The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD)

For other games with the same name, see The Adventures of Batman & Robin.

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The Adventures of Batman & Robin

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega of America (US), Sega Europe (EU), Tec Toy (BR)

Developer: Clockwork Tortoise, Warner Bros. Animation

Supporting companies: Warner Bros. Animation, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (cinematics)

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: DC Comics

Sound driver: GEMS (sound effects)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-07^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	4432
EU	1995-12^[3]		4432-50
UK	1996-02-02^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]	4432-50
BR	1995-10^[6]		063586

The Adventures of Batman & Robin is a Sega Mega-CD action driving game developed by Clockwork Tortoise. Based on the 1992 television show Batman: The Animated Series (after its retitling to The Adventures of Batman & Robin), it was first published in Brazil by Tec Toy in October 1995, and was later brought to the United States and Europe by Sega the following December. It is unrelated to the identically-named Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear games.

Between levels, the story advances through animated cutscenes that were created specifically for the game. The animated cutscenes were produced by Warner Bros. Animation (with animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, which also animated some of the episodes of the original cartoon). Kevin Conroy (Batman), Loren Lester (Robin), Robert Hastings (Commissioner James Gordon), Robert Costanzo (Harvey Bullock), Diane Pershing (Poison Ivy), John Glover (the Riddler), Arleen Sorkin (Harley Quinn), Mark Hamill (the Joker), John Vernon (Rupert Thorne), and Ron Perlman (Clayface) all reprised their roles from the animated series. The animated segments (about seventeen minutes in total) in the video game are sometimes referred to as "The Lost Episode" of the series.

Story

Batman discovers that Poison Ivy is robbing the Gotham Federal Bank. After apprehending her, she informs him that Commissioner Gordon and Robin have been kidnapped. This starts Batman on a hunt for some of his greatest adversaries to free his partners and discover the ringleader of this nefarious scheme.

Gameplay

Cutscene

The gameplay consists of chase sequences with the Batmobile and (in the final stage) Batwing, similar to the driving segments of the Mega-CD version of Batman Returns. Both vehicles are equipped with weapons for attacking foes. Stages consist of multiple levels, which are timed; the time is replenished at the end of each level. Batman loses a life if he runs out of time or if his vehicle takes too much damage from enemies or from hitting obstacles.

The Batmobile is steered with and . accelerates and brakes. Tapping locks onto targets and tapping it again fires a Guided Missile. Holding fires Smart Bombs. Guided Missiles and Smart Bombs have finite ammo, but ammo pick-ups are found in the levels. fires Mini-Rockets, which are weaker but have infinite supply. The Batmobile fires 10 Mini-Rockets before automatically reloading. Double-tapping and then holding initiates a Turbo Boost, which is sustained until the button is released or until it is depleted. Turbo Boosts are also limited and found in item pick-ups.

The Batwing is also steered with and . The vertical controls are inverted, as with many flight sims: dives and climbs. As with the Batmobile, fires Guided Missiles and Smart Bombs and fires Mini-Rockets. Holding accelerates.

Items

	Turbo
	Gives the Batmobile another available Turbo Boost.
	Mini-Rockets
	Upgrades the Mini-Rockets, up to 5 times. Mini-Rockets are initially fired one at a time, alternating from each side of the Batmobile. The first time the item is picked up, the Mini-Rockets are upgraded to fire from both sides simultaneously. The next two upgrades fire two rockets from alternating sides and then two rockets from both sides simultaneously (and increase the number of rockets fired before reloading to 20). The final two upgrades fire three rockets from alternating sides and then three rockets from both sides simultaneously (and increase the number of rockets fired before reloading to 30).
	Guided Missiles
	Increases the amount of Guided Missiles available by 1 or by 3.
	Lock-On Radar
	Speeds up Mini-Rocket and Guided Missile firing time by locking on to targets more rapidly.
	Smart Bombs
	Adds another Smart Bomb.
	Batman
	Gains an extra life.

Stages

	Poison Ivy's Plot!
	Batman rushes to the Gotham Federal Bank to stop a robbery in progress. The perpetrators have been identified as Poison Ivy and her henchgirls Lily and Violet.
	Poison Ivy's Getaway!
	Poison Ivy makes her getaway.
	The Riddler's One-Two Punch!
	The Riddler is holding Commissioner Gordon hostage at the Gotham Toy Fair. Batman races to get there, but the Riddler's minions bar the way.
	The Riddler's Game!
	The Riddler has trapped Batman in a virtual reality gameworld, where he must drive and blast his way out.
	The Joker Laffs!
	The Joker is holding Robin captive at Gotham's abandoned Land O' Laffs amusement park.
	Thorne's Casino
	All signs point to crime lord Rupert Thorne as the man pulling the strings. Batman and Robin close in on his floating casino, but all is not as it seems.

Production credits

For Sega of America

Producer: Bert Schroeder
Product Manager: John Garner
Assistant Producer: John Pedigo
Marketing Specialist: Clint Dyer
Digital Video Production and Compression: Katherine Weathers
Game Music Composed and Produced by: Burke Trieschman
Guitars: J.D. Reilly
Electric Violin: Poindexter Wiggenbotham
Game Sound FX: Brian Coburn
Animation Score: Spencer Nilsen
Animation Sound FX: Dave Young
Manual: Carol Ann and Neil Hanshaw
Lead Tester: Crisi Albertson
Assistant Leads: Joel Breton, Tony Borba, Fernando Valderrama
Testers: Janine Cook, Renato Alferez, Noah MacKenzie, Cesar Lemus, Atom Ellis, Arnold Feener, Mike Williams, Sean Doidge, Don Carmicheal, David Wood, Mark Subotnick, Sean Potter, Mark Griffin, Todd Slepian, Nicole Tatem, Bart Larrenaga, Rob Prideaux

For Clockwork Tortoise, Inc.

Producer: James Maxwell
Assistant Producer: Allen Fernandez
Programmer: Andrew Green
3D Engine: John O'Brien
Artists: Robert Hemphill, Noel Hines, Chris George, Stephen Thomson

For Warner Bros. Animation

Project Administration: Chuck Ansel
Story by: Paul Dini and Bruce Timm
Written by: Paul Dini
Directed by: Bruce Timm
Production Manager: Haven Alexander
Editorial: Theresa Gilroy-Nielson
Track Readers: Bradley Carow, Denise Whitfield
Sheet-Timer: James Walker
Storyboards by: Brian Chin, Douglas Murphy, Ronaldo del Carmen, Curt Geda, Kevin Altieri, Troy Adomitis, Micheal Goguen, Momcilo Lukic
Backgrounds by: Roland Butz, Russell Chong, David Karoll, Rae McCarson, Felipe Moreli, Jerry Weesner, Charles Pickens
Prop and Character Designs by: Jonathan Fisher, Glen Murakami, Shayne Poindexter
Animation Checkers: Janice Browning, Brenda Brummett, Karl Jacobs, Jennifer Damiani, Barbara Dranko, Howard Schwartz
Ink and Paint: Kathryn Gilmore, Jean Dubois, Valerie Walker, Carolyn Guske, Eric Nordberg
Production Assistant: Steven Kindernay
Xerox and Shipping: Carlton Batten, Anna Durand
Overseas Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha

At Sega

Thanks: Tony Borba

At Clockwork Tortoise, Inc.

Assistant Programmer: John O'Brien

Source:

US manual^[7]

Andy Armer

Source:

Rotation Corporation^[8]

Magazine articles

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

Artwork

Cover art

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(US)

NTSC-U

65

^[9]

(US)

NTSC-U

45

^[2]

(US)

NTSC-U

64

^[10]

(ES)

PAL

79

^[11]

(DE)

PAL

57

^[12]

(UK)

PAL

54

^[3]

(US)

NTSC-U

25

^[13]

(DE)

PAL

82

^[14]

(UK)

PAL

68

^[15]

(UK)

PAL

64

^[5]

(ES)

79

^[16]

(US)

NTSC-U

70

^[17]

	63
Based on 12 reviews

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, BR
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD)/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega CD

References

The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD)
	Main page \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Technical information Prototypes: 1995-04-24

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)

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[:File:GamePro_US_075.pdf_p58-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p87-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 87

[4] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-01-29), page 17

[:File:SegaPro_UK_56.pdf_p46-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 46

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_019.pdf_p13-6] SuperGamePower, "Outubro 1995" (BR; 1995-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:Batmanrobin_mcd_us_manual.pdf_p17-7] File:Batmanrobin mcd us manual.pdf, page 17

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20001210012900.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.rotation.com.2Fmainpage.html.23projects-8] ttp://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-10 01:29)

[:File:EGM_US_074.pdf_p36-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:GameInformer_US_029.pdf_p54-10] Game Informer, "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_052.pdf_p94-11] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-04.pdf_p71-12] MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 71

[:File:NextGeneration_US_11.pdf_p184-13] Next Generation, "November 1995" (US; 1995-10-24), page 184

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_28.pdf_p18-14] Sega Magazin, "März 1996" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 18

[:File:SegaPower_UK_75.pdf_p56-15] Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 56

[:File:TodoSega_ES_33.pdf_p46-16] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 46

[:File:VideoGames_US_81.pdf_p88-17] VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 88

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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)

The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Stages

Production credits

Magazine articles

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References