Batman: The Video Game, is a group of platform games developed by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, loosely based on the 1989 film of the same name. Despite having the same title, each is actually a different game. The NES title is arguably the best known and contains five levels culminating in a final showdown with the Joker in the bell tower of Gotham Cathedral. It was received well despite changes from the movie upon which it was based. Sunsoft later released Batman: Return of the Joker as a follow-up which is not related to any movie.
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Great visuals, music, and controls, but unforgiving to the point being rage inducing at times. Still a good platformer and one of the best super hero adaptations at the time of its release, I just wish they had balanced it better.
Okay, Batman: The Video Game is HARD, like old-school NES hard. But the atmosphere is killer, the soundtrack is super catchy, and punching your way through Gotham's lowlifes as Batman is just so satisfying. It definitely shows its age at times, but there's a reason it's a classic.
This game is not only one of the best batman games of all time, but also one of the best NES games of all time. It is a 2D plataformer based on the movie "Batman" released on the same year.
The gameplay works very well, the controls are responsive and precise wich helps on the plataform sections, but there's a lot of enemies through the level to complicate them. There are different ways to defeat the enemies, because Batman carries 3 weapons with him, that help you in different situations through the game.
The visuals don't refer to the Batman movie at all, you will pass through hi tech military bases and fight with soliders and robots. The only references to the movie are the cutscenes and the last boss, the Joker (the first boss looks like Firefly but it's not him).
The graphics are really good and detailed duting the gameplay, but they shine in the cutscenes that adapt the main moments of the movie.
This game is difficult on the first play, but after some attempts it's easy to learn how to deal with each enemy and boss, making this game very fun to play.
Finaly, it isn't the best adaption of the movie to the videogames, but it don't have to be, beucase this game have it's own visual identity and has aged very well. It's really worth playing
The gameplay works very well, the controls are responsive and precise wich helps on the plataform sections, but there's a lot of enemies through the level to complicate them. There are different ways to defeat the enemies, because Batman carries 3 weapons with him, that help you in different situations through the game.
The visuals don't refer to the Batman movie at all, you will pass through hi tech military bases and fight with soliders and robots. The only references to the movie are the cutscenes and the last boss, the Joker (the first boss looks like Firefly but it's not him).
The graphics are really good and detailed duting the gameplay, but they shine in the cutscenes that adapt the main moments of the movie.
This game is difficult on the first play, but after some attempts it's easy to learn how to deal with each enemy and boss, making this game very fun to play.
Finaly, it isn't the best adaption of the movie to the videogames, but it don't have to be, beucase this game have it's own visual identity and has aged very well. It's really worth playing
Ninja Gaiden if it was awesome
Good game for a Batman game on the NES! Not much to say about this game though.
Ninja Gaiden's easier sibling from the states, all the way down to how the penultimate boss works. Just a great time overall, stellar graphics that still look really good, KGBeast as a one-off mook right out the gate, music and sound effects that hit just right.
Pity about the end, where they clearly ran out of time or money or whatever. The final stage reuses the first song, is much shorter and stacks two bosses on top of each other at the end to make up for it, heavily suggesting that there was supposed to be an entire sixth stage.
Still, the game is fair, generous with both its unlimited continues and the fact that ammo carries over even after game overs. There is some cheap damage, but once you know it's there it's surprisingly easy to get through most stages without dying. And that wall jump feels so damn good.
Weapon balance could be better, but it also doesn't need to be, and the fact that the game resists giving you an option for easily hitting above or below your horizontal plane makes for some great design throughout the run.
Special shoutout to the fact that this game came out before the broad stagnation of Batman's rogue gallery outside of the comics. Maxie Zeus? Firebug? Killer Moth? That's the good stuff.
Pity about the end, where they clearly ran out of time or money or whatever. The final stage reuses the first song, is much shorter and stacks two bosses on top of each other at the end to make up for it, heavily suggesting that there was supposed to be an entire sixth stage.
Still, the game is fair, generous with both its unlimited continues and the fact that ammo carries over even after game overs. There is some cheap damage, but once you know it's there it's surprisingly easy to get through most stages without dying. And that wall jump feels so damn good.
Weapon balance could be better, but it also doesn't need to be, and the fact that the game resists giving you an option for easily hitting above or below your horizontal plane makes for some great design throughout the run.
Special shoutout to the fact that this game came out before the broad stagnation of Batman's rogue gallery outside of the comics. Maxie Zeus? Firebug? Killer Moth? That's the good stuff.