Batman Returns (video game)
| Batman Returns | |
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Cover of the Mega Drive version
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| Developer(s) |
Denton Designs (Amiga) Spirit of Discovery (DOS) Aspect Co., Ltd. (Game Gear, Sega Master System) Acme Interactive / Malibu Interactive (Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega-CD/Sega CD) Atari (Lynx) Konami (NES, SNES) |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega of America (Sega versions) Konami (Nintendo/DOS versions) Atari (Lynx) |
| Platform(s) | NES, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega-CD, Master System, Game Gear, Lynx, Amiga, DOS |
| Release date(s) |
1992 Super Nintendo
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| Genre(s) | Action, Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Review scores | |
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| Publication | Score |
| MegaTech | 94% |
| Sega Master Force | 54% |
| Awards | |
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| Publication | Award |
| MegaTech | Hyper Game |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | Best Licensed Game of 1992 |
Batman Returns is a video game for various platforms based on the movie of the same name. The Sega console versions (i.e. Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Mega-CD, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear) were published by Sega themselves while the NES and Super NES versions were developed and published by Konami. The DOS version was published by Konami and developed by Spirit of Discovery. The Amiga version was developed by Denton Designs, and also published by Konami. There is also an Atari Lynx version, published by Atari themselves.
The SNES version of the game was released in 1993. It is fundamentally a left-to-right scrolling fighter beat 'em up, a genre that was featured heavily on the console at the time. The gameplay and graphics are very similar to the Final Fight games.
The game takes the player through seven scenes featured in the film. Various members of the Red Triangle Circus Gang attack Batman throughout the game. Batman has a number of weapons and moves at his disposal, including the batarang. Each level ends with a boss character, which requires a little more effort and strategy to defeat. A number of levels are two-dimensional platform levels as opposed to the majority of the pseudo-3D levels where freer movement is permitted. The fifth level consists of driving the Batmobile in a chase scene where Batman must chase bikers and a heavily armed van from the gang. In order to defeat them, the Batmobile uses a machine gun.
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