The Sega Genesis port of The Adventures of Batman & Robin remains my favorite Batman game. Love everything about it from which it’s based on to the action & gameplay, presentation, to the industrial type soundtrack.
The music of games is so important. Music of Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is one of the best I have ever heard, which made me follow the composer David Wise.
The enthusiasm in your voice, written scripts and nostalgia factor are unparalleled on UA-cam. Crazy how I just found your channel a couple weeks ago. Good stuff.
It would be great to get a 2D Batman metroidvania, that could work so well. Leaning more towards a SotN like gameplay, so much is possible, there's so many things that could be done with that.
those tim burton movies really launched batman back to the top of the cultural zeitgeist. to this day the we think of batman with a gothic aesthetic. to my parents generation he was that campy 60s tv show with adam west
The Batman game I remember renting the most and then eventually owned was Batman Returns on Snes. Batman just being in a beat em up made me happy, the game is definitely fun to play.
Great vid as always! Your history with gaming and the way you talk about it in your videos is honestly what I like most about your channel. I grew up around the same time period as you so it's both nostalgic and fascinating.
Arkham Asylum is one of my favorite games of all time. City was bigger and longer yeah, but the more direct linear Asylum was so good, especially the Scarecrow segments!
@@erix5184 I know. I'll take a nicely designed linear map that winds on itself over an open world any day of the week. At least pacing was great in Arkham City and it wasn't crap like in most open world games.
The Raw Thrills Batman arcade driving game is pretty good fun. Arkham City is my absolute all time favourite though, closely followed by Arkham Ayslum.
Wow. The handcuffing mechanic has to be one of the most misguided things I've ever seen in a video game. I really can't fathom what they were thinking with that one. Maybe trying to emphasize that Batman doesn't kill anyone? I'm not even that much into Bats, but this was an excellent video. I'd love to see more of these types looking at different characters or even games in a franchise. Great work as always, SLX!
Every time anyone mentions Batman Dark Tomorrow, all I can think about is Rerez’s interpretation of it. Speaking of Batman games, I enjoyed the Batman Begins movie tie in game. Pretty decent for the time.
Batman Vengeance has some mechanics similar to that Gamecube game. It's a 3d beat'em up as well but it's in the style of Batman animated series and has the voice actors like Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. The 3d gets a bit getting used to but I had fun when I played it on PC.
Batman Forever was far from perfect, there were ideas that went into it that I still question to this very day...some of the moves were impossible to perform w/o a ton of practice...I still recall reading that one review on Amazon years ago where the guy summed it up perfectly... *It would be like having to press 6 buttons just to toss a single grenade in Ghost Recon or Call Of Duty*...But this game hits very differently for me, while it was hard, it was pretty fun to play...The training mode was also pretty cool... me & my sister would play it so we could learn these near-impossible moves for weapons so fourth ...But hey, thanks for the upload ...This vid brings back a ton of great memories for me brother! :)
How did you feel about Batman : Arkham Origins Blackgate? This one came out for the Vita (where I played it) and 3DS and captured a lot of the Arkham series gameplay but was a 2.5D effort. A deluxe version was released for Xbox 360 Live arcade, Windows, Wii U and PS3 PSN Network.
I'm surprised to see the absence of the Mega CD (or the Mega Drive) version of Batman Returns here, considering it's so much of a landmark branding for this channel and it even appears in the intro and outro of this episode.
Yooo I love Rise of Sin Tzu! Lol used to play it on the GameCube all the time back in the day. Still fun to this day. I especially like playing as different characters. I used to play it with my brother and uncle all the time lol
I humbly request that you make a video using this same concept but for Ghostbusters video games. Pretty please? Thanks for all the consistently great content, SLX! :)
I'm surprised this episode wasn't created much sooner in the life of your channel :). I absolutely adore the character Batman. Games like Batman Returns (SNES), Batman (NES), and the Batman Arkham games are among the best games ever in my opinion. While everyone has been excited for the latest Spiderman release I've broken out the Arkham games and have been heavily enjoying my time with those.
Batman returns on game gear. Could finish in an hour but as a kid it's what I wanted c: Then again, the Genesis version soured me so much so I was glad to have something
I so well remember "Batman Dark Tomorrow" (2003) as that was a game with tons of potentials and had a great art-work and comic book feeling. The game could have been a classic, but the gameplay and controls where awfull. So much that I remember playing it on-and-off because you could early on not advance. But I remember after about my 5th attemp on taking on the game back in the day made it and went on to beat the game. I managed to figure out a perfect way to defeat all enemies and bosses with well-timed kicks with-out taking serious damage as this method was THE ONLY way to win. I could then look-aside this major flaw of poor controls and poor fighting mechanic to appreciate the dark athmosphere and story development and enjoy the great looking cut-scenes. I also got both endings in the game. This game was meant to be a love letter to the 90's Batman comics!
For those you said you didn't mention since you have never played them and wanted to hear abou them: As a child I was absolutely in love with "Batman The Movie" on our Amiga 500, it was, at least in my opinion, one of the very first really good Batman games, it may only have had 4 or 5 levels, but it was pretty diverse in terms of gameplay, it started as a classic plattformer but also had vehicle sections with the Batwing and the Batmobile. I was blown away by that at the time.
I couldn't play the NES version without a Game Genie. Too freakin' hard. Arkham Asylum was cool, but I think Arkham City was my favorite. They did good with the Catwoman character too. Lots of suit variety to keep gameplay fresh as well.
In Return of The Joker NES you missed a few strategies while playing: - You could slide under fire to escape or attack. - If you hold the fire button you can charge the shot for the loaded weapon, with different effects. - And if you shoot the power ups when they fall you can cycle through the different weapons to pick the most convenient.
Man, thank you so much for putting these videos out. You got me through a dark time, you’re videos just kept me distracted and and my mind elsewhere. Thank you Sega Lord X 🙏
I know it's a little janky, but I really enjoyed Batman: Vengeance on PS2/Xbox. It's based on the latter seasons of the 90's animated series, with the redrawn Joker with the beady black eyes. There's even a level where you're in the batwing flying through Gotham after it's been frozen by Mr. Freeze.
It really does! The platforming levels are overhated with all the gadgets you can use and your ability to kick bullets like your foot is a lightsaber...lol
I know it's really bad but I have a soft spot for Batman Forever on the Genesis. I had about 8 other games, so it wasn't a case of take what you can get. I just had fun with all the gadgets. I got to the 2nd form Riddler but never beat it
I had played Batman Forever on Genesis and really have a good memory about it. Graphics, atmosphere, a lot of moves. Good graphics for Riddler. But now, I can’t say as I didn’t collect it for bad reviews
Actually, there are three sequels of the Arkham Series! After Asylum came City than Origns and finally Arkham Knight! But I won't complain because I really love your channel. I'm 42 years old and i still have every Sega console from Master System to Dreamcast. Except the Game Gear because Ii was more the Game Boy type! However, watching your channel is like back to the future! Had a lot of nice memories watching your Videos! Really love it! Awesome work! Keep on going! (apologies for my english! It's a bit awkward😅)
I grew up absolutely dirt poor so all i ever had was envy for the kids that had all these game systems and games... your channel is like nostalgia for a childhood i didn't have. Thanks.
I remember playing the original Batman game on the GameBoy and absolutely loving it! It was such an underrated action title for the system! It is a shame Return of the Joker on the Genesis didn't get the same development treatment as the NES version! I also wish Konami had developed a '90s arcade Batman beat-em-up for the arcades. They were well-known for their quality beat-em-ups and I could see it being like an even better version of Batman Returns on the SNES with added co-op and other enhancements.
Konami got ahold of the Batman Returns license on the Nintendo console systems (even though they never released a Game Boy game, who knows what happened there) and a couple of computer platforms, more especifically the PC (with a graphic adventure) and the Amiga (with a sidescroller), so it seems logical they may have pursued an arcade game but maybe some license issues prevented this to happen (maybe the fact that Atari Games had the license for the previous movie arcade and may have had some kind of preference of doing the sequel; coincidentially, the non-related Atari Corporation made a Batman Returns game for their Lynx). They probably would have get rights for at least a Mega Drive game, since they were starting to get interest on the system, but maybe that conflicted with Sega getting the license for all their systems, including the Master System and Game Gear, which were not under the interest of Konami. This was probably some kind of licensing wars going on.
Great video as always, love your channel! Batman (NES, GB) & Batman Returns (SNES) were the batman games i grew up with and loved. Wish i had the Genesis Batman, will have to track that down! I also really liked Batman Returns for PC (detective adventure game) and Batman Returns for Game Gear (surprisingly good).
I played a beta version of Batman and Robin at E3 way back in the day. I still remember that to simply throw a punch, it was some kind of Mortal Kombat special move (down, forward, forward and X, I think). It was an ambitious game, but they didn't think about the controls. I'm still a huge fan of the Sega CD Batman Returns. Love the soundtrack.
When you said (about NES Batman) "one thing you will notice right off the bat..." i fully expected to hear: "Batman is purple for some reason" Also, my brother owned Batman Returns on the Lynx. I played that game so much, but it was so hard, we never got past stage 2. The constant enemies throwing explosives everywhere and the cheap hits drove us crazy. I had no idea there were only 4 stages. That's why they made it so hard. Lazy, cheap bastards.
Man, as a kid I thought it was impossible to make a bad Batman game. How could you F up being a badass with tons of tools a cool car and being the world's best detective. Yet as we all know life found a way.
Sunsoft are the true heroes for Batman, they really cared, the rocksteady games are also top notch, City is my fav. I wonder if a company like wayforward got their hands on the IP and made a modern day 2D Batman game, I think it could be really good, like the recent turtle games or sonic mania, I'd love to see a new 2D Batman game.
Batman for the NES, was a great value. I bought it at a clearance price of $19.99/w my $5 off coupon. The coupon was directly from Nintendo, because they were accused of price fixing.
What a pleasant surprise. Today I played for the first time Batman Arkham Asylum. Great game. The ones from Sunsoft have a special place in my heart. Cheers!
@@Gatorade69 Very well, said. That's the exact reason why I don't play. Zelda tears of the Kingdom Or even breath of the wild. Way too big. Too much time
For anyone who has kids, I'd throw in the original Lego Batman into the mix. Such a fun game of exploring, puzzles and akin to the simplicity of a beat em' up
Maybe it's happy coincidence that I just finished uploading my playthrough of Batman: The Video Game before stumbling onto this but Batman focused video by SLX is just what I needed as a nice nightcap. I must say that it's also happy coincidence or maybe it's fate that the best Batman games are the ones with Michael Keaton and Kevin Conroy (R.I.P.) which many would argue are the best to portray Batman in their respective media. I wonder if SLX has played Gotham Knights. I don't think it got good reviews but from what little I've seen of it the game looks similar to the excellent Arkham games.
For everything said against Batman Forever: The Arcade Game, when my best friend visits, we often play it, soak in the cheese and have a great time. We don't know what the hell's going on, bosses strip our life bars away in a single combo and we rarely get to the end before running out of continues, yet we still have a smile on our faces the entire time. That alone makes it one of my favourite Batman games, even if it's lacking in a lot of areas.
The Atari Lynx Batman Returns has the same SFX like Gates of Zendocon on the same system. Altrough I'm not a Batman fan, my favourite Batman game is Batman Returns on SNES, I like fighting games and brawlers. It also looks the best (16bit) imo.
What a great video and a great idea! A bit late but i'll add my two cents in: I'm surprised one of the greatest Batman games was not mentioned here ''Batman Returns'' for the Sega Master System. That was the only Batman game I had growing up as I only had a Master System in those early years. That game was developed by Aspect and had music by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima from SOR fame. It was better than the Game Gear port on account of the levels being much larger to explore and the route select branching system gave the game more replay value for it's time. I would have to agree with you SLX when talking about the Mega Drive/Genesis Batman games. Batman 1991 by Sunsoft really is the best one! The Adventures Of Batman & Robin is a beautiful looking game but I refuse to play it without game genie invincible cheats, i'm too old now to learn the game's mechanics and strengths and weaknesses by replaying it over and over getting endless game overs, I work hard, come home and want a quick 1 hour invincible thrill ride through this game before I go to bed. The problem with Batman Forever is that it starts getting a little repetitive and boring after a while as all you do is beat up bad guys and walk around. I can't really comment on the Arkham Batman games as they came out later in time on consoles I do not own or care for.
The ultimate 16-bit Batman would be combining the beat em up stages from the SNES with the driving levels from the Sega CD. Today with emulation it'd be possible to remix the games to do this. Also, Arkham Asylum had 3 sequels. You forgot Arkham Origins.
I had the Batman cart for the Amstrad 6128 plus! I actually enjoyed it and it had some cool car sections where you mad sharp turns. But there was a level where you had to mix chemicals and my 12 year old self couldn’t figure this out…!
I really enjoyed this episode, hopefully you make a follow up with some other Batman ganes like Batman for the PC Engine, Batman Begins, Batman Vengeance (Gamecube+GBA), Batman Rise of Sin Tzu, Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate, Batman Telltale, etc and maybe do a list of Spider-Man games, Ironman, Duperman, The Hulk, etc.
The Batman and robin genesis version you mentioned on 24:40 seconds is one of the best Batman game ever. I use to play it with my brother and it was so satisfying back in the day. I was waiting for that game particularly and if you didn't i would be sad. Thanks for the video
Another great video as always but for me the 1st Batman game that introduce me to the franchise was Batman Returns for the Game Gear and I know it was short but the quick gameplay the action music in each level the enemies and bosses with sound effects made me love it. The Master System version looks and plays identical but the Game Gear version was and is superior for me and I believe that many of us enjoyed more the computer and 8 and 16 bit versions than later versions.
The first Batman game I played was "Return of the Joker" for the Game Boy (it isn't in your list), that game was phenomenal for the hardware! Not the best obviously, but it features great visuals, awesome soundtrack as usual for Sunsoft and fine gameplay.
Though I enjoyed playing it, what annoyed me most about the Batman Beyond game is that it had no save feature or password system except for the game boy version, so if you lost, you had to start all over again.
I loved both "Batman: The Brave And The Bold" for DS and "Batman Begins" for the PS2! I still play "Batman Begins" pretty often. The graphics are pretty cool for that game and the game play isn't bad either!
Like I said in the opening, driving games were not considered. If I have to rate that game based on the side scroller, it gets knocked down significantly.
I think you should check out Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame for Wii. It has co-op and a great control feel. Simply: a good game. Anyway a great episode Mel!
@@Al8lack As far as I know the game was released in 1986 on Amstrad CPC (cassette and disk versions), ZX Spectrum and MSX, the Amstrad version is the better looking one.
I do love a good Batman game. Ocean Software (UK Publisher/developer) did three different Batman games for the UK market - the first (simply known as Batman) was a bizzare isometric platform puzzler released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computeters. It was later ported to the Japanese MSX. Very odd- but historically important as it was the very first Batman game for any platform. It was later remade for Windows, which you can find free on the web. Ocean's 2nd effort was Batman: The Caped Crusader which came out on various computer platforms. This time, it was much more faithful to the comic books, and had two distinct adventures - one against the Joker and one against the Penguin. Ocean finally knocked it out of the park with their3rd Batman title - Batman the Movie. This followed a similar structure to their previous RoboCop game from the year before, with different scenes making up different levels. Level One is a Side-scrolling platforming level, with Batman making his way through Axis Chemicals to stop Jack Napier, who becomes the Joker. Level Two is the escape from the Muesum via the Batmobile. On 8-bit machines, this was done via a side-scrolling slightly isometric view, but on the more powerful 16-bit machines, it was presented as a fast Outrun-style race. Level three was a puzzle, as Batman works out what products make up Smilex Gas, and then your're behind the controls of the Batwing for Level Four, in the same way as the Batmobile level. And finally for Level Five, Batman has to make his way up Gotham Cathederal to stop the Joker, in another side scolling platformer. It's incredibly primitive gameplay compared to the Sunsoft adaption, but it sold massively, not least because it was included as a pack-in with the mighty Commodore Amiga 500, which had the best version of the game. I still enjoy it.
Like many of us who grew up with home computers, the first Batman games I played were the Ocean software ones, the isometric Batman game by Jon Ritman followed by Batman: The Movie.
imagine in the office of McFarlane Toys, there is a staffer who just watched this video and starts designing a limited edition "Batman from Batman and Robin PS1 Game" figure... what a pixelated polygon mess it would be...
Batman Dark Tomorrow was actually developed by Hot Gen Studios (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles). They, in a way, redeemed themselves a bit as they also developed the 2D action platformer Plug N Play based on the 2004 The Batman cartoon, and that was actually pretty decent overall. As for Batman & Robin on PS1? I really have to give developer Probe Entertainment (X-Men Children Of The Atom, Die Hard Trilogy) props for this game. Yes it's based on the AWFUL Batman and Robin movie and yes it came out about a year after the film hit theaters BUT, in all seriousness, they legitimately put 100% REAL EFFORT into this game to not only try to make it a good movie based game but just a good Batman game in general. They went VERY ambitious with it and it definitely shows, even though the end product couldn't fully match their ambition. Think about it. It was the year 1998 and this is a 3rd person open world (yes OPEN WORLD) Batman game where you have a fully explorable Batcave, you had numerous vehicles to drive in the Batmobile, Batsled, Robincycle, etc (equipped with their own weapons) around Gotham City and get in and out of them and stop crimes being committed at anytime, you had to find and pick up clues and actually decipher them to find out where Freeze and Ivy would turn up and strike next, you can play with Batman, Robin and Batgirl each with their own specific attributes, moves and animations, you had a good amount of bat gadgets to use, it had a day and night system/cycle where things would happen at random times, etc. When you take a step back you realize that they really went all in on this title, and again, I absolutely have to commend Probe for it. To go this all out on a movie based game, and a movie that is/was WIDELY despised, is truly praiseworthy. The thing is though is unfortunately the final product is very rough around the edges, the camera can be a real pain, the game is VERY DARK (crank up the brightness when playing this one), and the hand to hand combat isn't great. If Probe would have taken some more time with it and iron everything out it would have been one of the very best Batman games to have ever come out. The Arkham Asylum of its day. Yes, I'm not even joking. Or if it had come out on more powerful hardware that could have handled all the mechanics and aspects of it like say the Dreamcast...ugh, what a missed opportunity.
I love Batman, and I love me some Batman games. Looking at these library of games, just clearly shows that how our favorite Caped Crusader has received so many licensed games over the past 30 yrs then the rest of the DC heroes.
Batman Returns on the snes blew my socks off when it released in '93. The graphics. Gameplay, atmosphere and especially recreation of Danny Elfman's film score were a stand out for Konami in their 16 bit prime. My favourite Baan game though is Arkham City and i loved playing it in stereoscopic 3d.
The home micro version you mentioned at the end got ported to everything under the sun, to the point I'm not 100% sure what the original platform was. I _think_ it was a C64 game first, though I played it on the Atari ST. It's an interesting take as it's not a tie in, and has an interesting art style where each room of the game is viewed like a comic panel, with captions providing hints, otherwise it's a puzzle game, all about finding inventory items and using them to progress.
Glad to see the TellTale games at least got a mention. Those are great if you like that style of gaming. The Batman: The Brave and the Bold games for the Wii & DS are fun action games too (if a little short).
Hi my Lord. Cool video. For me the bests are Arkham Asylum and Returns on Snes. On computers, one of the best was Batman the movie on Amiga, made by a young genius coming from the Spectrum if I remember correctly. This game must be a little bit overdated today but at this time, it was a ver very cool Batman Game. You should try it.
The C-64 "Batman - The Movie" game was quite good within the limitations of the system. The grappling-hook-and-batarang platforming gave players a fair amount of movement freedom, and there was variety between platformer, vehicle, and puzzle levels. The music was also excellent.
The Sega Genesis port of The Adventures of Batman & Robin remains my favorite Batman game. Love everything about it from which it’s based on to the action & gameplay, presentation, to the industrial type soundtrack.
Yes. Jesper Kyd is my fav video game music artist of all time. From subterranea to assasins creed and Borderlands 2. He is incredible.
The music of games is so important. Music of Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is one of the best I have ever heard, which made me follow the composer David Wise.
Loved that game but hated the difficulty
Batman shooting infinite baterangs is a bit goofy.
Only gripe with it is how it peaks with The Mad Hatter’s stages. The final level with Freeze is a comparative letdown
Batman: The Brave and the Bold for Wii is pretty fun... especially if you're down with the "lighter" Silver age comics tone of that show.
Yeah Way Forward are great classic-style game devs! Contra 4 on DS is another of their games that I love!
Was waiting for SLX to talk about this game....
I would have to say Batman Begins is an underrated game. I really liked it's fear system.
Batman Begins crawled so Arkham Asylum could sprint
@@scottdecowski4913 and it crawled well enough. I enjoyed my time with it.
I gotta agree! I was just playing it again last month!
@@jameskuhn432 nice! It's great revisiting older titles.
@@scottdecowski4913let this joke fix for shenmue
The enthusiasm in your voice, written scripts and nostalgia factor are unparalleled on UA-cam. Crazy how I just found your channel a couple weeks ago. Good stuff.
The entire Arkham series may really be one of the best franchises ever. The entire series is top notch, high quality, engaging, fun, and immersive.
Arkham City is one of the *best* video games ever made of all time.
It would be great to get a 2D Batman metroidvania, that could work so well. Leaning more towards a SotN like gameplay, so much is possible, there's so many things that could be done with that.
Avgn said it best "Batman Forever it sucks back then and it sucks forever"...
those tim burton movies really launched batman back to the top of the cultural zeitgeist. to this day the we think of batman with a gothic aesthetic.
to my parents generation he was that campy 60s tv show with adam west
I didn't care a lick about Batman before Burton's film. It made the character very appealing to me.
I wish they would do real succsessors to Batman and Batman Returns, the new ones just don't really click with me.
@@SegaLordXhello what Is your opinión about the game the adventure of Batman AND Robin?
The Batman game I remember renting the most and then eventually owned was Batman Returns on Snes. Batman just being in a beat em up made me happy, the game is definitely fun to play.
My favourites are probably the Mega Drive Batman and Batman the arcade game on Saturn.
It’s cool but gets dull after a while
Me and my younger brother could only make it to the carnival level. Though we definitely had a blast playing it together.
A 6-Button Pad With "SlowMotion" Makes TheFlyingLevels Easier.
Great vid as always! Your history with gaming and the way you talk about it in your videos is honestly what I like most about your channel. I grew up around the same time period as you so it's both nostalgic and fascinating.
Jesus christ I just clicked on on of your old videos and straight away this came up holy crap,at the same time
This might be one of my best vids from you 🤘🏾You could probs do a number 2 on this vid with the GBA Game Gear and GBC batman games 🤘🏾
Appreciate that. Thank you.
Watched this on the way to work and now all I can hear is Batman NES lvl 2 track in my head
Playing bad licensed games while growing up makes you cynical and jaded but when Arkham Asylum came out all of us couldn't believe how good it was.
Arkham Asylum is one of my favorite games of all time. City was bigger and longer yeah, but the more direct linear Asylum was so good, especially the Scarecrow segments!
@@erix5184 I know. I'll take a nicely designed linear map that winds on itself over an open world any day of the week. At least pacing was great in Arkham City and it wasn't crap like in most open world games.
Generally I thought Capcom could only do them well but I saw Goldeneye and bit.
Batman Forever on the Genesis was one of my faves as a kid. It almost hurts to hear it described in such a way. 😥
Me to 😢
I really didn't think it was that bad. The way that reviewers describe it, you'd think it was as bad as Superman 64 😂
There's a hack for it now that makes the game as enjoyable for everyone as it was for you, so don't lose hope
No superhero game will ever top
Superman 64... 🔥
You use the Batman intro song for your channel I love it it is so distinctive so different love it❤
The Raw Thrills Batman arcade driving game is pretty good fun. Arkham City is my absolute all time favourite though, closely followed by Arkham Ayslum.
I do miss Batman Returns for the Master System / Game Gear, which was pretty good in its own right
I enjoyed that game a lot.
Wow. The handcuffing mechanic has to be one of the most misguided things I've ever seen in a video game. I really can't fathom what they were thinking with that one. Maybe trying to emphasize that Batman doesn't kill anyone?
I'm not even that much into Bats, but this was an excellent video. I'd love to see more of these types looking at different characters or even games in a franchise. Great work as always, SLX!
I couldn't figure that out either.
Handcuff them?
Every time anyone mentions Batman Dark Tomorrow, all I can think about is Rerez’s interpretation of it. Speaking of Batman games, I enjoyed the Batman Begins movie tie in game. Pretty decent for the time.
Batman Vengeance has some mechanics similar to that Gamecube game. It's a 3d beat'em up as well but it's in the style of Batman animated series and has the voice actors like Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. The 3d gets a bit getting used to but I had fun when I played it on PC.
Sunsoft can bend a soundchip to their will.
Batman Forever was far from perfect, there were ideas that went into it that I still question to this very day...some of the moves were impossible to perform w/o a ton of practice...I still recall reading that one review on Amazon years ago where the guy summed it up perfectly... *It would be like having to press 6 buttons just to toss a single grenade in Ghost Recon or Call Of Duty*...But this game hits very differently for me, while it was hard, it was pretty fun to play...The training mode was also pretty cool... me & my sister would play it so we could learn these near-impossible moves for weapons so fourth ...But hey, thanks for the upload ...This vid brings back a ton of great memories for me brother! :)
Another great one is Batman Vengeance for PS2, Xbox and GameCube. Also there was a gameboy advance version too which was not bad.
How did you feel about Batman : Arkham Origins Blackgate? This one came out for the Vita (where I played it) and 3DS and captured a lot of the Arkham series gameplay but was a 2.5D effort.
A deluxe version was released for Xbox 360 Live arcade, Windows, Wii U and PS3 PSN Network.
I liked it. Origins too.
Batman NES will always be my favorite NES game ever!❤
Lego Batman 1 & 2 are my favourites.
Both the PC/Console versions and the handheld (DS/3DS) lesser iterations.
I'm surprised to see the absence of the Mega CD (or the Mega Drive) version of Batman Returns here, considering it's so much of a landmark branding for this channel and it even appears in the intro and outro of this episode.
What? Not watched yet - but was expecting that and came to the comments fir it.
Adventures of Batman and Robin on Genesis and Rise of Sin Tzu are pretty good. And, honestly, I enjoyed Batman Forever Arcade.
Everyone hated on Sin Tzu 😂, me & my buddy enjoyed playing as the animated series season 4 team. Very simplistic though
Yooo I love Rise of Sin Tzu! Lol used to play it on the GameCube all the time back in the day. Still fun to this day. I especially like playing as different characters. I used to play it with my brother and uncle all the time lol
Yeah Rise of Sin Tzu has a pretty cool combo linking system + alternate skins for the 4 playable characters 👍
Sin Tzu was hard as hell but if you had a buddy it was loads of fun.
Batman forever arcade is great. That’s what an arcade batman should feel
Like not a console game
Excellent video, man. Batman on NES is such a great game. Hearing the music does exactly what you said it does: make my hair stand up. Chills!
The Ending of that video aged like milk 😅
I humbly request that you make a video using this same concept but for Ghostbusters video games. Pretty please? Thanks for all the consistently great content, SLX! :)
I'm surprised this episode wasn't created much sooner in the life of your channel :). I absolutely adore the character Batman. Games like Batman Returns (SNES), Batman (NES), and the Batman Arkham games are among the best games ever in my opinion. While everyone has been excited for the latest Spiderman release I've broken out the Arkham games and have been heavily enjoying my time with those.
Batman returns on game gear. Could finish in an hour but as a kid it's what I wanted c:
Then again, the Genesis version soured me so much so I was glad to have something
SNES Batman Returns was some of the most fun I’ve ever had with my pants on in my entire life! Loved that game!!!
Sunsoft was killing it during the 8 and 16 bit days, especially the music.
The Animated Series one on the SNES looked great and the motion was phenomenal.
Great video as always! One Batman game that gets overlooked is Batman: Vengeance. It wasn't bad
I so well remember "Batman Dark Tomorrow" (2003) as that was a game with tons of potentials and had a great art-work and comic book feeling.
The game could have been a classic, but the gameplay and controls where awfull. So much that I remember playing it on-and-off because you could early on not advance.
But I remember after about my 5th attemp on taking on the game back in the day made it and went on to beat the game.
I managed to figure out a perfect way to defeat all enemies and bosses with well-timed kicks with-out taking serious damage as this method was THE ONLY way to win.
I could then look-aside this major flaw of poor controls and poor fighting mechanic to appreciate the dark athmosphere and story development and enjoy the great looking cut-scenes. I also got both endings in the game. This game was meant to be a love letter to the 90's Batman comics!
For those you said you didn't mention since you have never played them and wanted to hear abou them:
As a child I was absolutely in love with "Batman The Movie" on our Amiga 500, it was, at least in my opinion, one of the very first really good Batman games, it may only have had 4 or 5 levels, but it was pretty diverse in terms of gameplay, it started as a classic plattformer but also had vehicle sections with the Batwing and the Batmobile.
I was blown away by that at the time.
I couldn't play the NES version without a Game Genie. Too freakin' hard. Arkham Asylum was cool, but I think Arkham City was my favorite. They did good with the Catwoman character too. Lots of suit variety to keep gameplay fresh as well.
Remember the NES one was amazing for its time but the enemys re-spawned anytime you moved too far and it was annoying
In Return of The Joker NES you missed a few strategies while playing:
- You could slide under fire to escape or attack.
- If you hold the fire button you can charge the shot for the loaded weapon, with different effects.
- And if you shoot the power ups when they fall you can cycle through the different weapons to pick the most convenient.
Man, thank you so much for putting these videos out.
You got me through a dark time, you’re videos just kept me distracted and and my mind elsewhere.
Thank you Sega Lord X 🙏
For me, just these: Batman 1 (NES and GENESIS), Batman Returns (SNES), Batman Arkhan Asylum (PS3).
I know it's a little janky, but I really enjoyed Batman: Vengeance on PS2/Xbox. It's based on the latter seasons of the 90's animated series, with the redrawn Joker with the beady black eyes. There's even a level where you're in the batwing flying through Gotham after it's been frozen by Mr. Freeze.
Yeah man the game wasn’t bad had it for GameCube.
@@TheMja0303 Oh yeah, I forgot it was on GameCube too. There was a GBA version that was decent as well, it's a sidescroller.
Great game
Batman returns on the Sega CD reigns supreme!
Batman and Robin on Genesis/MD might be the best looking game on that system. But I agree, Batman Returns on SegaCD.
Yes! Those two were proof that good ol' Genesis (and Sega CD) could've held their own into the late 90s had SEGA continued support for the combo.
I play batman returns on mega cd quite a lot!
It really does! The platforming levels are overhated with all the gadgets you can use and your ability to kick bullets like your foot is a lightsaber...lol
@@SonicCDspeedrunArchives Driving levels were years ahead of their time.
I know it's really bad but I have a soft spot for Batman Forever on the Genesis. I had about 8 other games, so it wasn't a case of take what you can get. I just had fun with all the gadgets. I got to the 2nd form Riddler but never beat it
yeah, i'm the same there, had the controls not been so cryptic, that game could've been a hit.
I had played Batman Forever on Genesis and really have a good memory about it. Graphics, atmosphere, a lot of moves. Good graphics for Riddler. But now, I can’t say as I didn’t collect it for bad reviews
Great video! Batman Brave and the Bold for Wii is a must play. I would put it neck and neck or above the Snes version.
Great video!
The music you use in credits is Wicked Child?
gotta mention Batman Begins on Xbox.
it was list Splinter Cell, but with batman.
based on the first Christian Bale Batman movie.
Actually, there are three sequels of the Arkham Series! After Asylum came City than Origns and finally Arkham Knight! But I won't complain because I really love your channel. I'm 42 years old and i still have every Sega console from Master System to Dreamcast. Except the Game Gear because Ii was more the Game Boy type! However, watching your channel is like back to the future! Had a lot of nice memories watching your Videos! Really love it! Awesome work! Keep on going!
(apologies for my english! It's a bit awkward😅)
I grew up absolutely dirt poor so all i ever had was envy for the kids that had all these game systems and games... your channel is like nostalgia for a childhood i didn't have. Thanks.
I remember playing the original Batman game on the GameBoy and absolutely loving it! It was such an underrated action title for the system! It is a shame Return of the Joker on the Genesis didn't get the same development treatment as the NES version!
I also wish Konami had developed a '90s arcade Batman beat-em-up for the arcades. They were well-known for their quality beat-em-ups and I could see it being like an even better version of Batman Returns on the SNES with added co-op and other enhancements.
Konami got ahold of the Batman Returns license on the Nintendo console systems (even though they never released a Game Boy game, who knows what happened there) and a couple of computer platforms, more especifically the PC (with a graphic adventure) and the Amiga (with a sidescroller), so it seems logical they may have pursued an arcade game but maybe some license issues prevented this to happen (maybe the fact that Atari Games had the license for the previous movie arcade and may have had some kind of preference of doing the sequel; coincidentially, the non-related Atari Corporation made a Batman Returns game for their Lynx). They probably would have get rights for at least a Mega Drive game, since they were starting to get interest on the system, but maybe that conflicted with Sega getting the license for all their systems, including the Master System and Game Gear, which were not under the interest of Konami. This was probably some kind of licensing wars going on.
A *major* flaw with the Konami games was the steep AF difficulty curve 😬🥵
that's Konami for you. lol
Great video as always, love your channel! Batman (NES, GB) & Batman Returns (SNES) were the batman games i grew up with and loved. Wish i had the Genesis Batman, will have to track that down! I also really liked Batman Returns for PC (detective adventure game) and Batman Returns for Game Gear (surprisingly good).
I only had "Batman Forever" and "The Adventure of Batman and Robins" on genesis. I finished both of them when I was a kid.
I played a beta version of Batman and Robin at E3 way back in the day. I still remember that to simply throw a punch, it was some kind of Mortal Kombat special move (down, forward, forward and X, I think). It was an ambitious game, but they didn't think about the controls.
I'm still a huge fan of the Sega CD Batman Returns. Love the soundtrack.
Congrats on 150K subs, man
When you said (about NES Batman) "one thing you will notice right off the bat..." i fully expected to hear: "Batman is purple for some reason"
Also, my brother owned Batman Returns on the Lynx. I played that game so much, but it was so hard, we never got past stage 2. The constant enemies throwing explosives everywhere and the cheap hits drove us crazy. I had no idea there were only 4 stages. That's why they made it so hard. Lazy, cheap bastards.
Man, as a kid I thought it was impossible to make a bad Batman game. How could you F up being a badass with tons of tools a cool car and being the world's best detective.
Yet as we all know life found a way.
Game devs didn't know how batman
Worked.😂
Sunsoft are the true heroes for Batman, they really cared, the rocksteady games are also top notch, City is my fav. I wonder if a company like wayforward got their hands on the IP and made a modern day 2D Batman game, I think it could be really good, like the recent turtle games or sonic mania, I'd love to see a new 2D Batman game.
I feel like I’ve been waiting this whole time for you to do this episode.
Batman for the NES, was a great value. I bought it at a clearance price of $19.99/w my $5 off coupon. The coupon was directly from Nintendo, because they were accused of price fixing.
What a pleasant surprise. Today I played for the first time Batman Arkham Asylum. Great game. The ones from Sunsoft have a special place in my heart. Cheers!
You definitely have to try Arkham city for sure. It is way better. bigger
@@timculhane625Bigger isn't necessarily better. I mean it's a great game but for someone who doesn't have a lot of free time it's a bit too big.
@@Gatorade69 Very well, said. That's the exact reason why I don't play.
Zelda tears of the Kingdom Or even breath of the wild. Way too big. Too much time
Thanks Sega Lord X.Really like the reviews 😊😊
For anyone who has kids, I'd throw in the original Lego Batman into the mix. Such a fun game of exploring, puzzles and akin to the simplicity of a beat em' up
Maybe it's happy coincidence that I just finished uploading my playthrough of Batman: The Video Game before stumbling onto this but Batman focused video by SLX is just what I needed as a nice nightcap.
I must say that it's also happy coincidence or maybe it's fate that the best Batman games are the ones with Michael Keaton and Kevin Conroy (R.I.P.) which many would argue are the best to portray Batman in their respective media. I wonder if SLX has played Gotham Knights. I don't think it got good reviews but from what little I've seen of it the game looks similar to the excellent Arkham games.
For everything said against Batman Forever: The Arcade Game, when my best friend visits, we often play it, soak in the cheese and have a great time. We don't know what the hell's going on, bosses strip our life bars away in a single combo and we rarely get to the end before running out of continues, yet we still have a smile on our faces the entire time. That alone makes it one of my favourite Batman games, even if it's lacking in a lot of areas.
The Atari Lynx Batman Returns has the same SFX like Gates of Zendocon on the same system. Altrough I'm not a Batman fan, my favourite Batman game is Batman Returns on SNES, I like fighting games and brawlers. It also looks the best (16bit) imo.
What a great video and a great idea! A bit late but i'll add my two cents in:
I'm surprised one of the greatest Batman games was not mentioned here ''Batman Returns'' for the Sega Master System. That was the only Batman game I had growing up as I only had a Master System in those early years. That game was developed by Aspect and had music by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima from SOR fame. It was better than the Game Gear port on account of the levels being much larger to explore and the route select branching system gave the game more replay value for it's time.
I would have to agree with you SLX when talking about the Mega Drive/Genesis Batman games. Batman 1991 by Sunsoft really is the best one! The Adventures Of Batman & Robin is a beautiful looking game but I refuse to play it without game genie invincible cheats, i'm too old now to learn the game's mechanics and strengths and weaknesses by replaying it over and over getting endless game overs, I work hard, come home and want a quick 1 hour invincible thrill ride through this game before I go to bed. The problem with Batman Forever is that it starts getting a little repetitive and boring after a while as all you do is beat up bad guys and walk around. I can't really comment on the Arkham Batman games as they came out later in time on consoles I do not own or care for.
The ultimate 16-bit Batman would be combining the beat em up stages from the SNES with the driving levels from the Sega CD. Today with emulation it'd be possible to remix the games to do this. Also, Arkham Asylum had 3 sequels. You forgot Arkham Origins.
We all choose to forget Arkham Origins...
@@svenvaltik5657 There's nothing wrong with it. It has the best boss fights and story in the series.
@@StormsparkPegasus Far from it.
I didn't include Origins as a sequel because technically it's a prequel by another studio.
I had the Batman cart for the Amstrad 6128 plus! I actually enjoyed it and it had some cool car sections where you mad sharp turns. But there was a level where you had to mix chemicals and my 12 year old self couldn’t figure this out…!
I really enjoyed this episode, hopefully you make a follow up with some other Batman ganes like Batman for the PC Engine, Batman Begins, Batman Vengeance (Gamecube+GBA), Batman Rise of Sin Tzu, Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate, Batman Telltale, etc and maybe do a list of Spider-Man games, Ironman, Duperman, The Hulk, etc.
I really like Batman on the PC engine.
My favorite was the NES version that you 1st mentioned and during the intro, that music was definitely iconic
Congrats on 150k subscribers! Keep it up!
The Batman and robin genesis version you mentioned on 24:40 seconds is one of the best Batman game ever. I use to play it with my brother and it was so satisfying back in the day. I was waiting for that game particularly and if you didn't i would be sad. Thanks for the video
Another great video as always but for me the 1st Batman game that introduce me to the franchise was Batman Returns for the Game Gear and I know it was short but the quick gameplay the action music in each level the enemies and bosses with sound effects made me love it. The Master System version looks and plays identical but the Game Gear version was and is superior for me and I believe that many of us enjoyed more the computer and 8 and 16 bit versions than later versions.
❤❤❤❤ I like the old-school Batman games
The Amiga and Atari ST versions of the 89 film are super consistent with the film and are great games considering the hardware
The Amiga to me had the better Batmobile stage
The Amiga version was one of my favourite games on the machine.
If Batman had a very stiff walk in the Genesis and Nes, his Lynx walking animation is pure Looney Tunes.
The first Batman game I played was "Return of the Joker" for the Game Boy (it isn't in your list), that game was phenomenal for the hardware! Not the best obviously, but it features great visuals, awesome soundtrack as usual for Sunsoft and fine gameplay.
That was a pretty great game, and the music was phenomenal!
@@stevenwarner9156 yeah, mate! The music of that game got stuck in my head since those days I've played with!
Though I enjoyed playing it, what annoyed me most about the Batman Beyond game is that it had no save feature or password system except for the game boy version, so if you lost, you had to start all over again.
I loved both "Batman: The Brave And The Bold" for DS and "Batman Begins" for the PS2! I still play "Batman Begins" pretty often. The graphics are pretty cool for that game and the game play isn't bad either!
I can't believe that you didn't cover Batman Returns on the Mega-CD?
Like I said in the opening, driving games were not considered. If I have to rate that game based on the side scroller, it gets knocked down significantly.
I think you should check out Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame for Wii. It has co-op and a great control feel. Simply: a good game. Anyway a great episode Mel!
One Batman game worth checking is the 1986 Ocean software Amstrad CPC version, it uses an isometric 3D perspective like Solstice on the NES.
I was going to mention the same game, but for the ZX Spectrum. I think it came out around 1986 or maybe '87, and was based on the 60s TV show.
@@Al8lack As far as I know the game was released in 1986 on Amstrad CPC (cassette and disk versions), ZX Spectrum and MSX, the Amstrad version is the better looking one.
I do love a good Batman game. Ocean Software (UK Publisher/developer) did three different Batman games for the UK market - the first (simply known as Batman) was a bizzare isometric platform puzzler released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computeters. It was later ported to the Japanese MSX. Very odd- but historically important as it was the very first Batman game for any platform. It was later remade for Windows, which you can find free on the web.
Ocean's 2nd effort was Batman: The Caped Crusader which came out on various computer platforms. This time, it was much more faithful to the comic books, and had two distinct adventures - one against the Joker and one against the Penguin.
Ocean finally knocked it out of the park with their3rd Batman title - Batman the Movie. This followed a similar structure to their previous RoboCop game from the year before, with different scenes making up different levels. Level One is a Side-scrolling platforming level, with Batman making his way through Axis Chemicals to stop Jack Napier, who becomes the Joker. Level Two is the escape from the Muesum via the Batmobile. On 8-bit machines, this was done via a side-scrolling slightly isometric view, but on the more powerful 16-bit machines, it was presented as a fast Outrun-style race. Level three was a puzzle, as Batman works out what products make up Smilex Gas, and then your're behind the controls of the Batwing for Level Four, in the same way as the Batmobile level. And finally for Level Five, Batman has to make his way up Gotham Cathederal to stop the Joker, in another side scolling platformer.
It's incredibly primitive gameplay compared to the Sunsoft adaption, but it sold massively, not least because it was included as a pack-in with the mighty Commodore Amiga 500, which had the best version of the game. I still enjoy it.
Like many of us who grew up with home computers, the first Batman games I played were the Ocean software ones, the isometric Batman game by Jon Ritman followed by Batman: The Movie.
The Adventures of Batman and Robin on the Genesis is my childhood
imagine in the office of McFarlane Toys, there is a staffer who just watched this video and starts designing a limited edition "Batman from Batman and Robin PS1 Game" figure... what a pixelated polygon mess it would be...
Batman Dark Tomorrow was actually developed by Hot Gen Studios (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles). They, in a way, redeemed themselves a bit as they also developed the 2D action platformer Plug N Play based on the 2004 The Batman cartoon, and that was actually pretty decent overall.
As for Batman & Robin on PS1? I really have to give developer Probe Entertainment (X-Men Children Of The Atom, Die Hard Trilogy) props for this game. Yes it's based on the AWFUL Batman and Robin movie and yes it came out about a year after the film hit theaters BUT, in all seriousness, they legitimately put 100% REAL EFFORT into this game to not only try to make it a good movie based game but just a good Batman game in general. They went VERY ambitious with it and it definitely shows, even though the end product couldn't fully match their ambition. Think about it. It was the year 1998 and this is a 3rd person open world (yes OPEN WORLD) Batman game where you have a fully explorable Batcave, you had numerous vehicles to drive in the Batmobile, Batsled, Robincycle, etc (equipped with their own weapons) around Gotham City and get in and out of them and stop crimes being committed at anytime, you had to find and pick up clues and actually decipher them to find out where Freeze and Ivy would turn up and strike next, you can play with Batman, Robin and Batgirl each with their own specific attributes, moves and animations, you had a good amount of bat gadgets to use, it had a day and night system/cycle where things would happen at random times, etc.
When you take a step back you realize that they really went all in on this title, and again, I absolutely have to commend Probe for it. To go this all out on a movie based game, and a movie that is/was WIDELY despised, is truly praiseworthy. The thing is though is unfortunately the final product is very rough around the edges, the camera can be a real pain, the game is VERY DARK (crank up the brightness when playing this one), and the hand to hand combat isn't great. If Probe would have taken some more time with it and iron everything out it would have been one of the very best Batman games to have ever come out. The Arkham Asylum of its day. Yes, I'm not even joking. Or if it had come out on more powerful hardware that could have handled all the mechanics and aspects of it like say the Dreamcast...ugh, what a missed opportunity.
I love Batman, and I love me some Batman games. Looking at these library of games, just clearly shows that how our favorite Caped Crusader has received so many licensed games over the past 30 yrs then the rest of the DC heroes.
Batman Returns on the snes blew my socks off when it released in '93. The graphics. Gameplay, atmosphere and especially recreation of Danny Elfman's film score were a stand out for Konami in their 16 bit prime.
My favourite Baan game though is Arkham City and i loved playing it in stereoscopic 3d.
The home micro version you mentioned at the end got ported to everything under the sun, to the point I'm not 100% sure what the original platform was. I _think_ it was a C64 game first, though I played it on the Atari ST. It's an interesting take as it's not a tie in, and has an interesting art style where each room of the game is viewed like a comic panel, with captions providing hints, otherwise it's a puzzle game, all about finding inventory items and using them to progress.
Really liked the original Batman on NES 😊😊
Glad to see the TellTale games at least got a mention. Those are great if you like that style of gaming. The Batman: The Brave and the Bold games for the Wii & DS are fun action games too (if a little short).
Batman ‘89 was the first Game Boy game I got in 1990. I remember loving it - looks like it’d be fun to replay too.
I agree that Akrham Asylum was my favourite of the 3 games and still replay it from time to time
Hi my Lord. Cool video. For me the bests are Arkham Asylum and Returns on Snes. On computers, one of the best was Batman the movie on Amiga, made by a young genius coming from the Spectrum if I remember correctly. This game must be a little bit overdated today but at this time, it was a ver very cool Batman Game. You should try it.
The C-64 "Batman - The Movie" game was quite good within the limitations of the system. The grappling-hook-and-batarang platforming gave players a fair amount of movement freedom, and there was variety between platformer, vehicle, and puzzle levels. The music was also excellent.