Batman (PC Engine video game)

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Batman
Single-player

Batman

items and power-ups
, while fighting enemies in mazes across five stages based on locations in the film.

Batman on the PC Engine was created by Sunsoft, which had previously worked on adaptations based on the 1989 film for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The game was produced by Cho Musou, while soundtrack was composed by Nobuyuki Hara. It was the last Batman game by Sunsoft to tie in with a movie. The game was first announced in 1989 as a platformer, but was later retooled into an action-maze game instead. It garnered mixed reception from critics.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

Batman is an

items in mazes.[1][6] The player can attack enemies with batarangs, and find power-ups to increase their range and shoot more batarangs.[2][3][7]

Development and release

Batman on the

PC Engine was developed by Sunsoft, which had previously worked on video game adaptations based on Warner Bros.'s 1989 film of the same name for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.[8][9] It was the last Batman game by Sunsoft to tie in with a film.[2] The PC Engine version was produced by Cho Musou, with supervision from Hiroyasu Eguchi.[10] The soundtrack was composed by Nobuyuki Hara.[10] The game was first announced in 1989, initially intended to be a platformer, but was later retooled into an action-maze game instead.[3][4][11][12] The game was published by Sunsoft on October 12, 1990.[5][13][14]

Reception

Batman on the

Doraemon: Meikyū Daisakusen. Lee applauded the visual presentation for its detailed and colorful graphics, expressive sprite animations, and "wicked" cutscenes between stages. He also praised the music, but found the sound effects very limited and expressed disappointment towards the lack of gameplay variety.[1] Amstar Informatique commeded the game's "superb" graphical quality, but noted its high difficulty. They also felt that the repetitive action might bore some players.[19] Génération 4 commented that the PC Engine version has "nothing to do with the different adaptations made so far on microcomputers and consoles".[17]

PC Engine a "sort of Pac-Man remix", but felt it was uninteresting due to its repetitive and monotonous gameplay compared to previous iterations by Sunsoft. However, Demoly found the character easy to control and commended the game's visuals.[8] Player One's Olivier Scamps gave positive remarks to the colorful and detailed graphics, sprite animations, and catchy music, though he noted that the game was fundamentally repetitive. Scamps also found its difficulty to be easy.[18] Computer and Video Games' Richard Leadbetter lauded the game's music and end-of-level cutscenes. Leadbetter also found its playability to be addictive, but felt its visuals were not the best the PC Engine could offer.[16] Power Play's Heinrich Lenhardt said that the gameplay was simple but noted that it became more difficult in later levels, and criticized the game's lack of variety.[20]

AllGame's Shawn Sackenheim regarded it as an interesting concept, citing its top-down perspective similar to Pac-Man. Sackenheim commended the game's diverse artwork, soundscape, objective-based gameplay, and replay value.[15] Hardcore Gaming 101's Chris Rasa wrote that "this PC Engine Batman game is not bad, but every gimmick in it will be exhausted long before the game's many levels are completed".[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: バットマン, Hepburn: Battoman

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lee, Onn (November 1990). "Games Reviews: Batman - Engine by Sunsoft". Console Ma'zine. No. 17. Onn Lee. pp. 15–16.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rasa, Chris (December 27, 2015). "Batman (PC Engine)". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ^ a b c d "New Game Special Part 1: Batman". Gekkan PC Engine [ja] (in Japanese). No. 21. Shogakukan. June 1990. pp. 30–31.
  4. ^ a b c "Maker Land - サン電子: バットマン". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese). Vol. 3, no. 9. Tokuma Shoten. September 1, 1990. p. 74—75.
  5. ^ a b Matsuyama, Benny (November 1990). "Super Soft Hot Information - PC Engine (PCエンジン): 新作ソフトDataBase - バットマン". Micom BASIC Magazine [ja] (in Japanese). No. 101. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation [ja]. pp. 248–249.
  6. ^
    Raze. No. 3. Newsfield
    . p. 69.
  7. ^ a b c d "Console Action - Review: Batman (PC Engine)". Zero. No. 15. Dennis Publishing. January 1991. p. 119.
  8. ^ a b c Demoly, Jean-Marc (December 1990). "Console News - PC Engine: Batman". Joystick (in French). No. 11. Sipress. p. 122.
  9. ^ "Special Feature - Batman: The Making of Batman". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment. No. 15. Larry Flynt Publications. March 1990. pp. 40–44.
  10. ^
    PC Engine). Sunsoft. Level/area: Staff. (Ending screens by VGMuseum [The Video Games Museum]. Archived 2023-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
    ).
  11. ^ "NEW SOFT: バットマン (PCエンジン)". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 83. ASCII Corporation. September 15, 1989. p. 86.
  12. ^ "Coming Soon: バットマン". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese). Vol. 2, no. 10. Tokuma Shoten. October 1, 1989. p. 95.
  13. ^
    Famitsu.com
    ).
  14. ^ a b c "REVIEW (9/30~10/29): バットマン". Gekkan PC Engine [ja] (in Japanese). No. 26. Shogakukan. November 1990. p. 120.
  15. ^
    All Media Network. Archived from the original
    on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  16. ^
    EMAP
    . p. 74.
  17. ^ a b "Test PC Engine: Batman". Génération 4 [fr] (in French). No. 27. Pressimage. November 1990. p. 120.
  18. ^ a b Scamps, Olivier (December 1990). "Tests de Jeux: Batman (NEC PC Engine)". Player One [fr] (in French). No. 4. Média Système Édition [fr]. p. 46.
  19. ^ a b "Le Cahier des Consoles - NEC: Batman". Amstar Informatique [fr] (in French). No. 52. Soracom Editions. December 1990.
  20. ^
    Markt & Technik
    . p. 187.
  21. ^ Matsuyama, Benny (January 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information - PC Engine (PCエンジン): Hot 20". Micom BASIC Magazine [ja] (in Japanese). No. 103. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation [ja]. pp. 246–247.

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