Batman (0)

Overview

is a perspective action-adventure game based on the TV-show and license ().

It was written by Bernie Drummond and programmed by and released under the license by .The first version was one of their more successful games and was well received by critics and called a classic which made a popular name in the video game industry.

Gameplay

The game sports a monochrome style for 8-bit gaming. Batman’s sidekick has been kidnapped by the and the while he was repairing Batman’s Car. As Batman, players must save the Boy Wonder. But before can save , he must find seven missing parts of the bat-hovercraft that left scattered throughout the and Bruce’s . also has to start off without his equipment that he must find, as players traverse the game's 150 screens filled with nasty creatures, spiked traps, belts, lifts, and sinking .

Items

The Bat-bag allows players to pick up and drop objects, the Bat-boots let players , the Thruster allows movement when falling but no control of speed and the Bat-belt is a low belt that halves the speed of descent. Four extra powers and a fifth neutralizing power are also available. They fall from the ceiling at certain points along the way.

Players can become invincible, have extra energy and improved speed for a short time by acquiring Bat-pills. Extra lives can also be found strewn throughout the game. The jump power enables players to twice as high as normal. The neutralizer will cancel all of Batman’s extra powers and should be avoided.

Options

Batman was the first game to have a system built in as an option for players to restart from a in the game. collects a Bat signal to achieve this. It costs of one of a possible eight and returns the player with the previous amount of and intact.

Additional information

A /payware was made and produced by Kakarot, The GGG, Russell Hoy and System Halted for in 2001 as a DOS game and was called Watman. There was also another by the same developers for released in 2002 under the name Gwatman.