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The NES Batman sucked

ManaByte
Totally Batshit Insane

with apologies to buddy for using it but...

 

[impirius]

Hey, the Sega CD Batman game had that crazy cool 3D Batmobile stuff! Dig it!

 

[Vormund]

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9792/batkiss.jpg

:lol

 

[_Angelus_]

Wasn't the Adentures of Batman for the Genesis made by Treasure? I vividly remember GameFan gushing in a few previews about the games quality,that Treasure was behind its development.

Ofcourse the difficulty was another matter. Jesus Christ was it ever hard. What was it...something like 3 lives with only one continue through out the godamn game? Something like that anyways.

The game had the Genny doing some pretty dramatic effects that were done in software. There was some sort of scaling technique where when you flew over Gotham in the Bat Jet the city below moved with some scaling engine built around it. It was pretty neat to see the Genny do that for its time. But anyone who beat the game deserves a pat on the back and a round on the house,that bastard was mega hard.

 

[Kiriku]

I remember there being a good Batman game for Game Gear (and maybe Master System too?). You had three different boomerangs to choose between (with different attack power depending on their range), and also a special attack where you called for the batmobile. I recall the music being kind of cool as well.

Rockstar needs to jump in and show how a REAL Batman game should be done. Them or Konami should start making them again.

That's funny, 'cause these screens made me think of Max Payne 2 for some reason. I think Remedy could do a great Batman game, they handled the rainy, dark city noir style in MP2 excellent and a Batman game made like that would be perfect.

 

[SantaC]

They already have:

...was a great beat'em up game

agree.

 

[Mike Works]

Why is Max Payne wearing that funny suit

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

All right, it's list time.

Here's every Batman game ever made, not including Catwoman, Justice League: Task Force and other spin-offs.

Amiga:
Batman Returns
Batman: The Movie

Apple2
Batman

Arcade
Batman(Good)
Batman Forever

Commodore64
Batman
Batman: The Caped Crusader

Gameboy
Batman: The Video Game(Good)
Batman Forever
Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman: The Animated Series(I liked it)

Gameboy Advance
Batman Begins
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Batman: Vengeance

Gameboy Color
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman Racing
Batman: Total Chaos in Gotham City

Gamecube
Batman Begins(Not Yet Released)
Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu(I liked it)
Batman: Vengeance

Game.COM
Batman & Robin

Genesis
Adventures of Batman & Robin(Great)
Batman: The Video Game(Good)
Batman Forever
Batman Returns
Batman: Revenge of the Joker

GameGear
Batman & Robin
Batman and Robin: The Animated Series
Batman Forever
Batman Returns

LYNX
Batman Returns

MSX
Batman

N64
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

NES
Batman(Great)
Batman Returns
Batman: Return of the Joker(Good)

Pinball
Batman Forever

PC
Batman: Justice Unbalanced
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Batman Racing
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Batman: Toxic Chill
Batman: Vengeance

Playstation
Batman & Robin
Batman Beyond
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Batman: Gotham City Racer

PS2
Batman Begins(Not Yet released)
Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu

Saturn
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game

Sega CD
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Batman Returns(Good)

Sega Master System
Batman Returns

SNES
The Adventures of Batman and Robin(Great)
Batman Forever
Batman Returns(Great)

Turbografx-16
Batman

XBOX
Batman Begins(Not yet released)
Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Batman Vengeance

So, as you can see, with Batman its really 'hit or miss'. The ones that I have played, though, I thought were decent enough. Batman Begins looks like it could be one of the good onese.

 

[Sho Nuff]

>Batman: Gotham City Racer

That sounds like it ties with the Lynx version for hideousness

 

[boutrosinit]

I never played that one either.

 

[Insertia]

This game looks pretty good. Its one of the best looking Batman titles I've seen in a while.

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

Batman returns on SNES was great, but batman & robin on genesis was the best batman game ever!

if the images don't work:
www.vgmuseum.com/ reviews/genesis/advbatman/

 

[Fafalada]

Trivia: the producer of Catwoman made Cauldron (C64)!

One of my favourite C64 games too

All right, it's list time.

Spectrum48:
Batman
Batman the caped crusader
Batman the movie


Anyway, I rather liked Batman the Movie on Amiga, mostly for the driving sequences.
And the first Batman on Spectrum was also a good game (one of those isometric 3d adventures), never played the other two though.

 

[Ghost]

Am i the only one who thinks Batman would make a great Spiderman 2 (the movie game) clone? Especially the 'begins' universe with the batmobile that can jump across rooftops.


It'd be perpetual darkness for the batman sections, then small day time sections where you play as bruce wayne, just to advance the story and maybe take part in a few billionaire playboy activites like street racing and fight clubs.

At night you patrol gotham, on foot, in the batmobile, or maybe the batplane (probably an unlockable extra) looking for random crime. When you find it you have options for (like the previews for this game suggests) intimidating foes to scare them off crime in the future and raise your profile (maybe even using classic batman tricks like making your shadow appear over the back of them so they turn around terrified just intime to see your fist hit their face), or pushing them for information (might reveal hidden extras, mob hideouts etc where you can go and clean house) or simply kicking ass. And then after a while (or checkpoints like spiderman) the bat signal would go up which would denote a story mission. Which would be pretty much what the actual game seems to be.

As batman your appearence would change durin the course of the game, you'd go from just a guy in a ballaclava who no criminal would be affraid of (so they wouldnt even bother trying to shoot you, they'd always try and go hand to hand) to the movie outfitted batman who'd strike fear into the heart of all but the toughest of outlaws (so they'd keep their distance and make it harder for you to get to them and take them out).


Yeah i think it'd kick ass. Theres so many gameplay features you could drag out of batmans array of technology (trackers, the grapling hook, the wings etc etc etc)

 

[Laurent]

Come on, just add an orange lightning effect on Batman!

And who is developing this title? Warner Bros? I can't remember any Time Warner developed games this generation...

 

[open_mouth_]

Imagine a batman game using the Ninja Gaiden engine???

 

[missAran]

Despite Batman's weak record with videogames, there's always a chance that this will be good. I mean there wasn't really a great X-Men title until Legends, so perhaps this will be the change. At least, I hope so..

BTW, what platforms is this thing on?

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Am i the only one who thinks Batman would make a great Spiderman 2 (the movie game) clone?

No, you're not. I wasted a great deal of time (again, in the shower) thinking about this very same concept last night. Batman cruises Gotham City at night by foot, grapple, or vehicle, thwarting minor street crimes while investigating a mystery or stopping a major villain to fulfill the mission objectives. It'd work.

Skip the Bruce Wayne gameplay segments, though. Nobody buys a superhero game to play as the civilian alter-ego, they want to play AS THE HERO. See the lame "Banner" sneaking missions from HULK as proof.

 

[The Bookerman]

EA takin cues out of Splinter cell??? Color me suprised.

 

[Shinobi]

Wasn't the Adentures of Batman for the Genesis made by Treasure? I vividly remember GameFan gushing in a few previews about the games quality,that Treasure was behind its development.

Ofcourse the difficulty was another matter. Jesus Christ was it ever hard. What was it...something like 3 lives with only one continue through out the godamn game? Something like that anyways.

The game had the Genny doing some pretty dramatic effects that were done in software. There was some sort of scaling technique where when you flew over Gotham in the Bat Jet the city below moved with some scaling engine built around it. It was pretty neat to see the Genny do that for its time. But anyone who beat the game deserves a pat on the back and a round on the house,that bastard was mega hard.

It was made by a developer called Clockwork Tortoise, which based on Moby Games information seems to be the only game they ever made. Agreed with what you said though...the game was just amazing visually, save for the sprites being ultra small. Again if you want to see all the levels, there's an easy to use level skip code that I think works in game, thus acting as a "continue" of sorts.

Like I said, anyone interested in this game should read the Game Informer preview. You might be surprised. I know I was.