Genre: | Arcade Game: Adventure |
Publisher: | Codemasters |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | Amstrad CPC464, Commodore 64/128 & Spectrum 48K/128K |
Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
Original Release Date: | 1st November 1988 |
Original Release Price: | £1.99 |
Market Valuation: | £2.08 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
Author(s): | Bernie Drummond, Guy Stevens & Paul J. Machacek |
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Pretty graphics, but slow and annoying gameplay prevent Super Hero from really taking off. Read Review
Although the graphics do rather resemble the Head Over Heels style, that doesn't make them any less cute. Read Review
Reasonable isometric 3-D romp let down by poor scrolling. Otherwise, look for something more original. Read Review
As it's a cheapie, the same care and attention that distinguished the Ritman games are not present, but it's quite playable all the same and for HOH fans, fairly easy. Read Review
Amazing playability! Are you a Super Hero?
Can you defeat the guardians with your magical returning Warhammer, Boots of Power, ESP and Teleportation Activators? You'd better be a Super Hero else you'll end up in the Dead Zone!!
This 3D game blows others away - Super Hero is the best 3D game we've ever seen - a must for any real games player ... Codemasters
Fate has cast you in the role of an immortal, a superhero. To break the long, monotonous days, the gods and super heroes have taken to giving each other complex puzzles to solve. Today it's your turn to play the game, and for the very highest stakes - you must perform well, for all the other deities are watching you from above, ready to strip you of your immortality and status if you fail in your quest!
Luckily, Venus, the goddess of love, feels sympathetic and has hidden some useful objects in some of the rooms - find these and your task wil become a lot easier...
The first thing you should do is explore the complex and find the four magical gifts the Venus has hidden for you - these will endow you with supernatural powers... Look for the power boots which enable you to jump, the returning warhammer, for slaying the myriad monsters and ghouls in the corridors... a trans-dimensional bag which nullifies the mass and size of an object, allowing you to carry it easily... and a mystical helmet which destines you to be showered with gifts from the watching gods.
Once you have the Mystical Helmet, gifts from the gods will occasionally be bestowed upon you while you are in the corridors of the complex. Gifts could be:
Traders
Bodiless creatures with winged ears. You can buy things from them with your gold (extra lives, paralysers, teleport keys, information) or you can gamble with them! Run headlong into a trader to activate him.
Energy Spheres
Fuzzy balls that are found in some of the rooms - they home-in and kill you, unless you can jump on top of them
Guardians
In the corridors, your way will sometimes be blocked by one of the five evil guardians. The guardians can only be vanquished by capturing their spirits, which are hidden in rooms in the complex.
Every time you capture a Guardian's Spirit, you will be thrown into the Dead Zone - if you survive, you are awarded a bonus life.
To complete the game, you must eliminate all five Guardians then enter the room behind the final Guardian. When you pause the game, the Player Status screen is displayed. This will tell you many things, including which of Venus' magical items you have found - you possess the ones that light up in yellow.
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128K owners use Tape Loader.
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