Batman (Sega Genesis video game)

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Developer(s) Sunsoft
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Kiharu Yoshida
Programmer(s) Yoshitaka Kawabe
Hiroaki Atsumi
Artist(s) Yoshiaki Iwata
Kazutomo Mori
Masayuki Aikawa
Yabu Chan
Rieko Sakai
Akira
Composer(s) Naoki Kodaka
Shinichi Seya
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Release
Genre(s) Beat 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player

Batman is a video game developed by Sunsoft and released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. It was inspired by the 1989 Tim Burton-directed Batman film. The game is more faithful to the film's plot than the NES game of the same name and includes levels in which the player controls Batman's vehicles.

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Development

The music was composed by Naoki Kodaka who also wrote the music for the NES game. [4]

Reception

IGN gave the game a review score of 6/10, praising the gameplay and its faithfullness to the film but noted the game as short and not especially challenging. [12] The game holds an aggregate score of 70% on GameRankings. [13] Mega Play's four reviewers gave Batman very positive reviews and praised the game's graphics and gameplay, although they commented that the game is not as challenging and the gameplay is a little slow. [14] Console XS gave an overall review score of 82%. [15] Mega Action gave a review score of 83% and praised the game's graphics. [16] Megatech magazine praised the graphics and sound, calling it "truly tremendous" and described the backgrounds as "sombre-looking as the sets in the film". It also lauded the game's soundtrack. The only criticism they had was the game being fairly easy to beat. [17] The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Batman very positive reviews, praising the gameplay staying true to the film and praised the graphics, music and sound effects and one reviewer opined the game is "the ultimate side scrolling action game for the genesis". They criticized the game being too easy and short. [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Batman review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 23. EGM Media, LLC. June 1991. p. 20. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ "ProDates" (PDF). Sega Pro . No. 10. August 1992. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "The Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive Music Archive". Project 2612. 2006-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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  6. ↑ "Batman review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 23. EGM Media, LLC. June 1991. p. 20. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ Levi Buchanan (July 23, 2008). "Batman Retro Review The game". IGN . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
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  9. ↑ "Software A-Z". Console XS (1): 127. June 1992. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Mega Library". Mega Action. No. 1. May 1993. p. 65. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Game Index". Megatech (1): 76. December 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  12. ↑ Levi Buchanan (July 23, 2008). "Batman Retro Review The game". IGN . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Batman: The Video Game for Genesis on GameRankings". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Mega Reviews". Mega Play: 61. July–August 1991. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Software A-Z". Console XS (1): 127. June 1992. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Mega Library". Mega Action. No. 1. May 1993. p. 65. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Game Index". Megatech (1): 76. December 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Batman review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 23. EGM Media, LLC. June 1991. p. 20. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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