Just wanted to drop in and say that I absolutely love this series of videos you're doing. You go into a lot of detail with each game! Keep up the good work! :)
They really liked that raster flipping effect, didn't they? (Not that I mind, I always love it, though after playing through as many Treasure games as I have it's clearly used rather superfluously here -- though I would doubt a GB game could handle doing literally anything else while that effect is happening)
Ah, memories... my first Batman game. The soundtrack is still sick... the Caped Crusader was generally treated much better when it comes to games than Superman for example. Great series, keep it up. :)
Great as always! Please include as much of Lupin's sweet, sweet jazz theme as possible next video. Or you know, that one from the 71 series where the guy just says 'Lupin' a bunch, that's apparently what passed for theme music back then.
+Justin Harwood I would love to, but I ran into a LOT of copyright flags when I uploaded the Lupin episode and had to re-cut it several times in order to avoid it being completely blocked in all territories. I don't think I used any original cartoon audio at all in the end. Fair use means nothing to these monsters....
Jeremy Parish Jesus, are you serious right about now? I do like Nolan's take way too much, but it never made not love Burton's angle. Suchgreat sets and atmosphere. One does not detract from the other at all. Damn those whippersnappers, back in my day *grumble grumble*... (The Netflix rating really makes me sad, though)
+cormano64. I've been told that Button is banned from Comicon because of what he did with canon (Joker being Batman's parents' murderer). I suppose that might have something to do with it.
+Joshua Sisco I really don't know when or where that rumor started but is not true. He has been to comic-con many times. The last time to show Frankenweenie.
Love the 8-bit Sunsoft Batman games. I have a particular affinity for the first NES Batman game, because it was a childhood favorite, that still holds up well today. The Return Of The Joker sequel was quite good as well, though it wasn't nearly as good as the NES original. I never owned this as a kid, but I remember playing quite a bit of it, because a friend had it, and when he let me borrow his copy, I must have kept it for weeks. I was never able to beat it, however. The rather evil auto-scrolling levels toward the end become maddeningly difficult after a while. To be fair, the last serious attempt I made to beat the game was over a year ago, and I basically tried to get through it in the car in a Wal-Mart parking lot, waiting for my wife to finish the grocery shopping, so I suppose if I gave it a real serious go, I'd probably topple the Joker and have this one under my belt. Very solid game that makes me long for the Sunsoft of old.
So as I clicked on the video, I said, "I'm Batman!". Then I heard you say it at the beginning, I couldn't stop laughing. I'm still smirking like an idiot. Great review, loved this game. :)
+Levitz9 I believe SunSoft still exists basically as a holding company. I know Vic Ireland worked with them to bring some of their games to Virtual Console, but that partnership fizzled. Happily, we got U*four*ia before it did.
@@IrishCarney I was the last kid to get dropped off in a spread out town on the countryside. so... pretty long. but you can beat this game in 15 minutes if you really know what you're doing.
@@IrishCarney well, when your goal is "gotta beat this before i get home" and you only have 4 gameboy games, eventually you get every enemy and powerup placement drilled into your soul
Wow, Batman NES is a rare case of a game looking better than I remember it. Though switching between the GB version and the NES makes it look good by comparison. My best friend had Batman NES and I borrowed it for weeks on end. One of the first "hard" games I beat all the way through.
Ah the days when you a) you could borrow a friend's game because it was on removable media and it just worked with no install or update etc and b) you had to solve games the hard way with no save states, passwords, or anything. Just hours of disciplined effort
You kept mentioning the console port of Batman. As in singular. There were two other simultaneous console releases on Genesis and PC-Engine by Sunsoft. The Mega Drive version being my first ever import game.
+Sean697 I was going to pipe up and point out the same thing. The scrolling shooter bits are not unique to the Game Boy game. The Genesis version had scrolling driving and shooting bits. It also followed the movie very closely. I'd say the GB version actually has way more in common with the Genesis title.
+Generation 16 OK, but I made this specific comparison because the NES and Game Boy versions had a lot of staff in common, which does not seem to be the case with the Genesis game.
There was a lot to like, but there were flaws too. The biggest issue is the success of Batman 89 went to his head and he took it way too far in Batman Returns. Penguin in particular was disgusting rather than dapper, and the tone was too dark and Catwoman was too kinky for a movie with so much kid-oriented licensed marketing
@@IrishCarney If by taking it too far you mean making easily the best Batman movie ever made then yes. The Nolan and Snyder Batman films are shit from top to bottom, way worse than the Schumacher films which for all their faults were at least fun.
@@kingboobs20 I'd assume you're joking or trolling but it's a big internet and somebody's bound to have the opinions you voiced. The objections to Batman Returns that I voiced in the last sentence of my previous post remain.
What was it with Sunsoft and power-downs? Who was the person that thought "Power-ups are cool, but what if there were evil power-ups? Wouldn't that be fun?" No, hypothetical Sunsoft employee, no it wouldn't. You aren't kidding about the first Burton Batman movie being a big deal. I remember one of my second grade PE activities involved us going around acting like either Batman or Joker. It was. . .embarrassing.
That's like saying Rupoors don't belong in Zelda. Avoiding power-downs don't is part of the challenge, risk versus reward. For the record I never saw it as a problem with Fester's Quest either.
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God damn did Sunsoft know how to rock those sound chips
Just wanted to drop in and say that I absolutely love this series of videos you're doing. You go into a lot of detail with each game! Keep up the good work! :)
I love how squat and cute Batman is in this game.
+Joshua Sisco His little walk was just adorable.
@@SocietyofSteve Imagine a high pitched squeaky voice: "take THAT and THAT. I'm BATMAN!"
It looks like a Batman spinn off "Batman Jr." Or "Batbaby" lol
Boy do I love this game and its music!
Another excellent video. Great work!
Playlist skipped #44?
I cant remember how many times i finished this game. I really like it, controls well and its fun.
Batman 1989 hokey? I think not game boy world. Its still a good movie
Game Boy games at 60 FPS are freaking me out, man!
+Greg Craft How else are you going to appreciate the finely crafted sprite flicker, sir?
Why are they freaking you out?
They really liked that raster flipping effect, didn't they? (Not that I mind, I always love it, though after playing through as many Treasure games as I have it's clearly used rather superfluously here -- though I would doubt a GB game could handle doing literally anything else while that effect is happening)
Ah, memories... my first Batman game. The soundtrack is still sick... the Caped Crusader was generally treated much better when it comes to games than Superman for example. Great series, keep it up. :)
Great as always! Please include as much of Lupin's sweet, sweet jazz theme as possible next video. Or you know, that one from the 71 series where the guy just says 'Lupin' a bunch, that's apparently what passed for theme music back then.
+Justin Harwood I would love to, but I ran into a LOT of copyright flags when I uploaded the Lupin episode and had to re-cut it several times in order to avoid it being completely blocked in all territories. I don't think I used any original cartoon audio at all in the end. Fair use means nothing to these monsters....
Yikes, well, that's understandable and certainly not your fault. It'll be playing in my head regardless!
I still really like this game, and the soundtrack is amazing.
I had a Lynx but in general I have to admit that the Game Boy had better sound and music - I realized that at the time too.
Batman from '89 being unloved these days? What?
It's still considered a film (and Batman) classic, Parish. What are you on about?
+cormano64 It's those doggone millennials. Seriously, though, it gets a lot of flack now. It has a Netflix user rating of 2 and a half stars...
Jeremy Parish
Jesus, are you serious right about now?
I do like Nolan's take way too much, but it never made not love Burton's angle. Suchgreat sets and atmosphere. One does not detract from the other at all.
Damn those whippersnappers, back in my day *grumble grumble*...
(The Netflix rating really makes me sad, though)
+cormano64. I've been told that Button is banned from Comicon because of what he did with canon (Joker being Batman's parents' murderer). I suppose that might have something to do with it.
+Joshua Sisco I really don't know when or where that rumor started but is not true. He has been to comic-con many times. The last time to show Frankenweenie.
Bob Bobby Ah. I did think it was a bit outrageous, even for fanatics.
Love the 8-bit Sunsoft Batman games. I have a particular affinity for the first NES Batman game, because it was a childhood favorite, that still holds up well today. The Return Of The Joker sequel was quite good as well, though it wasn't nearly as good as the NES original. I never owned this as a kid, but I remember playing quite a bit of it, because a friend had it, and when he let me borrow his copy, I must have kept it for weeks. I was never able to beat it, however. The rather evil auto-scrolling levels toward the end become maddeningly difficult after a while. To be fair, the last serious attempt I made to beat the game was over a year ago, and I basically tried to get through it in the car in a Wal-Mart parking lot, waiting for my wife to finish the grocery shopping, so I suppose if I gave it a real serious go, I'd probably topple the Joker and have this one under my belt. Very solid game that makes me long for the Sunsoft of old.
GB Batman kind of looks like a reskin of Super Mario Land. Maybe that game was their main point of reference when designing this.
Altough this game does not have the shiny graphics, i still like it.
NES Batman looks amazing. How have I never seen it before?
So as I clicked on the video, I said, "I'm Batman!". Then I heard you say it at the beginning, I couldn't stop laughing. I'm still smirking like an idiot. Great review, loved this game. :)
"a brooding soundtrack"
I think you mean a brooding score. The soundtrack was funky Prince jams.
escuse me Mr. Parish, what batman game is playing at 2:30 in this vid
The NES game, which you can see an hour-long stream of here: th-cam.com/video/Zrxq3hRmAbM/w-d-xo.html
The Hamtaro games are suprisingly great licenced games too.
Can TH-cam detect that you inserted footage from Tim Burton's Batman movie?
I'm curious; what ever happened to Sunsoft? Did they go the way of Hudson?
Also, seeing dear old Lupin's face made me incredibly happy.
+Levitz9 I believe SunSoft still exists basically as a holding company. I know Vic Ireland worked with them to bring some of their games to Virtual Console, but that partnership fizzled. Happily, we got U*four*ia before it did.
I never got the NES version but I loved the GB game.
Loved this game as a kid. I could beat the entire game without taking damage before my school bus ride was over!
Dude how long was your bus ride??
@@IrishCarney I was the last kid to get dropped off in a spread out town on the countryside. so... pretty long.
but you can beat this game in 15 minutes if you really know what you're doing.
@@KTP200 Huh wow sounded like a lot harder from the review. You must have been really good!
@@IrishCarney well, when your goal is "gotta beat this before i get home" and you only have 4 gameboy games, eventually you get every enemy and powerup placement drilled into your soul
Wow, Batman NES is a rare case of a game looking better than I remember it. Though switching between the GB version and the NES makes it look good by comparison. My best friend had Batman NES and I borrowed it for weeks on end. One of the first "hard" games I beat all the way through.
One of the best looking NES games in my book. And it's one of those that really benefits from being played on a CRT screen.
Ah the days when you a) you could borrow a friend's game because it was on removable media and it just worked with no install or update etc and b) you had to solve games the hard way with no save states, passwords, or anything. Just hours of disciplined effort
This game was my childhood, thank you so much!
You kept mentioning the console port of Batman. As in singular. There were two other simultaneous console releases on Genesis and PC-Engine by Sunsoft. The Mega Drive version being my first ever import game.
+Sean697 I was going to pipe up and point out the same thing. The scrolling shooter bits are not unique to the Game Boy game. The Genesis version had scrolling driving and shooting bits. It also followed the movie very closely. I'd say the GB version actually has way more in common with the Genesis title.
+Generation 16 OK, but I made this specific comparison because the NES and Game Boy versions had a lot of staff in common, which does not seem to be the case with the Genesis game.
+Jeremy Parish Makes sense. I never really noticed specifically who made the Genesis version. I can say the the PC-Engine is the worst.
Jeremy Parish No worries. You know I'm obligated to wave the flag :)
Hockey? Let me fix it for you. IMAGINATIVE.
great game
Been waiting for this. One down, two to go of my three favorite 1990 GB titles.
Next up, Cosmo Tank and Balloon Kid! ...eventually.
I actually prefer Tim Burton's Batman.
There was a lot to like, but there were flaws too. The biggest issue is the success of Batman 89 went to his head and he took it way too far in Batman Returns. Penguin in particular was disgusting rather than dapper, and the tone was too dark and Catwoman was too kinky for a movie with so much kid-oriented licensed marketing
@@IrishCarney If by taking it too far you mean making easily the best Batman movie ever made then yes.
The Nolan and Snyder Batman films are shit from top to bottom, way worse than the Schumacher films which for all their faults were at least fun.
@@kingboobs20 I'd assume you're joking or trolling but it's a big internet and somebody's bound to have the opinions you voiced. The objections to Batman Returns that I voiced in the last sentence of my previous post remain.
Welcome to Gameboy Batman. Batman has a fucking gun. Have fun.
At least he doesn't had to use an awkward Batgrappling Hook.
What was it with Sunsoft and power-downs? Who was the person that thought "Power-ups are cool, but what if there were evil power-ups? Wouldn't that be fun?" No, hypothetical Sunsoft employee, no it wouldn't.
You aren't kidding about the first Burton Batman movie being a big deal. I remember one of my second grade PE activities involved us going around acting like either Batman or Joker. It was. . .embarrassing.
That's like saying Rupoors don't belong in Zelda. Avoiding power-downs don't is part of the challenge, risk versus reward. For the record I never saw it as a problem with Fester's Quest either.
Mine stopped working on my SP. Not sure why. It isn't damaged but the cartridge does feel loose. How do I tighten it back together?
Great game !
Finally someone else who didn't hate this game.
Nah, it's cool. Not a patch on the NES game, but in the context of that era of Game Boy, pretty solid.
Batman still kick ass. 😀👍🎮
"Pretty much the polar opposite of Batman." Oh, Britta's in this?
Of course, he still complains about one of the gameboys best games
Batman 89 is the best! Nolan's is too seriousssssss for me.
En resumen ese juego es:... ¡¡un HUESAZO!! (¬_¬)