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Joe Redifer

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Batman
« on: February 12, 2007, 02:39:53 AM »
I just bought this complete for $10 I think down at the local PC Engine SuperStore on the corner.  Even though the graphics are completely laughable, I enjoy the game a lot.  The music is really cool as well.  I have a couple of questions about the game.

#1 - Is there any form of sound test in the game?  I don't want an HES file or something from a lame-o emulator.

#3 - What is up with the constantly alternating "WALK" / "DON'T WALK" signs?  The cars keep a-comin' even when it says it is OK to walk.

#7 - Why aren't there any digitized pictures of Viki Vale?

#2 - How many god damned stages are there?
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Re: Batman
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2007, 04:21:51 AM »
I just bought this complete for $10 I think down at the local PC Engine SuperStore on the corner.  Even though the graphics are completely laughable, I enjoy the game a lot.  The music is really cool as well.  I have a couple of questions about the game.

Graphics ain't bad, the colouring is pretty nice and the cut scenes are great.

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#1 - Is there any form of sound test in the game?  I don't want an HES file or something from a lame-o emulator.
No, but you could try humming the tunes to yourself and recording them on cassette tape for a similar effect.

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#3 - What is up with the constantly alternating "WALK" / "DON'T WALK" signs?  The cars keep a-comin' even when it says it is OK to walk.
That coz they are the Joker's evil henchmen and they have no respect for the laws of the road.

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#7 - Why aren't there any digitized pictures of Viki Vale?
Because she was deemed too annoying to appear in the game.

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#2 - How many god damned stages are there?
All of them.
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Re: Batman
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2007, 05:31:34 AM »
#3 - What is up with the constantly alternating "WALK" / "DON'T WALK" signs?  The cars keep a-comin' even when it says it is OK to walk.

Maybe it's not really Gotham city but China.  If you ever wanna play real life-frogger, check out China... hoooly f*ck...


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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2007, 05:57:10 AM »
Nice to see that this game is getting some love :) .
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2007, 11:51:25 AM »
Hmmmm... I don't know why I never thought of humming the tunes.  And I haven't made it to a cut scene yet... just to Gotham City Stage 473,465.

I love Sunsoft music back in the days of Blaster Master and Batman for the NES/PCE/Mega Drive.  Great stuff.  I should probably get NES Batman.... I hear it's worthwhile.
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Re: Batman
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2007, 06:12:12 PM »
Well I've played this game some more and, well, it's pretty repetitive.  There's like 90 billion stages in each section.  The first section I am running around picking up litter in Gotham City.  Then I go to Fluegelheim Museum which has 10 trillion identical paintings that I need to clean.  The museum is designed in such a way that patrons must teleport to special rooms with no doors in order to see the paintings.  There are at least 50 billion of these rooms.  One thing there isn't billions of are enemy designs.  Or music tracks.  Or settings.  I also do not like how it takes 20 minutes for your batarang to return to you when you throw it, and for some reason Batman is paralyzed in fear and cannot move until his batarang returns to him, which leads him vulnerable.  You can also meet an instant death when you teleport and an enemy walks into you as you rematerialize (walking into Batman is enough to destroy him in this game). 

I like the Genesis Batman better.  At least I can fight violent criminals and bring justice to the city while I triumph over evil instead of spending the day worrying about litterbugs and vandals.  And it's more fun, has more great music and even a few cool graphics here and there.  Oh well, I don't regret buying this, though.
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2007, 06:38:54 PM »
It's definitely worth purchasing for the soundtrack alone. It's too bad the real version of this game got canned, it looked a lot cooler :( .
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Re: Batman
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2007, 06:39:36 PM »
OK I'll bite.

REAL version?????

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Re: Batman
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2007, 07:03:13 PM »
Goddammit!  I want my hot Batman action!

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Re: Batman
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2007, 01:44:36 PM »
Yup, it's a pisser, ain't it.

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Re: Batman
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2007, 02:09:43 PM »
The original NES Batman is nice. Is this one anything like it?

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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2007, 02:24:50 PM »
The original NES Batman is nice. Is this one anything like it?
You mean the one that was officially released for PCE or the original project that got canned? The one that was released is nothing like the NES one, instead it's kinda like Pac-Man except with the ability to throw a batwing. The one that got canned looks to be a platform game similar to the NES one.
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Re: Batman
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2007, 05:38:44 PM »
Isn't the music on the NES version similar to the PCE's Batman music?  I know the Mega Drive had it's own exclusive music.