The second player's Superman is identical to the first player's blue Superman, except for the color scheme. The final level, the main boss' spaceship, adds a side-scrolling shooting section to the beginning and an extra final boss fight at the end. The first four levels have three-parts - a side-scrolling part, followed by a vertically scrolling flying part and a final side-scrolling shooter part where Superman uses heat vision instead of kicking and can destroy or dodge obstacles such as rocks. Some of these objects release blue crystals that can restore Superman's energy, yellow crystals that allow the player to throw one projectile attack without charging or red crystals in flying stages that defeat all the enemies on the screen.

There are also objects in the levels he can throw and/or break.

He can also use a projectile 'Sonic Blast' attack when the player holds down then releases the punch button. The title starts out in Metropolis before going to San Francisco, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. The first player takes control of the traditional blue Superman, while the second player takes control of a red Superman with a grey cape. The player takes control of Superman, who must fight through five levels to make the world safe from the evil Emperor Zaas, a villain similar to Brainiac. Superman faces a boss during the vertically scrolling part of game's first level.

Superman Arcade Game Taito