8bit wars - Batman The Movie

Batman is a shadow in the darkness, as elusive as a dream. High above the seamy streets of Gotham he is a criminals nightmare, the only hope for a desperate city is Batman....that what was on the advertisement poster for this game and it really sums it up well. This game was one of the greatest film licences on the 8bit home computers and understandably so, the game was split in to a number of different number levels which all played different and that was one of the reasons this game worked was because of its varity. this has to be one of oceans finest games back in the days ranking right up there with Robocop, which i believe was programmed by Mike Lamb too. This 8bit wars is tough one today and not everyone will agree with my choice of winner, please feel free to let me know which version you prefer and why. Enjoy the video

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• batman the movie
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[vidium]

looks nice ut for me the nes game of batman the movie is better, even that is not the same game , the nes game is more like a ninja giden type .

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@vidium sorry for the late reply.

yeah the Nes version is amazing, the other Batman game i like is the gameboy game

[Abrimaal]

I like all the versions, but you could edit your voice in Cool Edit or Audacity, because when you say "b" or "p" it sounds like an exploding grenade :) It is simple, open the equalizer and cut off all the low frequencies below 500 Hz

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Abrimaal hey there, i have been thinking of getting one of those pop gaurds that prevent all that, as i also do the podcast,

i will also try the audacitiy thing to as i use that to record 1HMPS Retro podcast:)

[yethboth]

Great video mate. :) Did you know there was an Arcade version of Batman: The Movie which is more or less the same layout as the 8-bit versions?

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@yethboth just check it out on youtube, it looks good but does batman not have his bat rope thing to swing from on this version?

[loomp]

@locomaniacs1hmps Too bad you guys in the U.K. got screwed by the Barbie Bastards of Mattel who overpriced the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) over there since it's was a good system and it had a nice Batman NES game by Sunsoft. Thankfully there is Wii Virtual Console that the games can be played with a NES pad via a Retroport adapter from Retrozone so you can play the NES games you missed out on or NES emulation like FCEUltra and Retrozone make a USB Retroport too.

[wubble78]

After playing the speccy version since it was released, the C64 version has shite gameplay. The Amiga version is utterly fantastic though, and the baddies are tougher with better AI.

[critanime]

Is the Atari console version the same of the home computer version?

[yethboth]

@locomaniacs1hmps I'm not too sure on the Arcade version. I will probably have a play on this on MAME to check out the differences between the Arcade version and the Home Computer versions. :)

[yethboth]

@locomaniacs1hmps The Arcade version was made and released by Atari Games. :)