A cool game with good graphics that's kinda low commitment. That is the sentence I choose to describe "Batman". It's fun, it's easy to figure out, it's Batman. How can you not like a Batman game, he's the best that DC Comics has. I mean Marvel has all the coolest super heroes for sure, and now that "The Avengers" has rocked the charts it's going to be hard for DC to compete in the popular culture wars but for one thing... They have Batman, and for some reason no matter what Batman is awesome. This game, it wouldn't be anywhere near as cool if I was some other hero. So, You play Batman and you can choose from two missions or quests or whatever you want to call them. I call them missions because quest is like for gnomes and hobbits and stuff. The two missions involve the two most famous villains in the Batman mythos, Joker and Penguin. There's no reason for me to go into too much detail about the game because you can get it and all it's documentation on Abandonia. It's a side scroller, it's got items to find and use, you have to stop the villains, it's Batman. It's a fun game once you get into it, at first I didn't like the comic book style of presenting locations or rooms, but after a few minutes of play I actually got to like it. For a game from 88 on a PC, it's got good graphics, they're vibrant and look good, and I especially like the way they drew the skulls and skeletons and stuff like that. They made a C64 and Amiga versions of this game, but I didn't try them yet. I'm sure they are just as cool if not cooler than the PC DOS version. Something to remember is that this game was made before the iconic Tim Burton Batman movie defined Batman for a new generation of super hero fans, so in the game he's a little more old school grey and blue Batman, but this game still has a dark quality to it that kind of takes the "camp" out of the character. If you even like Batman a little bit you should give this game a look. Enjoy!
Batman - The Caped Crusader on Abandonia
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