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Batman Forever

System(s): Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US, EU)

Acclaim Japan (JP)

Developer: Probe Entertainment, Black Team

Licensor: DC Comics, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Peripherals supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-10-27^[3]	¥4,8004,800	T-81187
US	1995-09-07^[4]	$44.9544.95^[5]	T-81268
EU	1995		T-81268-50
PT	1995

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Batman Forever (バットマンフォーエヴァー) is a Sega Game Gear beat-'em-up game developed by Probe Entertainment and Black Team. Based on the titular June 1995 film Batman Forever, the game was first published in the United States by Acclaim Entertainment in September 1995, was later published in Europe by the same publisher in October 1995, and was eventually localized and published in Japan by Acclaim Japan also that October.

Production credits

Featuring: Brian Smyj, Jeff Gibson, Matt Norklun, Sasha Raught, Pewee Piemonte, Michael Margotta, Elizabeth Rossa

An Acclaim Black Team Production

Game Producer: Douglas Yellin
Associate Producers: Michael Archer, Tyrone Miller
Analysts: Simon Gouldstone, J.J. Mazziotto
Administrative Assistant: Kristen Muzer
Lead Tester: Jim Dunn
Tester: Andy Falk, Richard Varney, Jeff Rosa, Damon Tabb
Special Thanks: Larry Kelley, Jeremy Schwartz, Rob Zimmelman, Rob Muzer, Howard Schwartz, Roger Booth

A Probe Production

Coding: Balor Knight
Game Producers: Tony Beckwith, Tim Bradstock
Designer: Nick Baynes
Music and SFX Arrangements: Andy Brock
Graphics: Anna Knight, Darren Goodacre, Ned Langman, Pierson Lippard, Kevin McMahon, Phil Williams
Storyboards: Alex Lawrence, Darren Goodacre, Dimitri Bakalov
Animation Editors: Balor Knight, Kevin Watts, Tim Bradstock
Level Designers: Balor Knight, Simon Bland, Jonathan Gibson
Q.A. Team: Gary Patino, James Brown, Vicky Cheale, Nick McGree, Michael Movel, Clifford Ramsey, Mark Viccary
Utilities: Chris Pile, Carl Muller, Gary Liddon, Bob Armour
ProPack Compression: Rob Northen
Special Thanks to: Jade Lucas
Shot at Acclaim Studios, Glen Cove, New York

Source:

In-game credits^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Batman Forever (Game Gear)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert 2

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #78: "July 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #15: "September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[7]

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #81: "October 1995" (1995-09-19)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Top Consoles (FR) #5: "Septembre 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (DE) #1995-11: "November 1995" (1995-10-04)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

79

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

45

^[11]

Freak (IL)

68

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[5]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

80

^[14]

Super Juegos (ES)

82

^[15]

	68
Based on 8 reviews

Batman Forever (Game Gear)

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	618b19e2
MD5	6e8f14a7ab173cac90317d390ff8d63b
SHA-1	775ecf7ba87345c2f89f0e9d6e55544db8878786

512kB

Cartridge

External links

References

↑ File:BatmanForever GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ File:BatmanForever GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
↑ File:BatmanForever MD-GG US PrintAdvert.jpg
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 146
↑ File:Batman Forever GG credits.pdf
↑ EGM², "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 132
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 67
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-19)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Famitsu, "1995-11-03" (JP; 1995-10-20), page 36
↑ Freak, "2/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 56
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Super Juegos, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 137

Batman Forever (Game Gear)
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Batman games for Sega systems / published by Sega
	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)
	Batman Returns (1992) \| The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) \| Batman Forever (1995)
	Batman Returns (1993)
	Batman Returns (1993) \| The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
	Batman (1991) \| Batman Forever (1995)
	Batman Forever (1996) \| Batman & Robin (unreleased)
	Gotham Knights (2022) \| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024)

[:File:BatmanForever_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-1] File:BatmanForever GG JP Box Front.jpg

[:File:BatmanForever_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:BatmanForever GG EU Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130101202427.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fgg.2Fsoft_licensee.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)

[:File:BatmanForever_MD-GG_US_PrintAdvert.jpg_p-4] File:BatmanForever MD-GG US PrintAdvert.jpg

[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p146-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 146

[:File:Batman_Forever_GG_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Batman Forever GG credits.pdf

[:File:EGM2_US_15.pdf_p132-7] EGM², "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 132

[:File:EGM_US_075.pdf_p67-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 67

[digitiser1995-09-19-9] Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-19)

[:File:EGM_US_076.pdf_p52-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

[11] Famitsu, "1995-11-03" (JP; 1995-10-20), page 36

[12] Freak, "2/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p56-13] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 56

[:File:MegaForce_FR_43.pdf_p100-14] Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_042.pdf_p137-15] Super Juegos, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 137

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 {{sub-stub}}'''''Batman Forever''''' (バットマンフォーエヴァー) is a [[Sega Game Gear]] beat-'em-up game developed by [[Probe Entertainment]] and [[Black Team]]. Based on the titular June 1995 film ''[[wikipedia:Batman Forever|Batman Forever]]'', the game was first published in the United States by [[Acclaim Entertainment]] in September 1995, was later published in Europe by the same publisher in October 1995, and was eventually localized and published in Japan by [[Acclaim Japan]] also that October.
-==Legacy==
+==Production credits==
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+*'''Featuring:''' Brian Smyj, Jeff Gibson, Matt Norklun, Sasha Raught, Pewee Piemonte, Michael Margotta, Elizabeth Rossa
+{{creditsheader|An Acclaim Black Team Production}}
+*'''Game Producer:''' Douglas Yellin
+*'''Associate Producers: Michael Archer, Tyrone Miller
+*'''Analysts:''' Simon Gouldstone, J.J. Mazziotto
+*'''Administrative Assistant:''' Kristen Muzer
+*'''Lead Tester:''' Jim Dunn
+*'''Tester:''' Andy Falk, Richard Varney, Jeff Rosa, Damon Tabb
+*'''Special Thanks:''' Larry Kelley, Jeremy Schwartz, Rob Zimmelman, Rob Muzer, Howard Schwartz, Roger Booth
+{{creditsheader|A Probe Production}}
+*'''Coding:''' Balor Knight
+*'''Game Producers:''' Tony Beckwith, Tim Bradstock
+*'''Designer:''' Nick Baynes
+*'''Music and SFX Arrangements:''' Andy Brock
+*'''Graphics:''' Anna Knight, Darren Goodacre, Ned Langman, Pierson Lippard, Kevin McMahon, Phil Williams
+*'''Storyboards:''' Alex Lawrence, Darren Goodacre, Dimitri Bakalov
+*'''Animation Editors:''' Balor Knight, Kevin Watts, Tim Bradstock
+*'''Level Designers:''' Balor Knight, Simon Bland, Jonathan Gibson
+*'''Q.A. Team:''' Gary Patino, James Brown, Vicky Cheale, Nick McGree, Michael Movel, Clifford Ramsey, Mark Viccary
+*'''Utilities:''' Chris Pile, Carl Muller, Gary Liddon, Bob Armour
+*'''ProPack Compression:''' Rob Northen
+*'''Special Thanks to:''' Jade Lucas
+*Shot at Acclaim Studios, Glen Cove, New York
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=Batman Forever GG credits.pdf
+| console=GG
+}}
+}}
 ==Magazine articles==

Batman games for Sega systems / published by Sega
	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)
	Batman Returns (1992) \| The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) \| Batman Forever (1995)
	Batman Returns (1993)
	Batman Returns (1993) \| The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
	Batman (1991) \| Batman Forever (1995)
	Batman Forever (1996) \| Batman & Robin (unreleased)
	Gotham Knights (2022) \| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024)