Batman (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Sunsoft's 1989 NES game, Batman.
Check out the full review, screenshot gallery, and soundtrack at www.nintendocomplete.com/batma...
This game is incredible - the graphics are top-notch, the soundtrack is easily a high-water mark for NES music, and the controls are nigh perfect. If only it weren't so demanding of utter perfection, more people could've appreciated the genius that went into this.
(Shameless self plug - check out my SNES mix of the soundtrack! • ♫BATMAN Arranged Sound... )
For the number of times I've finished this over the years, I've only twice ever managed to finish it without dying (the first time was actually recording this video!). Difficult though it may be, I promise it's possible! It just requires intimate knowledge of every enemy's placement and attack patterns. I've beaten it several times only losing a single life, but the end bosses always got me. This time playing through, equipped with a super solid knowledge of their patterns (and more than just a bit of luck), I destroyed the Joker and saved Gotham with nary a severed limb nor charred Batman corpse in sight. I think this is the bit where I say, "I'm spent" and drop the mic.
Looking back, it amazes me that I was able to get so far in this game when I was 8. I didn't quite finish it back then, but I certainly could get to Firebug. For a long time he stopped me, and I shelved the game for quite awhile after repeatedly failing at making any further progress. Something always brought me back though, and would make me renew my efforts to conquer the game once and for all.
This is a brand new recording to replace the original playthrough I had up of the game - now, not only do I finish it without dying, but it's running at 60fps, which makes the intro look the way it should. At 30fps, games like this that require the flashing effect to fake transparencies look pretty horrendous. If you never played this on the NES and find yourself wondering if you have epilepsy during the first cinematic, don't worry too much. It looked exactly the same 25 years ago on an old tube TV.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video. Some windows may have been broken during practice sessions, however.
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the soundtrack!!!
hell yeah sunsoft was epic
The 2nd stage theme alone is giving me flashbacks
Doing it rite now, after Rambo was just listened to
A man of taste I see.
Godlike music!!
I finally did the impossible! I finished it without dying! My eight-year-old self never dreamt it could be done, and well, it only took me a quarter of a century to get good enough to do it. What an incredible game.
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wow thats really cool to hear
SHOULD BE THE MOST LIKED COMMENT EVER. I DONT THINK I EVER PLAYED THIS GAME. BUT THE SAME HAPPENED TO ME WITH DOUBLE DRAGON 1. WHICH ENDED ALMOST AFTER 20 YEARS (DIDNT PLAY IT FOR MAY YEARS)
Beat castlevania today. 27 years
the programmers and designers and the music people on the game are incredible
Japanese people are talented even before
this when they were able learn how to make full use of the nes's power. The games that were made in the late 80s and early 90s use the full power of the Nes.
Ehhh not really bad cintrols bad ai etc.
This and snes batman returns are the 2 best batman games
You have to remember a lot of nes games used mapper chips in the carts to make the nes even better. Sunsoft had there own. Like Konami had there's.
Look at all the graphical detail at the title screen! Not bad for an 8-bit piece of console hardware!
Wonder how much they had to pay Jack Nicholson for his likeness. I know they didn't have to pay Kim Basinger.
@@gjk2012 i always was wondering how Jack Nicholson is recognizable
true is not verry bad when i was kid before 20 years i mean 19 bc in 2001 year i become kid class one in school and i have it nes console and then in 2001 year i play this game a lot she was verry amazing game so big memories i wil rememer her forever she rly was good game for her time for that i still remember her how much nights i lose to play thisgame or sometime when i not have school early in the morning it was just the best :D or before bed time in the night i play so much just amazing :D game for that when i play her i say to myself i will rememer this day forever and i still remember her like was before one day but real was before 20 years dam it how the time fly it was amazing time big memories
Some serious nostalgic childhood memories in this game, makes you realize you never know the value of a moment until it becomes that, a memory
One of the rare movie-based games for the old NES that's actually worth playing.
I wouldn't exactly call Gotham City "deserted" since people still live there.
This game is Sunsoft's masterpiece. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's a perfect game.
Yea...
4:19 my favourite & most memorable part of this soundtrack ☺
My Chilhood ✌🏼
Ye because everyone died by the second level lol
I swear this soundtrack could be Iron Maiden songs. So awesome
Pretty sure I heard "The Trooper" in there! :D
Exactly!!!!!
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Memories I tell you.
I've always loved not only the music in this game but the sound effects too. Especially the sound of defeated enemies.
Nothing can beat NES games.. strategy, music, story telling
What fucking story? This game is fun, but it has nothing to do with the movie's plot, and tells us Joker is the "evil leader" of Gotham. And then the game looks like you're fighting through an alien spaceship or something. It's just a generic off the shelf side scrolling action platformer that they changed the player sprite to Batman when they got the license.
@@Mistraker I didn’t mention about this Batman game.. I was generally telling about NES games.. some games have good story lines too
@@Mistrakermuch of these environments, present a darker vision to the character. It's more about the journey, the underworld of gotham and the unknown of its shadows. Also what goes on inside Batman's shadow. What is he really fighting? It sometimes look like the machinations of his own psyche. And that manifests as his enemies. Like those huge sewer monsters, something straight out of a nightmare. The most interesting side to the character and surrounding universe was explored here. It's like dark art.
Storytelling is the worst possible facet of game design you could have picked for this statement
okay@@hamsterhuey3880
I got to rent this game from Dominick's (a grocery chain) for 3 days. I remember playing it nonstop in our dark, unfinished basement on half a chair without legs (but it was comfy). Total bliss.
Half a chair with no legs? Now I'm curious as to how that works. 😅👍
I'm sorry about your legs
@@mistert800 And that your dark. (kidding)
I think this is the most beautiful game on the NES. The soundtrack is one of the best too.
As I watch this video now, as good as the music is, it’s the level design I’m most impressed with.
Amazing piece of 8 bit software. This game still looks gorgeous after these years.
less is more ? :P
No it doesn’t it’s crap. I’m a massive fan of this movie and this game is a joke. The Sega Megadrive version and Amiga versions are way better. Only way you can like this is if your looking thru rose tinted glasses…
I think is gorgeous 😊
@@Wil_Dsensenope the NES game is better. The batman game on the Genesis is just endless enemies coming into the screen. NES is the way
@@eramos8916 Ok I’ll consider the NES game. It may not look as good as others but maby its a better game. I know The Adventures Of Batman and Robin seems very good but the difficulty makes it a unplayable for most. Maby the NES version is a better experience.
I used to play this all the time at my grandmas house as a kid. She passed a few days ago and I miss her so much.
This was one of the greatest NES games. LOVED IT. I'd probably buy it if PS Store sold it!
Sunsoft, why do your soundtracks always rock?
I really cannot say enough overwhelmingly positive words about _Batman._ The gameplay, graphics, soundtrack... everything. I owe my childhood to the people responsible for this masterpiece, I get goosebumps just from the soundtrack alone. The Stage 4-1/4-2/4-3 music especially is my favourite... parts of it remind me of "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC!!! 🤘
I have an android box and found a Nintendo, sega, Super Nintendo etc emulator and let me tell you the memories as a kid I could never finish this game and still can’t 😂
I absolutely love your channel. Clearly, you're doing the Lord's work. Thank you!
Lord take me back...I miss those good ol' days, just loved my childhood.
true me 2 dude me 2 everyday i play outside with friends sometimes i ask them to go to my hope to we play nes games and i have it this game and somethimes in the night before to go sleep i play it the game when outside was dark just like now before to play i play her super cool it was super amazing time i miss them too i wana back in time too it was super fun and super cool i still remember my days on my old tv and on my old nes console i need time machine true w ssuper cool time
Felicitaciones amigo, juegas mejor que yo cuando tenia 14 años (1994) la verdad a mi me regalaron este juego muchos años después de que estuviera de moda, fue un regalo de mi Padre, saludos 🖖
I've said it before. Sunsoft was most probably the most underated game developer and publisher in video game history. While everyone was singing Capcom and Konami's praise, Sunsoft was releasing outstanding game after game. Batman, Gremlins, Blaster Master, Adam's family, etc....
Yet Sunsoft sullied the hell out of their name come the 16 bit era. Took Capcom and Konami far longer to do that to themselves. Sunsoft's flame burned bright, but that flame died out pretty quickly once they started farming their games out to other developers, and picking up smaller devs games to release under the Sunsoft banner. The only games Sunsoft did right in the 16 bit era, were their Hebereke SFC/SNES games, and the first Batman and Superman on the Genesis.
@@Bloodreign1 Adams Family was good on SNES, hard as shit. Really good music.
For some reason I couldn't appreciate this gem of a game as a kid. Now I LOVE IT 30 some odd years later! It's funny how time changes your taste and perspective.
true when i was a kid i never finish the game everytime i die on level 2 final boss but when i become big now before year i try to play her again and fot that now bc im big i se my brain with strategy and finaly i finish this game amazing time was true how the times fly i remember when i was a kid how i was super happy playhing her everynight in the night like this and in the time like this before to go to the bed now i was in the next room playing her before so big time if i think dam but now im in the next room playing pc games how the times just fly how i wanna back to the old days it was super amazing when i think just how in the old days in this time on the night i was in my next room playhing her so cool days was i wanna back in time maybe i have almost super strong pc but in the old time was more fun with this nes batman game i wanna back
For 2 years I had this game and I wanna see how I can beat the Joker and I did without dying by learning his pattern and for 2 years I've played this game and beaten it without dying 250 times and I love it every single time I've played it every time and It's really now my favorite game on the NES of all time and the music is really a masterpiece. I'M BATMAN, and I find the game very easy cause I play it all the time.
That's a lot of wasted time my friend. Beat it once, call it good, and use that time to educate yourself.
It's time for a no hit run I think. You can do it!
25:38 I remember this shot exactly looked like a cross between Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson's joker
ahh to be 11 years old again when this came out in 89 man i would love to re-live that year again
I hope your happy, i upvoted this song years ago and I still come back and listen to it, even in 2020. I wish i could upvote it more than once.
This is one of my earliest video game memories! This soundtrack is a bop, and the gameplay is fun platforming. Great game, would recomend
"Batman never kills"
Literally throws the joker from the top of the tower at 25:05.
NES Batman is unconfirmed Thomas Wayne 🤣
Such an iconic game! A fantastic soundtrack and awesome gameplay! Not much of a story, but it was a lot of fun!
Dude, just found your channel. It's effin' awesome!
Thanks! I really appreciate that!
Excellent work. This game has some of the bestest chip tune
This is definitely one of the most underrated NES games. The soundtrack, level design, and gameplay are all top notch. It should be ranked right up there with Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden
Agreed 💯
It's incredible, I'm 34 and was always humming the melody from the car animation throughout my entire life. Started my research to find out how well I remember it and it was pretty accurate, lol. This was so impressive when I was 6 y.o.
13 when I got this what a game took me weeks before I finished it absolute masterpiece of a game I'm 43 now and just watching this brings back so many happy memories
What pleasant memories of my childhood. Thanks to share.
It's awesome how the title has a hi-res picture of Batman on a 8-bit cpu Home console, it's way ahead of its time.
You can keep your Arkham games.... this is the best Batman game ever
Agreed. Followed by Konami's SNES Batman games.
The sound track of this game is WEASOME!!!!!!
This game is one of the most badass game during my childhood.
Remember a Nintendo Power feature on this game. Didn't actually play it until a few years ago, what a gem. Interesting how at the time all these games were just ordinary releases but decades later we realize how incredible the 8-Bit era was.
It would be wonderful if this game was available on the Nintendo switch online
The NES opening and climax drive home that Burton's vision of Batman was a really different character with a vendetta to end Joker's life for an extremely personal crime
Ya know, it's kinda amazing how good this looks compared to most NES titles. The art and cut scenes seem way more than what you expect from an 8-bit console.
Also, I've never made it past 3-1, so it's good to see someone get the rest of it finished. The hobgoblins always got me. Seeing the acrobatic tricks you have to pull to make it to the end, I doubt I could have pulled it off. Congratulations and thanks for posting the gameplay!
I like how in the ending of the game Batman just throws the Joker off the Cathedral.
*"NES Batman is Thomas Wayne!"* 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even though Nintendo took a few sci-fi liberties that was not in the movie, with that they still were faithful to the core of the movie. For an NES game at that time, their portrayal of 89 Gotham City and Axis chemicals to be like that of a giant version of the outside and inside of your grandma’s window air conditioner was spot on. 89 Gotham is my favorite Gotham. And it always will be.
I can't believe that I can still recall the soundtrack after not having played this for 20 years.
I dont care what anybody says. These little games had more soul than most of what we have today.. games today can be pretty decent.. but they dont have soul. 👍🏾👍🏾
Totally agree,and with the recent years of lackluster titles,I've gone back to retro gaming.
@@trontosaurusrex9532 Absolutely. Just because it's older dont mean ots not good. Same with indie games.. I recently decided to start getting into indie games. So far I've played through Celeste on the Switch.. and that game have more soul than anything I've played in the past 5-7 years.. (excluding obvious games like Zelda or Final Fantasy)
@@slr-d I just got a Switch so I'll check that game out. Thanks for the recommendation. And yeah there's some really solid indie titles. I personally have been hooked on Shovel Knight.
Unicycles or uniracer. Sonic. Mario all starts !!! 🤩
I remember the weeks I needed to play just to find out the gimmicks to finish it all. Sweet victory, this Monster in my pocket and many more titles. Memories...
1:39 was the coolest, batmobile and that 8bit soundtrack was dope AF!! I use to turn up the tv on that part lol
Double Dragon vibes! Never played this but could imagine what a hoot it'd be!
Loved this game when it first came out.
Back then it probably would have been mind-blowing to see that final scene play out, but seeing it now as an adult I'm just disappointed at what little we see, as well as Joker being responsible for the Waynes' death and Batman actually killing him. In any case, awesome job, glad I finally got to see past level 2. :)
Batman murdered his ass 🤘
That wall climb was awesome in this game
One of the best Pre Rocksteady era Batman games, next to the SNES Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Plug 'n Play game, and my personal favorite, the Lego Batman trilogy
Wow, Batman just flat-out murders the Joker in this one!
*NES Batman don't have time for that BS!* Lol
My head canon is you were Jason Todd all along. & the end is where he gets his revenge. Lol
The ending is so dark…I like it.
How does this look so amazing on the NES?? Looks more like a 16-bit game! 😍
Ah the music on the first stage! One of the best tracks on the NES
I was thinking maybe that level 1 boss was Firefly and the ninja was Deathstroke.
Level 1 boss is Killer Moth, apparently the game designers have stated the red ninja was indeed based off of Deathstroke.
É muito difícil ver um game da SUNSOFT sendo criticado. Geralmente tinham muita qualidade e faziam uso de recursos inovadores aproveitando o máximo do potencial do NES. O que sempre me ligou a esse jogo em específico foram as canções, Naoki Kodaka realmente foi mestre na era NES e ouvir "STREETS OF DESOLATION" é demais..
Can finally beat the second boss which is awkward boss never seen before in any batman game. Don't know what you took Sunsoft but it is powerful!!!
Warner Bros: "We're really excited to make this game with you! You watched the advanced copy of the film on which it should be heavily based, right?"
Sunsoft: "...suresuresuresuuuure.. yeah! We got it."
Sunsoft: "Joker should call forth lightning with his hands. Also.. alien technology."
The music and the game are works of art. 😀👍🎮
You can have your Arkham Knight, And Arkham city, this is the best Batman game ever
Excellent on the Final Boss!
Does anyone know how they managed to squeeze out such good graphics for this system?
When I was a kid, I remember an episode of Gamepro on Batman. JD Roth talked about how it had an enhanced chip to stimulate 16-bit graphics.
@@kristoffersevillena7657It's the same chip as is used in super mario bros 3. It allows you to swap graphics (among other things) at a specific point in the frame. They also seem to do a background effect that simulates 50% transparency (the flashing during the opening cutscene)
the gears use simple palette cycling, and the blue bars on the road use a combination of palette cycling and graphics swapping at the same time. Other than that it's just good use of sprites and great pixel art. Some of it is probably digitized, too.
A mix of extra rom data on board the cartridge and clever use of palettes and especially dithering. First of all it had extra things that allowed it to switch through memory banks so it could have way more space to store the sprites and tiles allowing for much less repetition. The color palettes are also done very well, and the art uses a lot of completely black shadows which not only helps gives lots of atmosphere and create high contrast but it also makes it so you only need to allocate colors for the light sections allowing for more colors. Finally, this game uses dithering really well, making it look like theres way more colors than there are.
I never understood as a child why batman's color was dark violet and not balck, now I know! 😄
Remember stage 1 and stage 2 sounds track like it was yesterday!😭🙌
I was like 9 when this game out, graphics on the title screen blew my mind at the time. Still looks pretty good!
One of my favourite game..💗
After watching this earlier today, I pulled it up on the emulator half an hour ago and... still couldn't get pass the second boss level, just like when I was 13, lol. My failure? If I don't make it to the machine boss with at or near the maximum level of "ammo" allowed (99), I fail miserably. And some of the jumps on the electrified ground in those preceding levels still seem impossible to make. Looking back, I don't think I'd necessarily want to return to the days of games being virtually unbeatable and requiring months of maddening failure to master... but it sure was a fun trip down memory lane! Thanks for the exemplary video.
If you think that the wall jumps in Stage 2-2 are tough, you have no idea how hard they get later in the game. The game is hard, but fair.
excelente Batman es uno de mis juegos favoritos
que buen video gracias
Some of the textures in the game look very realistic, the gears and conveyer belts in the 2nd stage, and the water and fans in the third stage. Just goes to show that shading is key. Especially with the NES's palette limitations.
Game of my childhood. Than you for this video
I still have this game
Okay I have this game and return to the joker 😊😊😊😊😊
well played! Good old memories
I remember getting through ALL of this game, only to die at the end boss. Watching this footage, I have ZERO idea how I managed it.
One in my collection, and a very kickass game that time has been very kind to. Not many movie based games were all that great, Batman bucked that trend.
What aa amazing game with one of the best Soundtracks ever !
Impressive gameplay. No deaths and minimal hits taken.
Este es una Maravilla de Juego de NES, y es Jodidamente dificil parece Nivel Imbatible, La Nintendo NES son los verdaderos Videojuegos ❤
You really are The Dark Knight! Great job. 🦇
Bruh this got recommended to me today and then that trailer dropped… what timing.
I remember this game. I beat it when I was young. I didn't so it without dying like you.
I never really got close to beating this one as a kid. I definitely didn't predict the murder ending haha
Yeah, it is a little bit more deliberately homicidal than the movie. There he just lassos Joker to a too loose gargoyle and things progress badly from there. Here, though.....ouch.
@@brentage5000 I actual just watched it again. Batman killed a lot of people in this movie. He sent his batmobile into the goons warehouse by itself and it dropped a bomb, destroying jokers base along with a bunch of people, then right before he killed Joker he threw that boxer black guy off the roof. My son watched it with me and he was confused, thought batman wouldn't kill people lol
@@groowanderer don't forget the sequels. At one point he literally straps a bomb to a guy's chest and kicks him down an open sewer grate and then we see the smoke from the explosion. Burtonverse Batman was hardcore.
Una obra de arte.
The soundtrack is like a mix between Ninja Gaiden and Contra
I bought a '620 in 1' NES Emulator.. and it came with THIS game
Maravilloso amigo
I have always said that this game is the definition of the phrase "Work Smarter not harder" a lot of the enemies accommodate for you to defeat if you know the patterns and if you rush them you get hurt badly. Plus the use of the stage to avoid unnecessary battles.
This game will live forever
That cathedral level used to give me fits. I don't rember the game beings so generous with the heart power-ups. It always seemed like it took me forever to farm a full life bar from those claw dropping machines. You never used the "dirk" weapon , don't guess you needed it, but I loved that thing.
I remember the adults looking at us in awe playing these games. Today with Xbox, PlayStation and now I play the Netflix video games, I’ll tell ya.
i had this game as a kid. still remember it :)
Very difficult game. Nice work dude.
DEVELOPERS TAKE NOTE: This is what it looks like when you actually TRY!
My only complaint, my ONLY complaint, is blue would have been better than purple.
Or even grey.
This fucking soundtrack was EVERYTHING back then.....AND THE BOSSES! I remember rushing home after elementary school to play because I had to return it to the video store (rental).
I always love the soundtrack of those nes games🙌🙌🙌