Batman - The Movie

Information

Genre

Various

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Lamb, Mike, Shortt, Allan, O'Brien, John

Graphic Artist(s)

Palmer, John, Drake, Dawn, Harbison, William

Game design

Drake, Dawn, Lamb, Mike

Musician(s)

Dunn, Jonathan, Cannon, Matthew

Sound FX

Dunn, Jonathan

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1989

Publisher

Erbe Software

Developer

[n/a]

Licensed from

Warner Brothers

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.5/10 · Votes: 93 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 603

Article (4)

News

Tips (4)

Skip Levels

When the title screen appears type MAJJJJJJJJ. Keep pressing until the message “Cheat Mode” appears in the top left corner. Now when you’re playing, pressing F10 enables you to skip levels and you have access to infinite levels.

Trivia (4)

Origins

Programmer Mike Lamb and graphist Dawn Drake was flown to New York to see the latest Batman movie and devise game from that. (Source: Ocean - The History book)

Origins

Based on 1989 movie by Warner Brothers.

Charts

Top UK charts position: 2 (3/1990), 5 (12/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 13 between 2/1990 - 2/1992

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (9/1989), Commodore 64 (9/1989), Amstrad CPC (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Amiga (10/1989), Atari ST (12/1989)

Book / Magazine Reviews (10)

ST Action · January, 1990 · Rating: 74 %

ST Format · January, 1990 · Rating: 91%

Zero · January, 1990 · Rating: 82%

Atari ST User · February, 1990 · Rating: 9/10

ST Format · January, 1991 · Rating: 91%

Games X · September 26th - October 2nd, 1991 · Rating: 3/5

ST Action · December, 1991 · Rating: 88%

ST Action · August, 1992 · Rating: 89%

ST Format · September, 1993 · Rating: 91%

ST Format · October, 1994 · Rating: 91%

Comments (1)

• Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 6 Jul 2022

  This is one of the more well-received movie license games from Ocean back in the day, though as to how well it's aged... hmmm. Let's Play! https://youtu.be/ZzhLRx-AiVI