The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)

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The Adventures of Batman & Robin

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Clockwork Tortoise

Licensor: DC Comics

Sound driver: Zyrinx/Jesper Kyd

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-05^[4]	$59.9959.99^[5]	1535
EU	1995-06^[1]		1535-50
AU	1995		FBAT15SMC
BR	1995		046390
AS	199x

ESRB

ELSPA

OFLC

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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.

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

Source:

US manual^[6]

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

US TV Advert

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0807: "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[15]

CD Consoles (FR)

68

^[16]

Consoles + (FR)

78

^[17]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[18]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

78

^[2]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[19]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[20]

Fusion (US)

58

^[9]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

79

^[21]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

43

^[22]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

66

^[23]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[5]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

63

^[24]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[25]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[26]

Joypad (FR)

85

^[27]

LeveL (CZ)

50

^[28]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[29]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

81

^[30]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

65

^[31]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

87

^[1]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[32]

Player One (FR)

87

^[33]

Play Time (DE)

67

^[34]

Power Up! (UK)

85

^[35]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

79

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[38]

SuperGamePower (BR)

70

^[39]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

66

^[40]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

82

^[41]

Todo Sega (ES)

86

^[42]

Top Consoles (FR)

85

^[43]

Tricks (RU)

70

^[44]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

78

^[45]

Última Generación (ES)

86

^[46]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

85

^[47]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[14]

	72
Based on 38 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	0caaa4ac
MD5	5b1bcb3793262d2d0282b49e0c2ee053
SHA-1	1da4b3fc92a6572e70d748ebad346aeb291f89f3

2MB

1995-05-01

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-05-08

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-05-01

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-28

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-27

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-26

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-24

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-22

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-21

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-19

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-18

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-11

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-10

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-04-06

Page

✔

CRC32	355e8c39
MD5	b8f8b29cd48645d09340e4a4cd4b51e0
SHA-1	c08c48236c38263df8ea38a5820d16644bddb1a2

2MB

1995-05-08

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
↑ Games World Magazin, "" (DE; 1995-02-17), page 74
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 114
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 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)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 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)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 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

The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega Drive)
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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:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf_p72-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 72

[:File:CVG_UK_165.pdf_p52-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 52

[:File:GamesWorld_DE_03.pdf_p74-3] Games World Magazin, "" (DE; 1995-02-17), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p114-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 114

[:File:GamePro_US_073.pdf_p62-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:TAoBaR_md_us_manual.pdf_p14-6] File:TAoBaR md us manual.pdf, page 14

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_09.pdf_p118_.28118-121.29-7] CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 118-121 (118)

[:File:CVG_UK_165.pdf_p52_.2852-53.29-8] Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 52-53 (52)

[:File:Fusion_US_0101.pdf_p72-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 1: August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf_p72_.2872-75.29-10] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 72-75 (72)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_04.pdf_p101_.2899.29-11] Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 99 (101)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p92_.2890-92.29-12] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90-92 (92)

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_04.pdf_p90_.2890-93.29-13] Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90-93 (90)

[:File:VideoGames_US_79.pdf_p76-14] 14.0 ^14.1 VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_09.pdf_p118-16] CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 118

[17] Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[18] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 26

[:File:EGM_US_073.pdf_p36-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[20] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 292

[:File:GameFan_US_0307.pdf_p12-21] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 7: July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0804.pdf_p51-22] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0808.pdf_p52-23] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 52

[24] GamesMaster, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-06), page 38

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_14.pdf_p64-25] Games World: The Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-29), page 64

[:File:GameInformer_US_027.pdf_p8-26] Game Informer, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 8

[:File:Joypad_FR_044.pdf_p64-27] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64

[28] LeveL, "Leden 1996" (CZ; 1996-01-15), page 36

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-07.pdf_p56-29] MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 56

[:File:MegaForce_FR_41.pdf_p90-30] Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-07.pdf_p80-31] Mega Fun, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-21), page 80

[:File:NextGeneration_US_04.pdf_p101-32] Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 101

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p92-33] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-0809.pdf_p90-34] Play Time, "(8/9)/95" (DE; 1995-07-05), page 90

[35] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 22, 1995" (UK; 1995-07-22), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_19.pdf_p74-36] Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 74

[:File:SegaPower_UK_70.pdf_p62-37] Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_48.pdf_p34-38] Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 34

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_017.pdf_p30-39] SuperGamePower, "Agosto 1995" (BR; 1995-0x-xx), page 30

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p18-40] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 18

[41] Sonic the Comic, "21st July 1995" (UK; 1995-07-08), page 12

[:File:TodoSega_ES_28.pdf_p38-42] Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_04.pdf_p90-43] Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90

[44] Tricks, "3/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 11

[45] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_04.pdf_p74-46] Última Generación, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-07.pdf_p107-47] Video Games, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-28), page 107

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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 Drive)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References