The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega CD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Me and my buds wanted another game like Batman Returns for the Sega CD. Unfortunately, we got The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
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Opening 2D Animation By:
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured via the Mega SG/SD.
2. There was no Japanese Mega CD release of this.
3. Clockwork Tortoise went tits up after this release in 1996.
4. While Spencer Nilsen did the score for the animation bits, Burke Trieschman did the music for the gameplay.
5. This was released even later in Europe, in December of 1995.
6. Despite its quality, this one still commands north of $50 on the grey market.
7. Like many Sega CD games, this one is a true exclusive. It has no version on any other gaming platforms.
8. This was among the last releases for the platform.
It's like the developer were told "People love the SNES game, because it's closer to the cartoon, and they loved the driving sections of Batman Returns. We want you to half-ass both of those ideas."
The Batman And Robin game for Genesis reminds me of a game by Treasure, I wish the Sega CD version kept the same gameplay
Same here, in my opinion it will be the best batman for sega in the end of the 16-bit era. Developers will change the run and gun stages into beat em up style gamplay
yes exactly
I want to like that game but i find the difficulty unplayable.
@@MrSerpico145 I thought the same thing till I smoked (more of a smoker than a drinker) and my bro in law drank... Perfect duo and had total fun. Its all about patterns... But not impossible... But certainly takes a dump on how much they've softened the edges of the gaming experience for us nowadays by a longshot hahahaha
Couldn't even dream to beat even a Contra game till I cracked open a can of booze myself... Something about it just eases the brain and helps w/ focus for someone like me. Lol
But that's only because I have not personally had the time or patience to master it without the 'help'.. Lol.... Growing up and such.. I only use gaming now mostly as means of stress relief.. Instead of an adventure to take on as a goal.. Don't have as much time anymore.. Sadly.
Be responsible. As I'm not obviously trying to influence anybody here.
Because besides: true gamers don't need substances to do what they love most anyways! :)
@@MrSerpico145 i just started playing it on genesis, and it felt unplayable at first, but as with many games from that era, you just have to keep playing and get better, and you'll get a little further each time until you finally beat it.
it may seem a bit tedious now, but that's how they made games last back then. nobody wanted to pay $60 for a game you can beat in one sitting.
I wish SEGA would release a CD collection or CD Mini console sometime. This is an entire console that I missed out on!
Me too. Good idea!
That would be great but unfortunately sega seems to really only acknowledge the genesis history of games and maybe the Dreamcast. I mean just look at the disaster of what the game gear micro is.
Just buy a mister, you can play Megadrive and CD and shitloads of other stuff in lagless FPGA. Get a retrobit 6 buttom megadrive pad and your ready to rock.
The emulators (PicoDrive and GenesisPlus being two of the more common ones) work quite well for Sega CD even on a lower end PC. Sure -- it's not a 100% authentic experience -- but neither would a Sega CD mini provide that given it would likely just run using emulation too.
If you go that route and like Gauntlet-stylw action RPGs, I'm always down for partner in Dungeon Explorer.
Track 3 was in saturn's previews cd. Played on the panzer dragoon preview!
Rest in Peace, Kevin Conroy 🦇
It's the Battletoads Turbo Tunnel: The Game.
It's often surreal to think just what a weird, short lifespan the Mega CD/Sega CD had. I can't remember many retailers or rental stores even stocking anything for this in 1994, let alone 1995.
In 95 walking in to certain stores you were faced with a Sega section that had Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, 32X and Saturn software all around (some places still sold Master System games). Hardware wise you had the Genesis 2, the Sega CD 2 (clam shell), the 32X, the Saturn, then you had the WonderMega (which combined the Genesis and Sega CD in one), the Nomad (portable Genesis), Game Gear, the CD-X (portable Genesis + Sega CD in the form of a Discman) plus attachments to one companies Laser disc...
Sega spread themselves way to thin in this era...
This game is a technical tour de force for the Sega CD but it was just too hard for its own good. A Road Rash game using this engine would have been amazing. A version of Night Striker for the Sega CD or even sequels to Space Harrier, After Burner, and Out Run using this engine would have been a reason to buy the system. Too bad for what never was :(
LOOOOVE the cutscenes...can't get too far in the actual game. What a heart breaker :(
1:16 Did he just put the Atomic Batteries to Power and Turbines to Speed? What a great nod to the Adam West Batman.
Point taken but regardless of when, these graphics are amazing for Mega CD! If only they'd put out an Outrunners or similar!
My childhood frustration was in this game I have never seen anything beyond the first stage, thank you for the nostalgic trip keep It up.
The Track 3 music is the music that played on the Panzer Dragoon prerecorded demo on the Saturn Bootleg demo disc. I loved that song, and low and behold 24 hears later found the source.
Oh my god I had this one I got it for my fifteenth birthday years ago and loved it!
This game is famous in Europe for being ridiculously rare and expensive. One of the last European Mega CD releases.
I really like this game. Frustrating forsure until you play it enough. Once you get the feel and are used to the obstacles the feeling of weaving through traffic/obstacles is so satisfying.
So true normally i really suck at those difficult games but with this game i managed to reach the batwing stage strange enough the joker stage i got through without losing any lives
OH!!!! The Lost Episode game. I watched this whole thing years ago.....I wish they made this canon with the cartoon. It was really well done
Even though you were suffering, damn that game looked nice for us! Maybe it's better as a spectator game
Golden times 😢👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Played this constantly as a kid. Never could get past the Poison Ivy section.
Where does he get all these wonderful reviews.
1993
As a Sega collector, there are tons of content-worthy games on the CD, 32x, and Saturn. Well.. maybe not a ton on 32x, but the 32x did have Kolibri. :)
I understood that reference.
Great video bro! The driving scenes were just way too hard for me to enjoy this title. I loved the animated series in the 90s.
This game had such a cool soundtrack
The Riddler's stage music was the best one IMO.
I wanted this game so badly when I was a child. Unfortunately my parents weren't too keen on buying a console just for one game. Oh well...
Well,you didn't miss anything cuz this game is shit as you can see for yourself..a Roadblaster wanna be but in Batman but much more difficult n frustrating..obviously Roadblaster is much better easier and for sure more fun..at least you didn't have to dial with the frustrations so you may thanks your parents for not buying it,after all. 😆😆🤣
If this were the Genesis game for the Sega CD I would play it. I'm serious. I love that game so much that I would put down my allowance money just to play a different version of Adventures. If those cinematic scenes went with the Genesis game I would geek out!
OMG the sound when the helicopter drops a bomb sounds if someone does a really bad whistle xD
A Batman driving game just doesn’t appeal to me. I want to play as Batman, not the Batmobile!
A game that allowes you to do both well would be gold, was expecting this game to be like that much like Batman Returns. Huge disappointment here, the Batmobile only PS1 game sucks too
@@scottdecowski4913 I feel like both of you are dancing around referencing Arkham Knight, but not quite doing it.
then you better not play the racing game on the ps1
@@mikesannitti6042 Haha not opening that pandoras box, I personally loved Arkham Knight but get the hate for the Batmobile tank sections
@@scottdecowski4913 I love all the Arkham games, but yes the tank and riddler batmobile racetracks really hurt Knight.
Always thought it was funny Batman hated guns but used explosives and missiles.
The graphics have aged very well compared to a few of the early ps1 games with warping polygons.
the animated cutscenes in this play out like a "lost episode" of the old 90's Batman animated series. you can find the whole thing stitched together on youtube to watch it without having to play through those often-terrible driving sequences
This had a lot of potential, it needed on foot combat stages to compliment the driving levels as well as better stage layouts for the batwing level not to mention some extra stages! Love the single game format.
Genesis version is arcade pack intense goodness.
And the soundtrack is something unbelievable to have on the console.
@@sulfreez Agreed. I don't know how SLX could think "Batman" the videogame's soundtrack and gameplay is superior to TAoBaR!
Batman and Robin is one of the few games that's enjoyable for both Sega and Super respectively.
Early 90's super scaling sprite based games still looked better than early mid 90's wonky blurry polygonal 3D graphics.
Ah the memories I have playing this as kid...it took me forever to beat it,that riddler level was the hardest in my opinion.
Riddler's stage also had the best music IMO.
Riddler level was so difficult that it felt like it was broken
I really like the longer format videos letting you get more in depth for each game... Keep them coming
This reminds me a little of B.C. Racers that I had on the Mega CD.
Let's throw some trees in the street.
This game is so hard. Just as hard as their genesis side scrolling version. That one never let's up either.
Great review here.
This game is so much better than you say about it
I've never played this one....well time to put my mega everdrive pro in good use.....👍
The Genesis/Sega CD era of Batman games were the only good 2D Batman titles.
(Arkham trilogy was amazing but thats 3D)
Don’t forget Batman on NES and Batman Returns on SNES.
Batman on the NES was one of the hardest games of its generation and it had a banging soundtrack!
Has anyone ever been more wrong?
I mean... now you know how Batman feels when trying to get from A to B I guess? XD
This is how I've always imagined it would be in reality, which is why we don;t see more modern batman games occur in populated cities.
track 3 kind of sounds like that early 90's Techno song, "James Brown is dead"
I've alway's liked batman ever since I was younger. Batman was and is definitely one of my favorite superhero's. I've played most of the batman game's that have been made but I never played this batman and robin game. The newer batman game's like the batman arkham game's are really good. I never owned or played the sega CD or the 32X though. I've played sonic CD but that's about it.
Why are there trees in the road? Thanks Sega Man!
I find that Lunar 2 and Popful Mail have cleaner videos without dithering, but they are indeed very good in this game.
Happiness is when SLX release new videos =) Thanks!
This looks like kind of a prototype to the Batmobile arcade game.
I have this on Mega CD and it gives me thumb cramp when playing for more than 10 minutes.
Thankfully we live in an era where we can download and watch the cut scenes without having to play the game.
Another thing I wanna note is that my enjoyment of the cutscenes is hampered by the music. It might fit the driving, but it clashes with the animated stuff.
Me and my bro loved this game great game with this and the snes version and genesis we had great Batman weekend it's not difficult if your having trouble it's bad bad luc (level select code) also this game is alot easier compared to Batman returns those batboat racing stages have unforgiving time while this game is alot more fair
I think this game is built around the unreleased episode of the batman animated show you can watch it on youtube
Another great video. I always look forward to them. I’d be very interested to hear a review on soul star for sega cd if you haven’t done one already.
B,A,Down,B,A,Down,Left,Up,C
I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. Damn... WATCHING you play this game was painful. Kudos, man.
The graphics are insanely polished for a sega cd game, but I was suspecting the gameplay would be bad , as it's expected from the platform.
LOOOOOVEd this game as a kid.
It was brutally difficult. but the animation was incredible.
Although I really was disappointed that you are a car, and not Batman.
Boy they sure dropped the ball on this game.
I wonder if Titus got their idea of Superman 64 from this game🤣
It's fun to watch the scaling and animated sequences, but not fun to play, too one sided and difficult.
Thank you SLX for bringing back this somewhat obscure title. I got it early on after having loved Batman Returns amazing driving/combat. I experienced similar disappointment initially but stuck with it because I really wanted to love it, and was a huge fan of the animated series. The gameplay did grow on me but it couldn’t touch the first few brilliant driving/combat levels of Batman Returns, however the gameplay did remind me of those end level batski boat through the maze like sewers of Returns that were not my favorite part of that game. I could complete this game, but the batski boat on harder settings required drawing a map of the freaking sewer just to make it through the ridiculous time requirements! 🦇
Downloading to give it a go..
They finally made a driving to work sim
This is a case were they should have had the cart version with some racing just like Batman returns.
7:18 Some nice driving.
In a more recent video you had a version of MK2 on the Megadrive that was modded to closer resemble the arcade version which I said that I thought was pointless outside of a curiosity considering that the actual arcade port of Mortal Kombat 2 is readily available on Mame. However I think that this is the type of game that should be getting the modder communities care and attention to make it play more like the vision that you've just described.
I'm only commenting now because I must've missed this video when you first posted it. I actually never knew of this games existence so thanks for the review (incase you revisit comments on older videos, I'm not sure?) 🦇👍
Sheesh, it was painful enough just watching the flying section!
why would there be trees in the middle of the road?
Because it's the Poison Ivy stage, the villian who can control plants, make them grow quick and use them as weapons.
It’s just the air freshener in the batmobile swaying left and right
One of my favorite games on sega cd was final fight cd and silpheed,
the longest bridge in video game history lol
The Adventures of Batman & Traffic Jam
Yeah I was bummed back in the day. I thought it would be side scrolling beat em up and driving segments.
I really wish the Blu-Ray set of Batman: The Animated Series had included those cutscenes (in higher quality, assuming some idiot didn't throw the originals away).
Batman and Robin Sega CD could of been like the SNES version on steroids.
I could imagine the game having tv show like animation and music cut scenes like this game has.
They had every thing they needed and then some to make thus game awesome but they failed to deliver and instead drop the ball.
When I first started actively collecting for the SEGA CD back in the early 2010s this was one of the first games I wanted to play. I grinded my way through this slog of a game and it wasn't satisfying in the slightest even though I thought the cutscenes were fantastic. I didn't enjoy the driving sequences in Batman Returns so to find out this game was entirely driving stages was extremely disappointing because I wanted an upscaled version of what was in the Genesis or SNES versions. Thankfully, there is a cheat code to let you watch the cutscenes.
I own complete NA SEGA CD and 32X collections now and I can honestly say there are only a handful of games in both libraries that I am either nostalgic for or consider good games but the preservationist in me does find values in collecting the turds.
Good to know I'm the one out of like 2 people who like this game immensely.
I need play this Game now i only played the snes versión
Batman has more bodies than the Punisher.
the genesis version is the only one that deserves that title of the game meanwhile the game gear snes and sega cd versions should have been called batman the animated series
I suppose you say this simply because of the lack of playable Robin or the fact that he hardly appears at all. All in all, it's just a licensing matter that had to be done that way. Actually the SNES Konami game was going to be branded Batman the Animated Series, same as the Konami Game Boy game. There's a prototype of the Konami SNES game which still follows the old branding. However, at the time of release the series has already moved to the new branding so they had no choice but to switch to that in order not to sell and outdated product. The Mega Drive, Mega CD and Game Gear games by Sega didn't have to switch anything, they were already licensed to the new branding of the series when they were developed (in fact, the Mega CD game was a bit late in its release).
@@WeskerSega yep late and not a good release and despite the titles being misleading they were still great games (minus the sega cd version lol)
This game looks cool actually
How is it even possible that they didn't port Outrun to this thing?
This game should’ve came out on the Sega Genesis in 1993 it would’ve blown mines
I find that it plays a little better for me with an arcade stick
Good grafics and music.But I think “Spy Hunter” might be more fun😉
I thought it was a review for the Genesis version... Have you reviewed that game?
this guy needs more subs👍🔥
Reminds me of a lot of Traveller's Tales' games. TT games usually had impressive visuals and innovative mechanics that pushed the hardware to it's limits, but the gameplay itself was often mediocre.
Yeah! Its very difficult but.... who cares? Full scaling graphics for the sega cd. I don' t need anything more. Sega lord X can you take a look to Soul Star? Great as always! Saludos!
Soul Star is in the planning book.
The batwing level reminds me of the snowboarding in Cliffhanger for the Sega CD ugh
More Sega CD please! Maybe some games that never came to the States, like Ninja Warriors
Its too bad they didn’t just add the cart version to the Sega Cd version, and tweak the difficulty of both games it would have been a pretty great experience!
I had returns....but never got to play this one sadly.
This game proves we could have had a good home port of Outrunners on the Mega CD. 😔
Great job!
Couldn't agree more with the ending line, re-release the Genesis version with the cut scenes as a special edition instead of this game
Such a shame, I loved the driving sections on Batman Returns. Technically so good but what were they thinking? A fast and thrilling race and chase in the Batmobile would have been fantastic, but no drive carefully through heavy traffic... hmmm damn shame :) ! Great review though !
Yeah, take that Batman Arkham Knight, not even you can fly the batwing.
Great video my friend
Huh, not even a Jesper Kyd soundtrack on this one? Now that's unfortunate. While not bad per se, the one in this got nothing on Kyd's glorious score for the Genesis game.
But an interesting game still, even in its flawedness. Feels like a quarter-muncher arcade game from the early 90s that got its first release _way_ past the time it might have made something of an impact in the arcades robbing kids of their quarters. If it dropped the extensive FMV segments and was put it in a flashy, loud arcade cabinet with some suitably gimmicky batmobile styled control columns, it would pass as an arcade gamen from around '92~93.
Love the mega drive version to death but Sega CD people were done so dirty..