The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)
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The Adventures of Batman & Robin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Clockwork Tortoise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Zyrinx/Jesper Kyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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).
Production credits
- Producer: Bert Schroeder
- Product Manager: Jaime Wojick
- Developer: Tortoise Clockwork, Inc.
- Game Designers: John O'Brien, James Maxwell, Stephen Thomson
- Programmer: John O'Brien
- Lead Artist: Stephen Thomson
- Artwork by: Steven Thomson, Chris George
- Additional Artwork by: Robert Hemphill, Noel Hines
- Clockwork Producer: James Maxwell
- Level Layout & Triggering by: James Maxwell, Allen Fernandez
- Batman & Robin Line Art: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Music & SFX Creator: Scavenger
- Music & SFX Composer: Jesper Kyd
- Sound Programmer: Jens Albertsen
- Lead Tester: Chrisi Albertson
- Assistant Leads: Mark Subotnick, Don Carmichael, Noah Mackenzie
- Testers: Rachael Bristol, David Dodge, Chris Lucich, Phil Co, Dana Green, Aaron Loichinger, Randy Norfleet, Lloyd Kinoshita, Aaron Bandur, Steve Bourdet, Maria Tuzzo, Sam Saliba, Joel Breton
- Special Thanks to: Holly Stein, Catherine Sollecito, France Tantiado, Clint Dyer, Nemer Velasquez, Sara Holihan, Trish Dunne, Christine Bertoglio, Wayne Leonard, Scott Compton
- Manual by: Carol Ann & Neil Hanshaw
Magazine articles
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Based on 38 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1995-04 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1995-04 | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 72
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 52
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 114
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ File:TAoBaR md us manual.pdf, page 14
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 118-121 (118)
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 52-53 (52)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 1: August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 72-75 (72)
- ↑ Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 99 (101)
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90-92 (92)
- ↑ Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90-93 (90)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 27
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 26
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 292
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 7: July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 12
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ GamesMaster, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-06), page 38
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-29), page 64
- ↑ Game Informer, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 8
- ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ LeveL, "Leden 1996" (CZ; 1996-01-15), page 36
- ↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 56
- ↑ Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ Mega Fun, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-21), page 80
- ↑ Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 101
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
- ↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/95" (DE; 1995-07-05), page 90
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 22, 1995" (UK; 1995-07-22), page 1
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 74
- ↑ Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 62
- ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 34
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Agosto 1995" (BR; 1995-0x-xx), page 30
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 18
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "21st July 1995" (UK; 1995-07-08), page 12
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
- ↑ Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ Tricks, "3/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
- ↑ Última Generación, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
- ↑ Video Games, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-28), page 107
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