The first video game Batman - a surreal nightmare ...

In a video game, the first Batman, the Joker, Penguin, Riddler and infiltrated the Batcave, but the murder of the Dark Knight Robin removed, then filled the halls of the height of Batman with a brood of creatures and traps nightmare and brutality. Endured before the Crusades could to save his old friend, he must be found on each piece its Batcraft to find his way in spite of the halls and creatures. He said he made it in time? Stay tuned ...

Facts and Figures

• Title: Batman
• Publisher / Developer: Ocean Software
• Type: platform-puzzle game
• Pads / Release Dates: ZX Spectrum (1986), MSX (1987), Amstrad CPC / PCW (1986)
• Format: VHS Tape

The new Batman is born:

DC Comics character Batman was always a hero license with T-shirts, figures, and Underoos, but when dark and very adult view of the master Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a franchise childlike heavy crops mature audience has gone. The result was a renaissance in popularity Pat.

That same year, the Dark Knight returned Crusader head, hanging software Ocean on the license for the first video game ever Batman. Oddly enough the game by the composite elements of the 60s and 80s versions of the hero, creating a surreal ended, Comics Underground , Pop Art We look forward to creating a new kind of puzzle platformer.

The first video game Batman

Joker, Penguin and Riddler infiltrated the Batcave, but the murder of the Dark Knight Robin removed, then filled the halls of the height of Batman with traps and hideous creatures of nightmare, breaking source transport, Batman Batcraft only seven scattered pieces and More Batcave .

The player needs to control Batman as he makes his way despite the platform room unique style of the Batcave. The main rooms organize everything as a puzzle that the player must be resolved in work, we find an article or open secret trap cryptic references.

Batman tends continuously in the direction it was going in, and stop only when an obstacle stands in the way, so players have to be constantly on guard to ensure that it does not work or enemy border.

Now it could be a super hero tries to rush to save the life of his partner, but that does not mean that Batman burn all his energy to all the monsters and villains block the way to the Batcave fight, but avoids any price. Fortunately, the enemies are not just aggressive - roam around on the set, turn the track, so I'm not, when Batman is in front or them.

Bat Equipment

Before Batman can also think about looking for a piece Batcraft, you have to find him first Pat equipment. Each of these elements is a special ability that allows you to start helping you on a journey through the Batcave.

• Bat Bag - to keep moving and Batman item drops.
• Bat belt - with his belt, Batman can to slow his fall, when he jumped high platforms. The animation shows the strange Dark Knight with his cloak to break his fall, and not the belt.
• Bats Shoes - opens the possibility to jump Batman.
• Bats defenses - Pat and band will be the case, let Batman impulse control direction, it falls.

Good and bad bonus items:

During the game there are bonuses and power-ups can hang the Batman. Most of these help, but he is the one who is hurting.

• Energy - Let Batman motion at twice the normal speed. This can be a good and a bad thing - yes, you can move along faster, but it's easier to run the monsters in each room.
• Extra Life - oddly enough, this gives the player an extra life.
• Bats Shield - Batman's immunity stretch too short.
• Jump Bat - Batman we jump twice normal height, so that they reach high platforms.
• Tie - avoid major. Accidentally hanged neutralizing agent, and all it takes extra energy left Batman, so that only a left jab before the curtain to ask him our hero.

Graph nightmare miraculously Batman

The game begins with Batman, and more like a super deformed Pat Motte, to the Batcave of Batpole 60 of anesthesia PBS, but the similarities with the show at the end of the comic shift is not small.

Escher-like environments with creatures that are a mix between my HP Lovecraft and Robert Crumb, and they give more of a nightmare Design surreal grotesque Batman villain feed is filled.

Bats popularity, but not enough for America:

Batman is a great success for the program to the sea, to the extent that they. Distribution agreement with Japanese sub-editor money hanging in video posted MSX computer copies in Japan

In the following year, and the shape of the sea and game design for the release of the Batman head-on healing, spiritual sequel without a license from the superhero to improve.

Even with all this fame, reputation, never ported the game to the computer system in North America, which reach the game never legally to the United States.

A new edition:

In 2007 RetroSpec, a group of independent developers who volunteer their time to re-create the classic 8-bit titles and new games in the retro style, has a project started to do a remake of the original PC game Batman. She joined the project in 2010, so the game graphically, and to fix new music, while the same design and retro surreal.