<s>
Superman	B-Application
(	O
known	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Superman	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Man	O
of	O
Steel	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Sunsoft	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
traditional	O
single-player	O
side-scrolling	O
arcade	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Superman	B-Application
through	O
various	O
levels	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
evil	O
supervillain	O
named	O
Brainiac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Game	O
Gear	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Craftgold	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Superman	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Man	O
of	O
Steel	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
title	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
published	O
by	O
Virgin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
a	O
front	O
page	O
of	O
the	O
Daily	O
Planet	O
announcing	O
that	O
some	O
supervillain	O
is	O
wreaking	O
havoc	O
on	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
Clark	O
Kent	O
changing	O
into	O
his	O
Superman	B-Application
costume	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
limits	O
the	O
powers	O
of	O
Superman	B-Application
to	O
jumping	O
,	O
punching	O
and	O
kicking	O
(	O
he	O
cannot	O
fly	O
except	O
in	O
cutscenes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
,	O
Superman	B-Application
battles	O
a	O
super	O
villain	O
from	O
the	O
comics	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
intermission	O
between	O
each	O
level	O
is	O
a	O
congratulatory	O
message	O
from	O
the	O
Daily	O
Planet	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
level	O
involves	O
Superman	B-Application
flying	O
up	O
into	O
Brainiac	O
's	O
space	O
station	O
for	O
a	O
repeat	O
battle	O
with	O
the	O
previous	O
super	O
villain	O
bosses	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
final	O
battle	O
with	O
Brainiac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
decent	O
16-bit	B-Device
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
critics	O
panned	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
limited	O
usage	O
of	O
Superman	B-Application
's	O
powers	O
and	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
limited	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
