Batman: The Movie ZX Spectrum

BATMAN is a shadow in the darkness, as elusive as a dream. High above  the seamy streets of GOTHAM, he is a criminal's nightmare. The only hope  for a desperate city... — Game Box

Batman is an action video game developed by Ocean Software based on the  1989 film of the same name. It was released in 1989 for the Amiga,  Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum. The game is also know as Batman: The Movie.

Gameplay

The game consists of five stages based on events from the movie. Each  stage has a time limit and a health gauge (represented by Batman's  face turning into the Joker's), with Batman losing a life if he runs  out of either. The first stage sees players controlling Batman as he  navigates the Axis Chemical Plant to confront Jack Napier, leading  to the incident in which he becomes The Joker. In this level, the  game features side-scrolling gameplay, in which Batman can use his  Batarangs to defeat enemies or and his grapple gun to reach higher  platforms and swing across gaps. In the second level, Batman rides  in his Batmobile where he must dodge traffic and use a grapple to  swing around corners to avoid running into the police. The third  level is a puzzle section in which Batman must identify various  components for Smilex, the deadly chemical Joker has put into the  market. The fourth level takes place during Joker's parade, in which  Batman must use the Batwing to cut away balloons filled with poisonous  gas without hitting the balloons themselves. Finally, the fifth level,  which reprises the gameplay of the first level, sees Batman make his  way to the top of Gotham Cathedral to finally confront Joker.

Reception

The game was number 1 in the Spectrum charts for February 1990 and was awarded Game of the Year in Crash magazine. Computer Gaming World recommended the Amiga version to action fans, but reported that the Commodore 64 version was too buggy.

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