Never actually watched the Phantom cartoon this is based off of, but it clearly is inspired by Batman TAS. Nice full circle influence there, as Batman was inspired by the Phantom comic strip in the first place.

This game is pretty damn ambitious for the time. I feel like if it actually was a Batman game then it would have been remembered more fondly. You basically have a bunch of gadgets, which you collect by searching them out; starting out you can already cling to walls and climb up them, swing from ceilings, and you also have a gun, more akin to Metroid.

It's essentially a Metroidvania, except all the areas are split up on a selectable map screen and not interconnected, but it also has a branching narrative on top of it. Biggest flaw is figuring out what you need to do next, a guide might be a necessity; as a kid, aimless wandering didn't really get me anywhere at all.

Soundtrack is a bit odd with those SNES guitar midi sounds used a lot.