History VideoGame / Sunman

''Sunman'' is a Creator/{{Sunsoft}} video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was originally meant to be released in 1992, [[{{Vaporware}} but this never came to be]]; the only playable version is a prototype ROM originally brought to the internet by a site called ''The Lost Levels''. (Although the download link at the bottom is broken, it is available elsewhere, and you can read what the site has to say about the game [[http://www.lostlevels.org/200311/200311-sunman.shtml here]].)

* AWinnerIsYou: Downplayed. After beating the final boss, all you get is [[spoiler:a quick shot of Sunman flying past the Statue of Liberty and three lines of text about how the Earth is at peace now]], followed by the credits and a cryptic message to stay tuned for Sunsoft's next game.

''Sunman'' is a Creator/{{Sunsoft}} video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was originally meant to be released in 1992, [[{{Vaporware}} but this never came to be]]; the only playable version is a prototype ROM originally brought to the internet by a site called ''The Lost Levels''. (Although the download link at the bottom is broken, you can read what the site has to say about the game [[http://www.lostlevels.org/200311/200311-sunman.shtml here]].)

The game was originally meant to star ComicBook/{{Superman}}, but due to Sunsoft's licensing rights to the franchise expiring, they decided to retool the game with their own original IP; in the finished game, you instead take control of Sunman as he tries to defeat [[BigBad Spectre.]]

* AWinnerIsYou: Downplayed. After beating the final boss, all you get is [[spoiler:a quick shot of Sunman flying past the Statue of Liberty and three lines of text about how the Earth is at peace now]], followed by the credits and a cryptic message to stay tuned for Sunsoft's next game.

* {{Expy}}: Sunman is this of Superman. {{Justified}}, as this was originally a Superman licensed game.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Great is misspelled as " Grate".

--->"GRATE! SUNMAN!"

* NintendoHard: This is possibly one of Sunsoft's hardest games, and that's saying something; weak and close-ranged attack, low health, big hitbox, damaging enemies and the like make it unlikely you'll reach stage 4. It is unknown whether this difficulty was intended, or due to the version available still being a prototype.

* NonIndicativeName: Sunman doesn't have heat powers. Unless you count the EyeBeams he uses in one level as "heat vision".

* NonIndicativeName: Sunman doesn't have heat powers.

* NintendoHard: This is possibly one of Sunsoft's hardest games, and that's saying something; weak and close-ranged attack, low health, big hitbox, damaging enemies and the like make it unlikely you'll reach stage 4. It is unknown whether this difficulty was intended, or due to the version available still being a prototype.

''Sunman'' is a Creator/{{Sunsoft}} video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, that was meant to be released in 1992, [[{{Vaporware}} but never got released.]] This game was originally meant to be a ComicBook/{{Superman}} licensed game, but their rights to the franchise expired, and it was retooled into the game it is. The game has you take control of the eponymous hero as you try and defeat [[BigBad Spectre.]]

* NintendoHard: This is possibly one of Sunsoft's hardest games, and that's saying something. Weak and close-ranged attack, low health, big hitbox, damaging enemies and the like make it unlikely you'll reach stage 4.