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{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{One source|date=October 2015}}
{{One source|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
| title = Batman
|title = Batman
| image = Batman 1990 arcade game cover.jpg
|image = Batman arcade flyer.jpg
|developer = [[Atari Games]]
| caption =
|publisher = Atari Games
| developer = [[Atari Games]]/[[NuMega|Numega Team]]<br>[[Midway Games]]<br>[[Data East]]<br>[[Namco]]
|director = Kelly Turner
| publisher = Atari Games/[[NuMega|Numega Team]]<br>[[Midway Games]]<br>[[Data East]]<br>[[Namco]]
| designer = Kelly Turner
|producer = John Ray
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|programmer = John Moore<br/>Pat McCarthy
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| producer = John Ray
|artist = Bridget Erdmann<br/>Chuck Eyler<br/>Kris Moser
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| programmer = Kelly Turner<br>Norm Avellar
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|composer = John Paul
| artist = Will Noble<br>Mark West<br>Kris Moser<br>Chuck Eyler<br>Bridget Erdmann<br>Sharon Plotkin<br>Sean Murphy
|platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
| composer = John Paul
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|April 1991<ref name="ATVGL:DOE1971-2005">{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n113/mode/1up|chapter=Atari (Atari Games/TWI); B|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=October 13, 2006|pages=110–112, 146|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref>}}
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|[[1990 in video gaming|1990]]|JP|[[1991 in video gaming|1991]]|EU|[[1991 in video gaming|1991]]}}
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
|genre = [[Beat 'em up]]
| genre = [[Beat 'em up]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| arcade system = Atari 68000-based hardware
| alt =
}}
}}
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[[Image:Batman arcade.png|thumb]]
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'''''Batman''''' is a horizontally scrolling [[beat 'em up]] [[arcade game]] released by [[Atari Games]], [[Midway Games]], [[Data East]] and [[Namco]] in [[1990 in video gaming|1990]] in North America, [[1991 in video gaming|1991]] in Japan and [[1991 in video gaming|1991]] in Europe. The storyline is based on the eponymous [[Batman (1989 film)|1989 movie]]. It features stages based on locations in the film, including first-person control of the [[Batmobile]] and the [[Batplane|Batwing]]. The game features audio clips of [[Bruce Wayne (1989 film series character)|Batman]] ([[Michael Keaton]]) and the [[Joker (Jack Napier)|Joker]] ([[Jack Nicholson]]) as well as digitized photos from the film.<ref name="allgame">{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9600 | title = Overview - Batman | author1=Schwartz, Michael | author2=Dykman, Joan | publisher = [[allgame]] | access-date = October 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210200100/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9600 | archive-date=December 10, 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref>


'''''Batman''''' is a horizontally scrolling [[beat 'em up]] [[arcade game]] released by [[Atari Games]], [[Midway Games]], [[Data East]] and [[Namco]] in [[1990 in video gaming|1990]] in North America, and in [[1991 in video gaming|1991]] in Japan and Europe.
Batman can use various weapons, such as [[batarang]]s and gas grenades, as he takes on various goons and the [[Joker (character)|Joker]].<ref name="allgame" />

== Gameplay ==
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[[File:Batman arcade.png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot]]
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The storyline is based on the eponymous [[Batman (1989 film)|1989 movie]]. It features stages based on locations in the film, including first-person control of the [[Batmobile]] and the [[Batplane|Batwing]]. The game features audio clips of [[Bruce Wayne (1989 film series character)|Batman]] ([[Michael Keaton]]) and the [[Joker (Jack Napier)|Joker]] ([[Jack Nicholson]]) as well as digitized photos from the film.<ref name="allgame">{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9600 | title = Overview - Batman | author1=Schwartz, Michael | author2=Dykman, Joan | publisher = [[allgame]] | access-date = October 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210200100/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9600 | archive-date=December 10, 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Batman can use various weapons, such as [[batarang]]s and gas grenades, as he takes on various goons and the [[Joker (character)|Joker]].<ref name="allgame" />


== Development and release ==
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[[Konami]] was also in talks of releasing an arcade game based on the 1989 film around the same time as Atari but "other companies got in the way". It is suspected that company was Atari.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yarwood |first1=Jack |title=Ex-Konami Artist Says Developer Wanted To Make A Batman Game For Arcades |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/03/ex-konami-artist-says-developer-wanted-to-make-a-batman-game-for-arcades |website=Time Extension |publisher=Hookshot Media |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref>
[[Konami]] was also in talks of releasing an arcade game based on the 1989 film around the same time as Atari but "other companies got in the way". It is suspected that company was Atari.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yarwood |first1=Jack |title=Ex-Konami Artist Says Developer Wanted To Make A Batman Game For Arcades |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/03/ex-konami-artist-says-developer-wanted-to-make-a-batman-game-for-arcades |website=Time Extension |publisher=Hookshot Media |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref>


==See also==
== Reception ==
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* [[List of Batman video games]]


==References==
== References ==
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{{reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{KLOV game|id=7027|name=Batman}}
* {{KLOV game|id=7027|name=Batman}}
*[http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=batman&page=detail&id=190 ''Batman''] at [http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=news Arcade History]
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=batman&page=detail&id=190 ''Batman''] at [http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=news Arcade History]
*{{moby game|id=/batman____}}
* {{moby game|id=/batman____}}


{{Tim Burton's/Joel Schumacher's Batman}}
{{Tim Burton's/Joel Schumacher's Batman}}
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[[Category:Video games based on works by Tim Burton]]
[[Category:Video games based on works by Tim Burton]]
[[Category:Video games set in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in the United States]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]


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Latest revision as of 09:43, 6 August 2024

Batman
Developer(s)Atari Games
Publisher(s)Atari Games
Director(s)Kelly Turner
Producer(s)John Ray
Programmer(s)John Moore
Pat McCarthy
Artist(s)Bridget Erdmann
Chuck Eyler
Kris Moser
Composer(s)John Paul
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

Batman is a horizontally scrolling beat 'em up arcade game released by Atari Games, Midway Games, Data East and Namco in 1990 in North America, and in 1991 in Japan and Europe.

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

The storyline is based on the eponymous 1989 movie. It features stages based on locations in the film, including first-person control of the Batmobile and the Batwing. The game features audio clips of Batman (Michael Keaton) and the Joker (Jack Nicholson) as well as digitized photos from the film.[2] Batman can use various weapons, such as batarangs and gas grenades, as he takes on various goons and the Joker.[2]

Development and release

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Konami was also in talks of releasing an arcade game based on the 1989 film around the same time as Atari but "other companies got in the way". It is suspected that company was Atari.[3]

Reception

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References

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  1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). "Atari (Atari Games/TWI); B". アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 110–112, 146. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ^ a b Schwartz, Michael; Dykman, Joan. "Overview - Batman". allgame. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Yarwood, Jack (15 March 2023). "Ex-Konami Artist Says Developer Wanted To Make A Batman Game For Arcades". Time Extension. Hookshot Media. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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