
Bruce wanted his oven gloves back and he wanted them back now
The Joker has gone on a rampage after being thwarted by the Caped Crusader (umpteen times if you believe the guff in the beginning credits). It’s up to Bruce Wayne’s alter ego to chase the blaggard down and rid Gotham City of this evil! All sounds very promising until you load the cart. Batman is a bog-

Granddad had loosened the wrong bolts…again
If you wait a while the prologue of the game starts to roll interspersed with pictures of Michael Keaton, Big Jack and the ever so pretty Kim Basinger. You really do end up thinking “I’M BATMAN!”, until you press start and an awfully drawn, awfully sounding level greets you. The sprites are poorly defined and poorly animated, looking like rejects from Double Dragon. I counted about 2-

The ping pong ball was destined to make a big impact on the tank…
You then use your Batarangs (which are limited) to finish off the bosses. The levels lack detail and depth, although they manage to look gloomy enough for Gotham City. The collision detection is ok, Batman’s fist connects with his enemies convincingly enough although the paper bag-
Batman does have some good points, the Batmobile and Batwing levels offer a bit of variety with the speed and heat-
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