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The most popular superheroes games

Since the first wave of Marvel and DC superhero movies a few years ago, superheroes grew from a nerd-thing to a world phenomenon. In the 80s and the early 90s Superman, Batman and co. were almost exclusively confined to comics and a few video games. Some developers also tried to create games using original superheroes: no Marvel, no DC, no big comics company licenses.
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Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 10/112004
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Hulk

Windows XP/98/952003 Radical Entertainment
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The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Paragon Software for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The plot revolves around Spider-Man trying to rescue Mary Jane Watso...
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Comix Zone

Windows XP/98/951995 Sega
Comix Zone (1995, Windows XP) is what happens when a comic book artist gets pulled into his own creation and reacts by roundhouse-kicking everything in sight. Stylized to the max, it’s a glorious, meta side-scroller where th...
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Batman: the Movie

DOS1990 Ocean Software
The 1990 adaptation of Tim Burton’s Batman hit DOS screens with a moody mix of driving, platforming, and side-scrolling bat-beatdowns. Batman: The Movie swings between genres like a bat on a bungee cord. One moment you're cr...
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X-Men: The Official Game

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/112006 Z-Axis
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Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man

DOS1986 Adventure International
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also published for Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro...
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected Legend Entertainment
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where New Jersey ...
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Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS1988 Special FX
Half comic book, half arcade game, Batman: The Caped Crusader (1988) offers a delightfully weird aesthetic with its paneled visual style and pulp serial vibe. You’ll punch, puzzle-solve, and generally Batman your way through...
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Batman Returns

DOS1992 Spirit of discovery
Just like the movie, Batman Returns (1992) is dark, gritty, and full of dudes in clown makeup getting punched in the face. You play as the Caped Crusader in a beat-‘em-up side-scroller that delivers satisfying combos and a s...
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The Punisher

DOS1990 Paragon Software
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Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS1984 Adventure International
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Morphman

Windows XP/98/951993 Dynamic Dimensions Development
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS1991 Paragon Software
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X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS1997demo Capcom
X-Men: Children of the Atom is a fighting video game developed by Capcom and released in arcades in 1994. The game features characters from Marvel Comics' X-Men series, including popular mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and...
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Captain Dynamo

DOS1993 Codemasters
Captain Dynamo is what happens when a circus acrobat chugs ten cans of cola and decides to take on gravity itself. You’re bouncing, flipping, and springing through traps and platforms with pixel-perfect jumps—and if yo...
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Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS1988 Tom Snyder Productions
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Noctropolis

DOS1994protected Flashpoint Productions
Noctropolis feels like stepping into a fever dream of a comic book you read when you were twelve and maybe shouldn’t have. A surreal noir adventure with gothic heroes, femme fatales, and villains that seem pulled straight fr...
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X-Men: Madness in Murderworld

DOS1989 Paragon Software
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Questprobe featuring Human Torch and The Thing

DOS1985 Adventure International
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Superman: The Man of Steel

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
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The Rocketeer

DOS1991 NovaLogic
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