Posted on: October 24, 2024
parkasey
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Superhero League of Hoboken
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The United States is a nightmareland of toxic waste, melted ice caps, and desperate shortages of oat bran. Horrible mutations roam the countryside... monsters spawned of radiation, environmental toxins, and unregulated bio-engineering. But in a tiny corner of New Jersey, a small group of Superheroes has banded together. Their mission: to nurture the rebirth of a new society, to ease the suffering of the dark age, and to provide a place where Superheroes can always find a date on Saturday night.
Lead a hilarious band of superheroes on a dangerous quest to defeat the evil Doctor Entropy. Select from League members including Tropical Oil Man (can raise opponent's cholesterol level), Zaniac (the power to confuse) and Captain Excitement (puts animals to sleep).
Battle ferocious Aerobots, flame-throwing robotic exercise teachers (when they say, "Feel the burn", they mean it). Fight the dreaded Albino Rhino and 30 other wacky mutant including Cy Young Cyborgs, Screaming Meemies, Cruise Mistletoes, Junk Bond Amoebas and the awesome King Kong Salmon, who return to the top of the empire State Building to spawn!
Six levels of adventure! From Three Mile Island to Atlantic City, society is struggling to climb back up the ladder of civilization, while Doctor Entropy is busy sawing off the rungs! A ground-breaking mix of adventure gaming and role-playing!
We share the earnest reasons that make a classic game so dear to us!
Recommended by Frank Cifaldi from The Video Game History Foundation I'm a sucker for superhero parody, and I'm also a sucker for 90s point-and-click adventure games, so this is a hard one for me to resist. On top of that, the game is designed by Steve Meretzky, an absolute legend. The only thing holding this one back is a bit of interface and design awkwardness due to its age (you might want to have a walkthrough on standby), but I don't think that's going to be a problem for most GOG players!
Recommended by Judas, Technical Customer Support Specialist at GOG
If you ever wanted to drown someone in red tape or raise their cholesterol to dangerous levels or deal with crazed sheep while looking inside pizza boxes without opening them then why not give Superhero League of Hoboken a try? The game features turn-based dungeon crawler style combat as well as some point-and-click elements to great effect. Can't recommend it enough!
Click here to discover the Throwback Thursday collection of games.
Lead a hilarious band of superheroes on a dangerous quest to defeat the evil Doctor Entropy. Select from League members including Tropical Oil Man (can raise opponent's cholesterol level), Zaniac (the power to confuse) and Captain Excitement (puts animals to sleep).
Battle ferocious Aerobots, flame-throwing robotic exercise teachers (when they say, "Feel the burn", they mean it). Fight the dreaded Albino Rhino and 30 other wacky mutant including Cy Young Cyborgs, Screaming Meemies, Cruise Mistletoes, Junk Bond Amoebas and the awesome King Kong Salmon, who return to the top of the empire State Building to spawn!
Six levels of adventure! From Three Mile Island to Atlantic City, society is struggling to climb back up the ladder of civilization, while Doctor Entropy is busy sawing off the rungs! A ground-breaking mix of adventure gaming and role-playing!
- Design by award-winning game-god Steve Meretzky
- Battle with Lawyers, Supermoms, Cy Young Cyborgs and Steroid Men. Over 31 more flavors of enemies to lick!
- Wield Ginsu Knives, nuclear-tipped Brass Knuckles, cyanide-laced Silly String, and more than 50 other implements of destruction (including the terrifying Slinky of Death)!
- Criss-cross the US eastern seaboard from Buffalo to Atlantic City, Three Mile island to Manhattan
Throwback Thursday Recommendation
We share the earnest reasons that make a classic game so dear to us!
Recommended by Frank Cifaldi from The Video Game History Foundation I'm a sucker for superhero parody, and I'm also a sucker for 90s point-and-click adventure games, so this is a hard one for me to resist. On top of that, the game is designed by Steve Meretzky, an absolute legend. The only thing holding this one back is a bit of interface and design awkwardness due to its age (you might want to have a walkthrough on standby), but I don't think that's going to be a problem for most GOG players!
Recommended by Judas, Technical Customer Support Specialist at GOG
If you ever wanted to drown someone in red tape or raise their cholesterol to dangerous levels or deal with crazed sheep while looking inside pizza boxes without opening them then why not give Superhero League of Hoboken a try? The game features turn-based dungeon crawler style combat as well as some point-and-click elements to great effect. Can't recommend it enough!
Click here to discover the Throwback Thursday collection of games.
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Posted on: February 23, 2025
darikgrey2_6473
Verified ownerGames: 4 Reviews: 1
2nd rate heroes, 1st rate fun!
While most of the jokes are a little dated with regard to culture, the jokes making fun of Superheroes in general and comic book heroes in particular are as timely as ever with all the Marvel Movie Madness happening. The interface is a bit clunky coming form last century, but overall the system works well.
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Posted on: March 14, 2025
eric000
Verified ownerGames: 41 Reviews: 1
GREAT FUN!
if u love super heros with silly powers this is for u
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Posted on: April 4, 2025
craftyandy
Verified ownerGames: 210 Reviews: 8
Forever Classic
You will need a basic guide to get through it so you are not wondeing around aimlessly and I mean basic as most solutions to problems are simply "go to this sector to pick up x item for y solution" however it has elements that improve over other RPG experiences. LIMITED Random encounters. Each sector has only so many badies before it is emptied and you are free to roam. That alone is a huge plus. I have yet to find any way to soft lock the game like many adventure games generally have. Major gripe is a lot of key items are simply bought in villages, so unlike a lot of adventure games there isn't any pixel hunting, just running to point a to b to c to solve the puzzle in a sort of thing which is also good in the sense you won't be racking your brain over anything but without the puzzle element you wouldn't be spending much time in hoboken. There is some nostalgia goggles here but thing is you won't find many games like this that are functional and stick out more compared to the usual games that are repeatedly promoted as classics. There are very few interactive stories that have such a tongue in cheekness about them. It's too risky now to spend 50 million and 5 years on a "funny video game" I say 3/5 stars is worth playing so take that for what it is.
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Posted on: May 25, 2025
wdpeck
Verified ownerGames: 14 Reviews: 1
Superheroic Silliness
One of the wackiest games of the '90s, SLH is a riot of in jokes and silly combat. Beware, though, the missions get quite involved later in the game. If you get frustrated, there are several walkthroughs available online.
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