Batman games

[BrianC]

All I know is the GG version looks better, and actually sounds a bit better imo. It's just a bit smaller - but doesn't seem to make it more difficult like some games (eg Sonics)

The music sounds pretty much the same to me (but I was playing both in 60 Hz mode. Music seems slowed down compared to GG in 50 Hz). It's not that the screen space is smaller, the levels themselves seem to be very different between GG and SMS. From what I have seen, the level design is more straightforward in the GG version with less chances to use the hook (though it looks like the GG one gets more complex levels later). The GG one also westernizes the game with enemies taking extra hits and a life meter for Batman (the GG version allows for different batarang settings to adjust the distance and power, though). Graphics on SMS still look pretty good. I need to play both more for more of an opinion, but the life meter, enemies taking extra hits, and levels that seem to allow for less swinging on the GG, have me leaning towards SMS.

[Mr Smith]

Batman Returns looks great on the Genesis

Only if you're suffering from depression. That game has one of the darkest palettes in any video game and while I accept they might have been going for gritty, I believe they went well beyond it and into the realms of requiring Prozac to play.

[tomaitheous]

Only if you're suffering from depression. That game has one of the darkest palettes in any video game and while I accept they might have been going for gritty, I believe they went well beyond it and into the realms of requiring Prozac to play.

Not just dark/gritty, but(t) ugly too.

[OldSchool]

Batman: The Video Game is good, Adventures of Batman and Robin is awesome (but terribly hard), Batman Returns is decent, Batman: Revenge of the Joker is bad and Batman Forever is terrible.

^ = on point

[Mista_Ed]

Only if you're suffering from depression. That game has one of the darkest palettes in any video game and while I accept they might have been going for gritty, I believe they went well beyond it and into the realms of requiring Prozac to play.

ive not played it, but i can definitely say that i much prefer games that require prozac to play...

imma check the bay immediately - cheers for the heads up mr smith!!

[bohokii]

it may sound strange but the only batman game i got into was batman the movie for the commodore 64 the only thing that bugged me was the antidote mixing puzzle

[old man]

Batman Returns for the SNES is really good.

[bgpjr]

Batman Forever on the Saturn is awesome. I picked that up recently and had a blast playing it. It's quite different than the 16 bit versions, as the Saturn game is based on the arcade version (basically a beat'em up, but quite fun).

[Allard]

Batman Forever on the Saturn is awesome. I picked that up recently and had a blast playing it. It's quite different than the 16 bit versions, as the Saturn game is based on the arcade version (basically a beat'em up, but quite fun).

Played this one on PSX. And... it sucks. Graphics are once again digitized (for me it worked only three times, all three being Mortal Kombat games), the game doesn't have any good music, gameplay is too hard and you don't always know what the flipping heck is going on. Every time I think about this game I want to play some Streets of Rage to cleanse myself.

[16bitter]

Batman Forever on the Saturn is awesome. I picked that up recently and had a blast playing it.

Honestly? I thought BF (hmm) was a garish mess on form (graphics) and function (gameplay). The game looks and plays like a gay icecapades on speed+shrooms.

In the span of 30 seconds, Batman and Robin go from shooting lightning out of their bodies, in a an orgasmic full-body manner, to beating thugs while the size of Herve from 'Fantasy Island'.

That's one of the game's restrained moments. Logistics seem antipodal to this mess.

Also, Chris O'Donnel. Just. Chris. O'Donnel.

It's like Joel Schumacher directed the video game as well.

It's quite different than the 16 bit versions, as the Saturn game is based on the arcade version (basically a beat'em up, but quite fun).

Which was based on Titan, aka the Saturn arcade chipset. Much under-utilized, the most popular game to come from it was 'Die Hard: Arcade'.

Poor segue, but...here's a decent website dedicated to Batman games from this era:

http://www.angelfire.com/film/batman...1/batman1.html

Don't agree with a lot of the reviews, but it gives a good outline of what's out there.

[tz101]

Batman Returns on Sega CD was pretty decent.

[retrospiel]

Which was based on Titan, aka the Saturn arcade chipset. Much under-utilized, the most popular game to come from it was 'Die Hard: Arcade'.

Some decent (and pretty popular) ST-V games:

Astra Super Stars (sequel to Waku Waku 7)
Baku Baku Animal
Columns 97
Cotton 2
Cotton Boomerang
Decathlete / Athlete Kings
Dynamite Deka / Die Hard Arcade
Funky Head Boxers
Golden Axe : The Duel
Groove On Fight
Guardian Force
Hanagumi Taisen Columns : Sakura Wars
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Princess Kurara Daisakusen
Puyo Puyo Sun
Radiant Silvergun
Sando-R: Puzzle & Action / Treasure Hunt
Sea Bass Fishing
Shienryu
Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver
Suiko Enbu / Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty
Tanto-R 'Sasissu!'
Tecmo World Cup '98
Virtua Fighter Kids
Virtua Fighter Remix
Winter Heat


But yeah, I agree there could have been (and should have been) more games. Sega got it right with Dreamcast and Naomi.

[Zebbe]

Batman - quite a good game with awesome music.
Batman Returns - for some reason, I had a lot of spare time when I was a kid, so much I actually sat down and beat this game. The game is very mediocre.
Adventures of Batman & Robin - one of the best 2p co-ops and run 'n' guns on the system with awesome graphic effects and heavy music that keeps you going. I played it when I was a kid, but picked it up earlier this year and beat it on my third play, so it is not too hard like many people say.

[joshvox]

Batman and Robin is unbelievable--great graphics and gameplay, great music. I just find it ridiculously hard. But it is very cheap, making it a must own for me.