The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Game Gear)
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- For other games with the same name, see The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
The Adventures of Batman & Robin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Game Gear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega (US,EU) Tec Toy (BR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Novotrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: DC Comics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Adventures of Batman & Robin is a Sega Game Gear action platform game developed by Novotrade. Based on the 1992 television show Batman: The Animated Series (after its retitling to The Adventures of Batman & Robin), it was first published in the United States and Europe by Sega in mid-1995, and was later brought to Brazil by Tec Toy the following October. It is unrelated to the identically-named Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD games.
Contents
Story
The Joker has assembled a gang of old Batman foes and kidnapped Robin, and Batman has to go save him.
Gameplay
The game is an action platformer. There are four different levels, each with two or three stages, where Batman runs around beating up thugs and jumping between platforms before taking on a boss. Each stage ends with a boss encounter, culminating in a fight with a classic Batman villain at the final stage of the level. The four levels take Batman through a theater where he takes on the Mad Hatter, a frozen office building where he takes on Mr. Freeze, a graveyard where he takes on the Scarecrow, and finally an amusement park where he takes on Harley and the Joker.
Batman moves with and
and crouches with
. He jumps with
and jumps down from platforms with
+
. Pressing the jump button twice does a double jump. He enters doorways and elevators with
.
Batman typically fights with projectile attacks; he throws a weapon with . He has an unlimited supply of Batarangs, but can pick up other weapons with limited supply in small item boxes along the way, all of which are more powerful than the Batarangs. Pressing START brings up a menu that lets Batman change his weapon and shows his ammunition levels. Once Batman gets close to an enemy, he switches to melee attacks, which deal more damage than the projectiles. When close to an enemy, he punches with
, does a sweep kick with
+
, and does a jumping kick with
+
. Batman can throw projectiles from jumping and crouching positions.
Batman starts out with 9 extra lives; he respawns where he died after losing one, with a full health bar, all ammunition intact, and all inflicted damage and defeated enemies accounted for. There are also multiple extra lives and life bar refill items spread through the stages. The game has infinite continues and a password system, allowing the player to start over from any previously reached stage. The only punishment for having to continue is that the player's score is reset to zero.
Weapons
Batarang | |
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The standard weapon. Weak but unlimited ammunition. | |
Bat Bolo | |
Explosives | |
Throwing Star | |
Electric Star | |
Items
Bat | |
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Replenishes Batman's health bar to full. | |
Life | |
Awards the player an extra life. | |
Bat Bolos | |
Provides additional ammunition for the Bat Bolos weapon. | |
Explosives | |
Provides additional ammunition for the Explosives weapon. | |
Throwing Stars | |
Provides additional ammunition for the Throwing Stars weapon. | |
Electric Stars | |
Provides additional ammunition for the Electric Stars weapon. |
Stages
The health bar and score persistently flicker to simulate transparency, so only one is shown at a time in screen shots, though both appear visible simultaneously in gameplay.
Streets of Gotham City | |
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Studio Scaffolding | |
The Wonderland Set | |
Boss: The Mad Hatter | |
Gothcorp Interior | |
Gothcorp Exterior | |
Boss: Mr. Freeze | |
Nightmare Prison | |
Nightmare Cemetery | |
Boss: The Scarecrow | |
Amusement Park Entrance | |
Harley Quinn Battle | |
Boss: Harley Quinn | |
The Joker's Lair | |
Boss: The Joker | |
Production credits
- Executive Producer: Bert Schroeder
- Producer: John Pedigo
- Developer: Novotrade Interactive
- Original Design: Josh Gordon
- Director: Laszlo Mero
- Project Director: Don Walters
- Software Director: Attila Bus
- Art Director: Eszter Paris
- Main Programmer: Ballazs Papai
- Programming Aid: Gyongyi Mezei
- Hardware Support: Lajos Szabo
- Main Artist: Csaba Horvath
- Artists: Gabor Matheika, Bori Paris, Edit Matis
- Music: Laszlo Fazekas, Gabor Foltan, Csaba Gigor, Karoly Kovacs
- Lead Tester: Joel Breton
- Assistant Leads: Jeff Hedges, Sean McInnes, Rob Prideaux
- Testers: Mark Subotnick, David Wood, Roger Sommerville, Todd Slepian, Mark Pentek, Eugene Valenzuela, Leonard Sayers, Craig Drummand, Doug Leslie, Frank Coles, Sako Bezdjian, Scott Snyder, Mike Borg, Arnold Feener, Chris Colon, Michael McCollum, Benjamin Briones
- Marketing: Lisa Wilson, Lori Von Rueden, Ami Blaire
- Manual: Carol Ann & Neil Hanshaw
- Special Thanks: Andrea Eszterhai, Don Walters, Al Baker & Associates, Big Ed, Catherine Sollecito, Clint Dyer
Magazine articles
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Based on 9 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
External links
- Sega of America webpage: Game Gear
References
- ↑ File:TAoBaR GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 65
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Outubro 1995" (BR; 1995-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ File:The Adventures of Batman & Robin GG US Manual.pdf, page 8
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
- ↑ Game Informer, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 130
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September 1995" (DE; 1995-08-16), page 32
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
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