The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)

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The Adventures of Batman & Robin
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: Zyrinx/Jesper Kyd
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9959.99[3] 1535
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1535-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
FBAT15SMC
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046390
Sega Mega Drive
AS

The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega Mega Drive is a beat-'em-up game inspired by the cartoon series of the same name. Despite having an identical name it is completely different to the Sega Game Gear and Sega Mega-CD versions.

Gameplay

The Adventures of Batman & Robin is a 2D beat-'em-up game. Attacks are determined by proximity rather than button input, similar to the Shinobi series. Attacking close to an opponent results in punches or kicks, while attacking from afar results in a projectile attack. Shooting and walking at the same time is not possible. Not firing a projectile for a certain time charges up a super shot.

Being a relatively late Mega Drive game, Adventures of Batman & Robin uses a number of programming tricks to achieve graphical effects not thought possible on the console at the time, including simulate transparency (through the highlight/shadow mode), pseudo-3D flight stages and the tilting and rotating of sprites in software (unlike the hardware scaling and rotation capabilities added by the Sega Mega-CD).

Magazine articles

Main article: The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0807: "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 №9, p118-121
78 №44, p76-77
78 №165, p52-53[2]
58 №0101, p72[4]
63 №32, p68-69
80 №14, p64-65
85 №44, p62-63
87 №34, p72-75[5]
20 №4, p99
87 №55, p90-92
79 №70, p62-63
75 №48, p34-35
82 №56, p12
85 №4, p90-93
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[6]
CD Consoles (FR)
68
[7]
Consoles + (FR)
78
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
78
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
69
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[11]
Fusion (US)
58
[4]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
79
[12]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
43
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
66
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[3]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
63
[15]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[16]
Joypad (FR)
85
[17]
LeveL (CZ)
50
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
68
[19]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
81
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
65
[21]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[5]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[22]
Player One (FR)
87
[23]
Play Time (DE)
67
[24]
Power Up! (UK)
85
[25]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
82
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
79
[27]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
75
[28]
SuperGamePower (BR)
70
[29]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
66
[30]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
82
[31]
Todo Sega (ES)
86
[32]
Top Consoles (FR)
85
[33]
Tricks (RU)
70
[34]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[35]
Última Generación (ES)
86
[36]
Video Games (DE) PAL
85
[37]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[38]
Sega Mega Drive
72
Based on
37 reviews

The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
TAoBaR md us Majesco Sales manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
TAoBaR MD AU Box.jpg
Cover
TAoBaR MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Taobatman and robin megadrive manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
The Adventures of Batman & Robin MD BR Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, Asia
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 0caaa4ac
MD5 5b1bcb3793262d2d0282b49e0c2ee053
SHA-1 1da4b3fc92a6572e70d748ebad346aeb291f89f3
2MB 1995-04 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 355e8c39
MD5 b8f8b29cd48645d09340e4a4cd4b51e0
SHA-1 c08c48236c38263df8ea38a5820d16644bddb1a2
2MB 1995-04 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf, page 26
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 165.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 165.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:GamePro US 073.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 073.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:Fusion US 0101.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Fusion US 0101.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 27
  7. CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 118
  8. Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 26
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 292
  12. GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 7: July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 12
  13. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
  14. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
  15. GamesMaster, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-06), page 38
  16. Games World: The Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-29), page 64
  17. Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
  18. LeveL, "Leden 1996" (CZ; 1996-01-15), page 36
  19. MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 56
  20. Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
  21. Mega Fun, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-21), page 80
  22. Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 101
  23. Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  24. Play Time, "(8/9)/95" (DE; 1995-07-05), page 90
  25. Power Up!, "Saturday, July 22, 1995" (UK; 1995-07-22), page 1
  26. Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 74
  27. Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 62
  28. Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 34
  29. SuperGamePower, "Agosto 1995" (BR; 1995-0x-xx), page 30
  30. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 18
  31. Sonic the Comic, "21st July 1995" (UK; 1995-07-08), page 12
  32. Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  33. Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
  34. Tricks, "3/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 11
  35. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
  36. Última Generación, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
  37. Video Games, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-28), page 107
  38. VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76



Batman games for Sega systems / published by Sega
Sega Mega Drive
Batman (1990) | Batman: Revenge of The Joker (1992) | Batman Returns (1992) | The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) | Justice League Task Force (1995) | Batman Forever (1995)
Sega Game Gear
Batman Returns (1992) | The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) | Batman Forever (1995)
Sega Master System
Batman Returns (1993)
Sega Mega-CD
Batman Returns (1993) | The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
Pinball
Batman Forever (1995)
Arcade
Sega Saturn
Batman Forever (1996) | Batman & Robin (unreleased)
Windows PC
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
Gotham Knights (2022) | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024)