{"id":1637,"date":"2016-10-19T22:36:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T03:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/?page_id=1637"},"modified":"2025-08-10T23:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:05:06","slug":"batman-turbo-grafx-16pc-engine-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/batman-turbo-grafx-16pc-engine-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman (TurboGrafx-16\/PC Engine) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Batman (TurboGrafx-16\/PC Engine) Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA BLACK PANTHEEEEEEEER\u2026oh wait, I meant BATMAAAAAAAAN! <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Review by The Every Gamer (October 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Score: 70\/100 (Decent)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA BLACK PANTHEEEEEEEER\u2026oh wait, I meant BATMAAAAAAAAN! Let\u2019s talk about Batman: The Dark Knight, probably one of my favourite superheroes when done right, he is so awesome he made Batman vs. Superman worth the watch (almost). I would talk a-many about the Bat Crusader, but you all know who he is, so let\u2019s talk about Batman in the late 80\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the success of the comic book The Dark Knight Returns, I guess Warner Bros. felt comfortable making a dark superhero movie starring Batman, and Tim Burton was in charge of directing it. When it came to the marketing of the movie, it was astonishing for the time, something that would be done today for superhero movies. I mean, it\u2019s Batman, coming in from the campy days of the 60\u2019s and getting a new life of breath for the mainstream audience by making a much darker movie. The movie was and still is pretty good\u2026though it\u2019s been awhile since I watched it, but when I was a child, it would always be on. All right, enough nostalgia, back to the subject. When it came to merchandising, the cash was flowing and Jack Nicholson made gangbusters by making a darn good deal and of course, games were made.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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But which one shall I review, eh? The NES version? Nah! The Sega Mega Drive version? Already reviewed that one. The Game Boy version where he shoots his enemies with a gun? Nah! I know! How about the one port that most people have barely even heard of, and for good reason; Batman for the PC Engine, developed by Sunsoft, published by NEC, and released in 1990 in Japan only. So the game was not worth releasing outside of Japan, not even in the US for the Turbografx-16. Strange considering that Batman was a worldwide hit so I don\u2019t know why it wasn\u2019t released in the west (minus Europe because the console wasn\u2019t really an official thing here).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the plot is basically the movie, highly summarized since it really doesn\u2019t matter so long as you\u2019re playing as Batman.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective of the game is for Batman to\u2026collect things in a maze similar to Pac-Man, whilst defeating enemies with Batarangs. You can also collect power-ups to make you faster, better, stronger but unfortunately not smarter. There are five sets of worlds, Gotham City, Fluegelheim Museum, Axis Chemical Factory, Gotham City (again) and The Cathedral. In Gotham City, you collect Joker\u2019s dangerous chemicals. In Fluegelheim Museum, you clean paintings. In Gotham City (again), you cut the cords of Joker\u2019s balloons. And The Cathedral\u2026YOU FIGHT TWO HENCHMEN BEFORE FINALLY BEATING THE JOKER IN A BEAT \u2018EM UP TYPE GAME WHERE YOU ONLY USE YOUR BATARANGS FOR ATTACKS!!! I mean, why couldn\u2019t the entire game be like that? I think that was the best part of the game. Instead, you have to slog through the entire title to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power-ups include the\u2026Bat Boots, which will let you walk faster. Bat Logos will let you throw Batarangs rapidly. Multiple-Bats will let you throw more Batarangs. The Clock will extend time. Bomb will wipe out all the enemies on-screen. Star will make you invincible for a short period of time. Joker will cause you to lose all the power-ups you collected so far. And the L icon\u2026erm\u2026what does that do again?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the game is OK, but it gets highly repetitive, even when you do different objectives in different worlds, the gameplay remains the same, and the only difficulty is that some enemies run fast, even to the point where they\u2019re near you and you just did something and you don\u2019t have the time to use your Batarang and you die. You only have 2 lives in the game, and after that, it\u2019s Game Over, but thankfully, you can continue from the level you died in, so YES to infinite continues and YES to putting this down after 30 minutes because you just played the entire game on loop, but that\u2019s how I feel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graphics are good, but it doesn\u2019t feel like the movie; in fact, it feels like a darker version of the 60\u2019s TV series with a goofy-looking Batman and goofy-looking villains. The level design is OK at best; because what can you do with a maze game? \u2026as in the entire game is a maze game, an amalgamation of Pac-Man and Bomberman. The music is eh\u2026though there are some tracks from the NES port of Batman, borrowing from the best, eh? Then again, the NES port was also developed by Sunsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Batman for the PC Engine is below average for me, if you\u2019re looking for high-octane Bat-action, look elsewhere. The game is fun for a very short time before it gets dull very fast, but the difficulty can creep up on you so if you\u2019re looking for that. I guess you could try it out. I don\u2019t know, but I think I know why this wasn\u2019t released outside of Japan, because any child with a Turbografx-16 who had this game would have been sorely disappointed compared to someone with even an NES having the much better game.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get it on the PC Engine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rating: 3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RetroMaggedon.com \u00a92016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Batman (TurboGrafx-16\/PC Engine) Review Batman Home Page TG16 Game Catalog NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA BLACK PANTHEEEEEEEER\u2026oh wait, I meant BATMAAAAAAAAN! ~Review by The Every Gamer (October 2016) Score: 70\/100 (Decent) NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA BLACK PANTHEEEEEEEER\u2026oh wait, I meant BATMAAAAAAAAN! Let\u2019s talk about Batman: The Dark Knight, probably one of my favourite superheroes when done right, he is so awesome he … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1637","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retromaggedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}