Batman

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Batman

Publisher: Sunsoft, Sega (EU)

Developer: Sunsoft

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-07-27	¥6,5006,500	T-15043
US	1991-06^[1]^[2]	$49.9949.99^[3]	15016
EU	1992-07^[4]		1044-50
AU	199x

Batman (バットマン), sometimes known as Batman: The Video Game is a sidescrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Sunsoft. This version is unique to the Mega Drive, and is entirely different to the other Batman games made by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and TurboGrafx-16. All four games are based on the 1989 film of the same name.

Production credits

Main Program: Yoshitaka Kawabe
Sub Program: Hiroaki Atsumi
Background Design: Yoshiaki Iwata, Kazutomo Mori
Character Design: Masayuki Aikawa, Yabu Chan
Sub Design: Rieko Sakai, Akira
Music: Naoki Kotaka
Sound Program: Shinichi Seya
Special Thanks: Hiroaki Higashiya, Kazuaki Okumura, A.T, Kazuyuki Sugiura, Masato Kawai, Kazumoto Kozawa, Hideo Yamamoto, Masaru Aoyanagi, Yumi Kurahashi, Noriko Ichikawa, Mihoko Okazaki, Hatsue Andoh, Yoshinori Homma, Kohichi Kitazumi, Jay Moon, Tomio Uchida
Producer: Kiharu Yoshida

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Batman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #4: "April/May 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #5: "Summer 1991" (1991-xx-xx)^[6]
Mega Play (US) #4: "May/June 1991" (1991-0x-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #6: "Fall 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)^[8]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

80

^[24]

ACE (UK)

78

^[9]

Ação Games (BR)

92

^[10]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

93

^[25]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

83

^[12]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

83

^[26]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[27]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[28]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[1]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

70

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[29]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

96

^[14]

Games-X (UK)

88

^[30]

Famicom Hisshoubon (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[31]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

92

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

87

^[16]

Joystick (FR)

87

^[32]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

59

^[33]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[34]

Mega Action (UK)

83

^[35]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[36]

MegaTech (UK)

83

^[17]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

77

^[37]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

83

^[38]

Player One (FR)

90

^[18]

Power Play (DE)

73

^[39]

Raze (UK)

79

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

50

^[40]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[41]

Sega Force (SE)

75

^[22]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

86

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[42]

Supersonic (FR)

86

^[43]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

62

^[44]

Video Games (DE)

71

^[45]

Zero (UK)

81

^[46]

	78
Based on 38 reviews

Batman

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	017410ae
MD5	5ae78355da64cf17755175e9cfe48405
SHA-1	ffa7ddd8ecf436daecf3628d52dfae6b522ed829

512kB

1991-05

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	61c60c35
MD5	c4bc694fcc7ee608bd4b857a5ad49f86
SHA-1	c7279c6d45e6533f9de14f65098c289b7534beb3

512kB

1992-01

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	d7b4febf
MD5	b5b72e1157ace90aa9d0623a5687ecbc
SHA-1	7f96c72cc7bbdb4a7847d1058f5a751b2dc00ab5

512kB

1990-07

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:EGM US 023.pdf, page 20 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 023.pdf_p20" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 38
↑ File:VG&CE US 31.pdf, page 48
↑ File:SegaPro UK 10.pdf, page 7
↑ File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf, page 47
↑ Sega Visions, "Summer 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 24
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 75
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:ACE UK 37.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 37.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:AcaoGames BR 004.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:AcaoGames BR 004.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 27 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p27" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:GamePro US 024.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 024.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 File:HobbyConsolas ES 011.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:HobbyConsolas ES 011.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 File:Joypad FR 012.pdf, page 158 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 012.pdf_p158" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 File:PlayerOne FR 023.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 023.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 File:Raze UK 01.pdf, page 41 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 01.pdf_p41" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 39 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf_p39" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 File:SegaPro UK 10.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 10.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 File:SegaForce SE 1992 01.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1992 01.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume III" (UK; 1990-08-xx), page 100
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 45
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 35
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Games-X, "14th-20th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-14), page 34
↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-15 (1990-08-03)" (JP; 1990-07-20), page 15
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1990" (JP; 1990-09-08), page 79
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
↑ Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 63
↑ MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 54
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
↑ Power Play, "10/90" (DE; 1990-09-14), page 136
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Supersonic, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 9
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
↑ Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 93
↑ Zero, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-1x-xx), page 95

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:EGM_US_023.pdf_p20-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:EGM US 023.pdf, page 20 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 023.pdf_p20" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p38-2] File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 38

[:File:VG.26CE_US_31.pdf_p48-3] File:VG&CE US 31.pdf, page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_10.pdf_p7-4] File:SegaPro UK 10.pdf, page 7

[:File:SegaForce_UK_07.pdf_p47-5] File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf, page 47

[:File:SegaVisions_US_05.pdf_p42-6] Sega Visions, "Summer 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:MegaPlay_US_04.pdf_p24-7] Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 24

[:File:EGM_US_027.pdf_p75-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:ACE_UK_37.pdf_p88-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:ACE UK 37.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 37.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_004.pdf_p30-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:AcaoGames BR 004.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:AcaoGames BR 004.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-11] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p27-12] 12.0 ^12.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 27 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p27" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p24-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_011.pdf_p30-15] 15.0 ^15.1 File:HobbyConsolas ES 011.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:HobbyConsolas ES 011.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Joypad_FR_012.pdf_p158-16] 16.0 ^16.1 File:Joypad FR 012.pdf, page 158 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 012.pdf_p158" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p76-17] 17.0 ^17.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:Raze_UK_01.pdf_p41-19] 19.0 ^19.1 File:Raze UK 01.pdf, page 41 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 01.pdf_p41" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:SegaForce_SE_1992_01.pdf_p16-22] 22.0 ^22.1 File:SegaForce SE 1992 01.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1992 01.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_07.pdf_p46-23] 23.0 ^23.1 File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 07.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content

[24] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:CGtC_UK_03.pdf_p100-25] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume III" (UK; 1990-08-xx), page 100

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p45-26] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 45

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p127-27] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127

[28] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 35

[29] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamesX_UK_08.pdf_p34-30] Games-X, "14th-20th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-14), page 34

[31] Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-15 (1990-08-03)" (JP; 1990-07-20), page 15

[:File:Joystick_FR_008.pdf_p86-32] Joystick, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p90-33] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-10.pdf_p79-34] Mega Drive Fan, "October 1990" (JP; 1990-09-08), page 79

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-35] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[:File:MegaPlay_US_05.pdf_p63-36] Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:MegaTech_UK_07.pdf_p54-37] MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 54

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p137-38] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-10.pdf_p136-39] Power Play, "10/90" (DE; 1990-09-14), page 136

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p52-40] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-41] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Supersonic_FR_03.pdf_p9-43] Supersonic, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 9

[44] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-08.pdf_p93-45] Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 93

[46] Zero, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-1x-xx), page 95

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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)

Batman

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References