Batman: Return of the Joker (NES) part 1

[AlirazaVideoGames]

best graphics on the NES? next to kirby i would bet. yep

[harizotoh7]

How do you make a Batman game into a shooting game?

[MikeTgf9606]

I cant believe I never heard of this NES game. I have loved the Batman saga ever since I was little. Why did you hsoot the blocks to get them to change letters before you took them? Curious about that

[p7byrd]

@MikeTgf9606 That's probably because when this game came out, everyone was more focused on the new Super NES that was just released and nobody was really paying attention to NES games.

[DSDMovies]

I don't know why I never heard of this, big fan of the first game. I love the way the boss talks in his walkie talkie to call in the drones. It's attention to detail like that which makes good games great. Something a lot of developers still don't get to this day.

[dalecampbl7]

this game is called Super Batman Contra

[whaowman]

It looks like a Master System game.

Holy shit, imagine this was actually released on Master System....

[yamipegasus]

I almost thought this was SNES because of these graphics. Very clever use of shading does a very good job disguising the NES' color limitations.

[krtica2]

contra meets batman

[Tracassin465]

Awsome!

[whaowman]

First game = Castlevania rip-off

Return of the Joker = Megaman rip-off

And guess what? They're so much better! Sunsoft is THE shit!

[MysticArksRevenge]

@whaowman You mean Sunsoft of Japan is THE shit!

[Ehal256]

@whaowman are they really that similar? Castlevania 1 is purposefully slow and ponderous, in batman run you up and punch shit a dozen times. Both amazing games, but I don't think they're clones just because they're platformers.

[ImmortalfireTheMod]

I remember playing this..it's pretty good, but I found it weird for Batman to be using a blaster. It made me think Mega Man was wearing a Batsuit.

[Evodio65]

the music sounds like a Castlevania game and the effects sound like Blaster Master.

[Yabuturtle]

I'm sorry but how is the like Contra? It's been a long time since I've played these games but really I don't notice real similarities. The music's pretty different as is the tone. The weapons are different and operate differently. What because they both shoot guns? That doesn't make sense. When could you slide around in Contra? There was no life bar in Contra either. The enemies are different and the graphics are too. There's weapons with letters on them. That's the only similarity I noticed.

[TurkishWarrior80]

I think this was the best programmed game ever on Nes.What is Amazing is that it seems like 16 bit effects.

[rang3r34]

Sweet ass Nes game here! Reminds me of Shinobi a little bit.

[Biankito]

One of my first NES games, it was an epic game.

[anonino1]

I love this game:) Man memories:) The sounds of the shots coming from his gun reminds me of fester's quest the shots sounds similar..

[spiderlolo100]

HOLY CONTRA GAMEPLAY BATMAN!

[Litledevil5]

one of my fav games!!

[mauricio90x1]

Awesome sound!!! I guess if the chips will be added Konami VRC.

[markn26]

Is it just me or were most of the sound effects from this game ripped off from Blaster Master?

[Qdude10]

Wow, This could honestly pass for a 16-bit game

[Loader2K1]

I always thought it was weird that Batman would always "power up" by calling forth the powers of lightning before a boss battle in this game. In fact, Susnsoft should have just used that life counter altogether for Batman instead of that small lifebar he has during the regular levlels.

[charmander4533]

He has a GUN???? Weak.

[BarbieChaite]

I prefer the graphics of the first Batman on NES.

[frkonalsh2009]

@BarbieChaite But Batman is two inches tall and Joker is a 7 foot monster. To each his/her own I guess.

[WPH15]

@frkonalsh2009 Well yeah, but both NES Batman games had some of the best graphics ever on the NES, I think.

[LexPhilogus]

@BarbieChaite I thought this was SNES at first.

[prodigy2520]

Had this game when I was younger...It was a great game. Awesome soundtrack and graphics. But the joker at the end was damn near unbeatable! Did anyone ever finish this game??

[frkonalsh2009]

In Part 7 the ending gets cut off, I've uploaded the ending full as a separate video.

[djastro50]

not a gun its a bat thingy...

[tiberiansun84]

One of the best and most beautiful games for NES! Still, can't understand why people think it's hard. Just a couple o' repeats and you'll get the patterns. I Still can get through the entire game with only a few hits taken.

[edvanced12]

god damn the graphics on this was insane for NES....amazing work.

[WPH15]

This game has some of the most well-developed graphics the NES could have handled. It really is incredible how an 8-bit NES game has better graphics than a 16-bit Sega Genesis game. Just goes to show you that no one can beat Nintendo when it comes down to great fucking games.

[MhmToasty]

Return of the jOker is great. and the graphics are fantastic... the guns roin it though : /

[90sStyle]

well this was a CONTRA rip-off!

[dmixwell]

Batman help us all !!!!!!! The Joker is laughing in the street.

[SamusDrake]

If it weren't for the sprite-flicker, this would have been graphically perfect! Amazing feat for the NES.

[Flumong]

"Batman: Return of the Joker. Much better than the first one based on the movie. Amazing graphics according to NES standards. "

...surely you can't be serious? This game is DEFINATELY inferior to the first one, in almost every way.

[tiberiansun84]

@Flumong Fuck yes! Return of The Joker is 1000000000 times better than the first game!

[kolos2006]

Batman doesn't uses guns in this game.Not quite,anyway.He uses electronical devices("gadgets",if you will)in order to achieve similar(but not equal)results.He doesn't go on shooting the bad guys with regular guns,that's what I mean.

[SilentRecord]

I like the looks of it. I was not aware it was for the NES though. Despite him having a gun, I must admit -- this seems like a great game. However, in truth, it does look like four different NES games compiled into one.

[mopbrothers]

This looks like a 12 bit game (between NES and SNES).

[leocmen]

Epic Game,

One of the best (if not the best one) from NES 8-bits

[tiberiansun84]

aah..... this brings back memories. It's a very fun game but rather easy (at least compared with most NES games). Remember playin it over and over again. My favourite weapon was always C.

[Shimcomaru]

music is horrible during the title screen

[Juggalo972]

OMG I loved this game as a kid! This Batman title really pushed the limits of the NES and provided both a fun factor and a challenge.

[BillyCauseyjr]

please tell me I'm not the only one who misses the old Steam-punk Gotham city with all of it's random Gargoyle statues? (ever since no-man's land it's just a dirty version of Metropolis)

[BillyCauseyjr]

You should checkout teh BAtmn Reutns Nes game, to me it's the best of all the 2D batman games. (but then again I'm also a big Double Dragon fan and that game is like DD but with Bats.)

[TKDchampXI]

I must admit... the music in this game conjures up such fond memories of my childhood

[metrostarful]

I love this game back in the day. I still remember the final stage password gpzt.I wish they put it on the wii .1990 I still can't believe it looks good after all this time..

[Zargat]

He´s not using a gun actually, hes using some sort of batarang shooter.... i really love this game, from the very first time i played (back in what? 1990?)

[edithlegacy]

megaman?

[DarkSoujirox]

wtf? batman for nes is better.

[Gigaman11]

When I had this game, I liked hearing the music on levels 1 and 6.

[gercam3]

me too, very good music and the intro.

[Santtujaakola]

this is what i call, KICK ASS MUSIC :D

[mariodeadk]

Yep! A Maga Man style Batman =)

A good game!

And Batman are using girl boots...

[BillyCauseyjr]

@mariodeadk wrong, it's more like Castlevania with projectiles than magaman.

[Rodeorigo]

This game was and still is,badass. Brilliant.

[DannielHateful]

these graphics were fucking great!!!

[Knightimex]

The NES (8-bit) version of this game is SUPERIOR to the snes and genesis (16-bit) versions.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@Knightimex That is because the JAPANESE did this one while the NON-JAPANESE did the SNES and the Sega Genesis versions. That is why this Batman game on the NES will always be superior.

[ericdxx]

I remember I got this before I got a SNES.  I remember thinking "well this looks as good as anything on SNES". Not really true

[DrakThe10th]

This game was always great, but there was one thing that kept nagging at the back of my mind though. Aside from Batman and the Joker being in the game, if you REALLY think about it and pay attention, this game actually has nothing to do with Batman at all! None of the other Batman villains are to be seen anywhere, Batman uses an arm blaster, and instead of fighting thugs, Batman fights soldiers, mechs, and aliens!

Weird, right?

[MrSteveHazzard]

Admittedly, that's about the same amount of Batman that was in the original Batman NES game, too.

[chucky50187]

I tried playing this as a kid but when my mom rented it, the kid who rented it before scrambled it somehow, so I never got to see how the game was

[artman40]

This game's Start To Crate Factor: 0 seconds.

[nsrrenard]

one of THE best games on the NES, and in turn, one of the best video games EVER.

[gaoutlaw]

When did Mega Man's arm cannon get fused onto Batman? lol

[Sephiroth912]

wow, it really does look like it plays as though it were a Sega Genesis game. Freakin nuts cuz it must've taken the graphics right to the edge.

[frkonalsh2009]

the genesis version dubbed revenge of the joker has worse graphics than the NES version. Batman was drawn like shit in that version.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@frkonalsh2009 That is because SUNSOFT did not do the Sega Genesis version.

[mistertitanic]

@frkonalsh2009 Sunsoft made mediocre Games on systems other than the NES. It's really too bad they didn't try harder with the Genesis version.

[hunterways]

i remember when this game first came out? it was very hard to find? i guess every loved it! so i waited like a month and still no? the stores didn't have it? ya pisses me off back in the day? and i'm still pissed off of the stores whom didn't order a shit load of the batman game! i thought the stores were runned by money? anyway so stupid?

[MegaBondagemon]

"The irony is that he uses a gun in the game".

I lol'd.

Played and finished the game many times and never thought about it that way.

[Blactor]

I had this game!

Hard as balls...

[atrainroberts]

I remember playing this game... First time i played it, i got killed like 15 times and then when i got the hang of it. I've managed to succeed to get through the game. But i couldn't get to the Joker. which was at the end of the game. But still i had so much fun playing this game.

[Pinhead554]

Who is the villain he fight at the end of level 1-3?

[sicstyl]

Sucks that that Batman used strictly projectiles in this game... The graphics are outstanding for an NES game, but the gameplay is, well, not Batman. More like Contra.

[BillyCauseyjr]

nah, more like megaman/castlevania/contra/nin­ja gaiden.

[fedefesews]

donde lo puedo jugar en q pajina ??'

[ldeathnote1986]

yo lo descargue para mi celu y lo hice funcar con un emulador.. es bastante bueno el juego para ser de nes... buscalo en taringa alli esta.. junto con muchos mas

[estlib]

sunsoft bass rulez!

[DancingInTheRain73]

i agree =/ anyone know where it can be found? (and know, I don't mean buying it. we're too tight on money to waste it)

[crowboy99]

no idea man

[MaxxTheSlash]

frkonalsh2009, your description is sorta wrong. Batman used a gun in the first NES game also. I don't know if it was an actual gun or if it was supposed to be a tranquelizer dart gun, or something, but a gun is a gun, and Batman used it in the first game as well.

[shingodslayer]

It was supposed to be the Spear gun from the movie, you know, the grappling hook one.

[MariachiPunoy]

omg this game is so cool!! why have they stopped to produce NES? :(

anyone who knows the name of the song on the first level? after the intro? soo nice!

[suburbanbarbarian]

Damn. Batman has a power level of 80,000. That's not bad for a human.

[RushingFighterAlpha3]

in the words of DBZ....Batman is freaken OVER 9000!!! in this game.lol

[hunterways]

ya that's not a gun? it's like attatch to his arm...anyway...i use to kick but on this game badly! the crusher made the game too easy but fun!

[Swoftu]

That's not a gun.

It's a batarang launcher.

[backstreetsbev]

Who the hell are the bosses in this game?

[krisfrosz133]

Return of the Joker brings so much memories. I love the first level's theme song. 8-bit music at its finest! Sunsoft FTW!!!

[tthomaselli2]

This song is classic!

[GasmaskAvenger]

I always interpreted the gun as a batarang gun

[nonamer29]

I love the hell out of this game, but I just noticed that the sound effects for the gunshots are straight from Contra!!!! Great game; way better the first one.

[MaxDamageARG]

Pure awesomeness! Those first three notes are historical! The whole soundtrack is the best for a NES game ever!

[neddx]

Awesome graphics!

[JesusChrist64]

Batman carried a gun in the 1940's. And I heard this game is based on those Golden Age comics.

[jpopfever247]

Disappointed that batman would use guns in this game, because he is against them. They should've made it different.

[frkonalsh2009]

The game is good considering the hardware at the time, but the irony is that Return of the Joker is one of the best Batman games ever and he uses a gun in it.

[BillyCauseyjr]

@jpopfever247 actually in the original version of Batman (Detective Comics #1-15 1940) he had a pistol and even killed a guy by feeding him to a shark.

anywho, I never really thought of it as a "gun" but more like a "stunner".

[ZWarrior006]

@jpopfever247 Except when they are on his plane. 

[Kingdjack3000]

@jpopfever247 actually when he was created he did use guns every now in then he even shot a goon while the goon run

[Volkspolizist86]

@jpopfever247

Why? The story has been retold so many times with different angles, but the original version of batman used firearms for about a full year before deciding to lay them down for good.

[luutnantti111]

wtf is happening in 1:00? Is batman becoming supersayan or something?

[sserpent21]

whoes the fool who says MegaMan ripoff? This is like Batman and Contra. Shooting a lot, picking up letters to get cooler guns. Batman is cool.

[LoafOfPint]

Better music than the first one, but much more frustrating gameplay. Still, compared to most of the Batman games on the fifth/sixth generation consoles, it's a masterpiece.

[gaarax9]

well said, couldn't agree more

[ExplorerDS6789]

I guess this isn't a good game, because AVGN plans to review it...or rather the Joker is gonna make him.

[CRITTERBUSTERS]

He admitted it wasn't the worst it's just got some minor flaws.

[ExplorerDS6789]

Flaws that easily could've been programmed by the Joker himself.

[CRITTERBUSTERS]

Lol,

[ExplorerDS6789]

I have this game on Sega.

[frkonalsh2009]

Similar, not a ripoff.  Although I think that Megaman is awesome too, this is sill a good game in it's own right.

Besides, The Joker >>>>>>>>>> Wily :p