainiac 13 injected Metropolis with a technological virus. Superman was able to prevent it from spreading, but as a result of it, the city was upgraded into a true "City of Tomorrow". Huge high-tech buildings soar into the sky while hover cars and the Rail Whale bullet train travel throughout the city. As the game begins, Brainiac 13 has decided to return to Metropolis and harvest the technology that is residing in the city. This results in massive chaos and danger that Superman must stop.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Superman: The Man of Steel is the 32nd of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis in 2003.

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What it launched against

Superman: The Man of Steel launched on 19 November 2002, within three weeks of Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion and Gothic II.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion, Gothic II.

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When did Superman: The Man of Steel come out?
Superman: The Man of Steel was released on 19 November 2002 for Xbox.

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