(Review updated accounting for division of the Backloggd pages for the Batman & Robin games)

The Sega Genesis videogame programmed by Clocwork Tortoise is a run and gun that often veers into shoot em up territory with a brutal but rewarding difficulty, even though the levels tend to last excesively long with not enough variety and that's why I wouldn't score it a 6 like the other spectacular showcases on the system like Contra Hard Corps or Treasure's games.

The real showcase though, are the stunning visual effects work which was explained by Jon Burton from Gamehut in these two videos, even if the characther sprites tend to be pretty tiny:

Part 1
https://youtu.be/Z0S92Fs5gOg
Part 2
https://youtu.be/M7b0uUEl5hc
Music for the Boss of Level 3:
https://youtu.be/FA2pCqpfAkM

And also of note, the soundtrack by Jesper Kyd (known for scoring Hitman games, which I never played) give the game a distinct identity which, in mixture with the spectacular visual style, separates it from being a typical cash in on the animated series.

I don't remember when I beat it, but I can guarantee it's a heck of a time compared to the SNES one

Reviewed on Jan 07, 2024


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