History VideoGame / BatmanSunsoft

Of these six games, all but one were {{Platform Game}}s; the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}[=-=]exclusive UsefulNotes/PCEngine game turned into a MazeGame instead. The first four were all based on the contemporary ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie (which was independently adapted into a computer game by Ocean Software and an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by [[Creator/{{Atari}} Atari Games]]). All six games featured Batman's trademark Batarangs as either a primary or alternate weapon. (In ''Return of the Joker,'' Batman uncharacteristically carried a gun as his primary weapon.)

* GrapplingHookPistol: Featured in ''Batman'' for the Platform/SegaGenesis and ''Return of the Joker'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

** The "Gotham City Street" stage in ''Batman'' for the Plaform/SegaGenesis is nominally a Batmobile driving level, but it actually plays as a horizontal shooter. The later sky stage with the Batwing (also featured in the Platform/GameBoy version) is a more normally styled example, aside from the MonsterClown inflatables.

The Platform/{{NES}} version of ''Return of the Joker'' (whose graphics were advertised "as hot as 16-bit") was also ported to 16-bit consoles, with the title altered to ''Batman: Revenge of the Joker'' (presumably to avoid confusion with ''Film/BatmanReturns''). Sunsoft outsourced both of these ports to American studios: the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version, released in 1992, was developed by Ringler Studios, and the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version, only a prototype of which was produced, was developed by Creator/ICOMSimulations.

* ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' (Plaform/GameBoy; 1992)

* ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem; 1991)
* ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoy; 1992)

Of these six games, all but one were {{Platform Game}}s; the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}[=-=]exclusive UsefulNotes/PCEngine game turned into a MazeGame instead. The first four were all based on the contemporary ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie (which was independently adapted into a computer game by Ocean Software and an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by [[Creator/Atari Atari Games]]). All six games featured Batman's trademark Batarangs as either a primary or alternate weapon. (In ''Return of the Joker,'' Batman uncharacteristically carried a gun as his primary weapon.)

A series of {{Licensed Game}}s published by Creator/{{Sunsoft}}, pitting Franchise/{{Batman}}, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City, against his nemesis, the Joker.

* ''Batman'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem; 1989)
* ''Batman'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoy; 1990)
* ''Batman'' (UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis; 1990)
* ''Batman'' (UsefulNotes/PCEngine; 1990)

Of these six games, all but one were {{Platform Game}}s; the Japan-exclusive UsefulNotes/PCEngine game turned into a MazeGame instead. The first four were all based on the contemporary ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie (which was independently adapted into a computer game by Ocean Software and an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by Atari Games). All six games featured Batman's trademark Batarangs as either a primary or alternate weapon. (In ''Return of the Joker,'' Batman uncharacteristically carried a gun as his primary weapon.)

The NES version of ''Return of the Joker'' (whose graphics were advertised "as hot as 16-bit") was also ported to 16-bit consoles, with the title altered to ''Batman: Revenge of the Joker'' (presumably to avoid confusion with ''Film/BatmanReturns''). Sunsoft outsourced both of these ports to American studios: the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version, released in 1992, was developed by Ringler Studios, and the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version, only a prototype of which was produced, was developed by Creator/ICOMSimulations.

* BatterUp: The UsefulNotes/GameBoy version of ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' has a boss named Foul Ball who attacks by spinning a baseball bat around.

* FallingChandelierOfDoom: In ''Batman'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, the chandeliers in Flugelheim Museum serve as SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom.

* GrapplingHookPistol: Featured in ''Batman'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and ''Return of the Joker'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

** ''Return of The Joker,'' too. The stages themselves will probably make you want to smash your controller, but every single one of the bosses has a simple and viable strategy to beat them.

* LightningCanDoAnything / PowerGlows : Right before a boss fight in ''Batman: Return of the Joker'', Batman calls upon lightning to strike and empower him. He briefly glows [[GoldenSuperMode gold]] as the lightning hits.

* MarketBasedTitle: The NES version of ''Return of the Joker'' was released in Japan as ''Dynamite Batman''.

* OrbitingParticleShield: In ''Batman'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, Batman can obtain up to four Batwings to circle around him and take out nearby enemies. He will lose them first if he takes hits.

* PreMortemOneLiner: In the ending ''Batman'' for the NES, Batman, just before '' directly throws Joker off the cathedral roof to his death'', says to him:

* StalactiteSpite: In ''Return Of The Joker'', Rocks in Stage 3-2 and Spike balls in tank segment in the sixth stage wait for the player to approach before falling.

* TornadoMove: Third stage of ''Return Of The Joker'' features enemies that attack the player using tornadoes.
* TurnsRed: The final boss in ''Revenge of The Joker'' does this when his health drops below 180,000.
* [[UnblockableAttack Unavoidable Attack]]: The third boss in ''Revenge of The Joker'' has a bar at the top that slowly fills up with time, but decreases when the boss takes damage. If the bar fills completely, the [[AttackItsWeakpoint weak point]] you're supposed to attack will drop a white ball on the floor that subsequently explodes, dealing massive damage to Batman regardless of where he is standing.

** The "Gotham City Street" stage in ''Batman'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis is nominally a Batmobile driving level, but it actually plays as a horizontal shooter. The later sky stage with the Batwing (also featured in the UsefulNotes/GameBoy version) is a more normally styled example, aside from the MonsterClown inflatables.

* VillainExitStageLeft: In ''Return of The Joker,'' the penultimate boss of the game is The Joker commanding a small ship that fires deadly bubbles. When the machine is destroyed, he flies away with a jetpack, forcing Batman to chase him down into his lair in the final stage.
* WallJump: Featured in the first NES game and ''Return of the Joker'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

* MotionParallax: The game's detailed, fluid animation is partly achieved by parallax scrolling layered in the background artwork.

* StalactiteSpite: Spike balls in tank segment in sixth stage wait for the player to approach before falling.

** Second stage of the first game features player-moving conveyor belts. They seem to be out of place and appearing over deadly stage hazards.Stage 4 also features small conveyor belts to a lesser extent.
** In ''Revenge Of The Joker'', conveyor belts appear in the fourth stage.

* ClockTower: Stage 5-1 of ''Batman'' for the NES, with lots of spinning gears.

* DefeatEqualdExplosion: Enemies explode in flames when defeated.

* CoresAndTurretsBoss: The second boss is a security system consisting of six turrets and two cores, one of them that is smaller and must be destroyed to gain access to larger core. The fourth boss consists of two cores on rails.

* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Second stage features player-moving conveyor belts. They seem to be out of place and appearing over deadly stage hazards.Stage 4 also features small conveyor belts to a lesser extent.

* CoresAndTurretsBoss: The second boss is a security system consisting of six turrets and two cores, one of them that is smaller and must be destroyed to gain access to larger core. The fourh boss consists of two cores on rails.

* AdaptationDeviation: The opening ot the first NES game states that Joker the "dark leader" of Gotham, plunging the city into a dark criminally fueled era of suffering, whereas in the movie as well as the source Material, Joker is a formidable criminal (even aptly nicknamed the "Clown Prince of Crime" in some Batman related media) and not the leader of the city.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: In the original NES game, The Joker is twice as tall as Batman and can [[ShockAndAwe summon lightning strikes]]. In the Sega Genesis version, instead of summoning a lightning strike, he instead launches a ball of lightning by slamming into the ground in the direction of the player, much like ''Terry Bogard's signature Power Geyser from ''VideoGame/FatalFury''. His Magnum fires a [[PainfullySlowProjectile large but slow]] bullet, though. In ''Return Of The Joker'' he is using a large machine.

* AdaptationDeviation: The Joker is depicted as the "leader" of Gotham, plunging the city into a dark criminally fueled era of suffering, whereas in the movie as well as the source Material, Joker is a formidable criminal (even aptly nicknamed the "Clown Prince of Crime" in some Batman related media) and not the leader of the city.

* GoldenSuperMode: In ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' for the NES, Batman's TemporaryInvincibility power causes his sprite to become golden.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Game bosses are characters that Batman came across in the 1989 Burton film, but in order to keep the game challenging, those characters are much tougher than their movie-counterparts.

* Pragmatic Adaptation: Game bosses are characters that Batman came across in the 1989 Burton film, but in order to keep the game challenging, those characters are much tougher than their movie-counterparts.

** The prototype version of Batman for NES has Batman refraining from murder (How justified it may be) and [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/c/batmanprot.htm simply decks the Joker,]] leaving him alive for a sequel.