Batman: Revenge of The Joker

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Batman: Revenge of The Joker
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sunsoft
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$49.9549.95[2] T-15046

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Batman: Revenge of The Joker is a Batman game developed by Ringler Studios and published by Sunsoft for the Sega Mega Drive. It was released on the NES and Game Boy as Batman: Return of The Joker. Despite being published by Sunsoft, it is not a sequel to their earlier Mega Drive game Batman, but is instead an entirely new game based on the comic books.

This version of Revenge of The Joker was only released in the US.

Versions

While from a gameplay standpoint, all versions of Batman: Revenge of The Joker (or Return of the Joker) are broadly the same, few of the art assets were shared between ports, meaning the Mega Drive Revenge of The Joker has an aesthetic unique to the system.

Backgrounds are generally darker than their counterparts on the Super NES, but colours are more vibrant. Level layouts are structured similarly, but the precise positioning of platforms again differs between the two versions, sometimes to the benefit of the Mega Drive game, and other times to the Super NES. The Mega Drive version usually has more detailed backgrounds, but the SNES has a more explanatory HUD.

Against Batman: Return of The Joker, the Mega Drive version is the more accurate of the two 16-bit ports, however the brighter and more colourful aesthetic creates a very different tone from the 8-bit version.

Production credits

  • Produced by: Ed Ringler
  • Programming: Chris Oke
  • Graphics: Lance Hutto, Karen Ffinch, Klee Miller, Chris Oke, Simon Ffinch, Ed Ringler
  • Sound FX: T. Tallarico
  • Music Score: Sunsoft
  • Genesis Music: T. Tallarico
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Batman: Revenge of The Joker/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
59 №137, p40[5]
88 №25, p98[6]
68 №1, p24[7]
60 №46, p56[2]
68 №4, p42-43[8]
78 №9, p26-27
67 №7, p46-47
68 №1, p32
75 №16, p58-59
68 №7, p50-52[9]
51 №42, p50-51
84 №18, p50-51
81 №7, p42-43
60 №17, p82-84[10]
Sega Mega Drive
70
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[11]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
59
[5]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
88
[6]
Digitiser (UK)
50
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[14]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
50
[15]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
68
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
68
[8]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
78
[16]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
67
[17]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
68
[18]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
75
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
68
[9]
Power Unlimited (NL) NTSC-U
79
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
51
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
84
[22]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
81
[23]
Sega Force (UK) NTSC
60
[10]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-U
70
[24]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
72
[25]
Video Games (DE)
38
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
65
Based on
23 reviews

Batman: Revenge of The Joker

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 caa044a1
MD5 6c31495e2f75c4643837558488b03947
SHA-1 e780c949571e427cf1444e1e35efe33fc9500c81
1MB 1992-12 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. File:GamePro US 038.pdf, page 28
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:GamePro US 046.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 046.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 150
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 226
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:CVG UK 137.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 137.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG IT 25.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG IT 25.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 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
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:GamesMaster UK 004.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamesMaster UK 004.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:SegaForce UK 17.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 17.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 29
  12. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 28
  13. Digitiser (UK) (1993-03-10)
  14. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 293
  15. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 51
  16. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
  17. Mega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 46
  18. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 32
  19. MegaTech, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 58
  20. Power Unlimited, "Nummer 1, Juli 1993" (NL; 1993-0x-xx), page 34
  21. Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 50
  22. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 50
  23. Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 42
  24. Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 14
  25. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
  26. Video Games, "7/93" (DE; 1993-06-30), page 83



Batman games for Sega systems / published by Sega
Sega Mega Drive
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)
Sega Game Gear
Batman Returns (1992) | The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) | Batman Forever (1995)
Sega Master System
Batman Returns (1993)
Sega Mega-CD
Batman Returns (1993) | The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
Pinball
Batman Forever (1995)
Arcade
Sega Saturn
Batman Forever (1996) | Batman & Robin (unreleased)
Windows PC
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
Gotham Knights (2022) | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024)