Batman: The Video Game

Batman: the Video Game is a video game based on the first Tim Burton's Batman movie. It was released 1989 in Japan and 1990 for North America and Europe. Developed and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy.

Plot
Loosely following the movie, Batman must defeat the Joker and avenge the death of his parents. Other than that the game is very different from the movie with robots and mutants and DC villains not in the movie.

Why It Rocks
Note: This only covers the NES version.
 * 1) Good controls that feel very good to use. We have a standard A and B for jumping and attacking adn D-pad for movement. The select button is also used to cycle through Batman's arsenal. Finally, the D-Pad and A button can be used in coordination to make Batman do a wall jump to get around better.
 * 2) Awesome music, which is expected for a Sunsoft game. The song for the first level in particular is very memorable.
 * 3) As mentioned above, similar to Ninja Gaiden, Batman is capable of doing a wall jump which is necessary for progress.
 * 4) Very good graphics for NES standards. The background elements are highly detailed and look very good. The sprites themselves also look quite good, and are very fluid when in action.
 * 5) While short, the cutscenes between levels are well done and do a good job of replicating scenes from the film. They ahve fluid animation and are highly detailed as well.
 * 6) Other than fists, Batman has three other weapons for use, the batarangs, the spear gun, and dirk, which are powered up by pellet cartridges, which reduces farming.
 * 7) Very difficult but fair challenge throughout the entire game.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Also similar to the Ninja Gaiden games, the game is pretty difficult and can make some players frustrated.
 * 2) The final level of the game where you climb up the clock tower has platforms separated by clock gears. Getting hurt by these gears is almost unavoidable.

Reception
James Rolfe in both his AVGN persona and in real life, heavily praised the game. It was mentioned in the first part of AVGN's Batman games review and played in James and Mike Mondays where James after twenty years finally beat the Joker.

The NES version has a rating of 3.76 on GameFAQs. The Game Boy version however has a rating 3.53.

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