We are still waiting on a suitable Amiga AGA emulator with robust recording features before tackling such games.
Batman: The Caped Crusader
Batman, The Caped Crusader developed by Special FX and published by Ocean Software in 1988.
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Player's Review
Spectrum 48k (+3 Disk being played, but otherwise just the same 48k game.)
"GOTHAM CITY... THREATENED NOW BY THE LAWLESS EXPLOITS OF THOSE TWO ARCH CRIMINALS THE PENGUIN AND THE JOKER. THE SITUATION IS BECOMING CRITICAL... IN THE BATCAVE BATMAN FIGURES OUT A PLAN TO FIRST PUT AN END TO THE DEMENTED SQUAWKINGS OF THAT OVERWEIGHT BIRDBRAIN... THE PENGUIN. LATER AT THE GOTHAM CITY FAIRGROUND BATMAN HEARS THE CRIES FOR HELP OF HIS COLLEAGUE ROBIN. BUT WAIT THE FAIRGROUND THE GHOST TRAIN... THE FUN HOUSE..... AN AWESOME REVELATION, A TERRIFYING TRUTH BEGINS TO EMERGE THIS COULD ONLY BE THE WORK OF..... THE JOKER"
This is an 'arcade adventure' game with action overtones. The game consists of two plots revolving around batman's worst enemies - The Penguin and the Joker. Each plot is played in similar fashion-though the various locations and problems encountered will vary.
The stories so far....
THE PENGUIN PLOT - "A BIRD IN THE HAND"
The penguin having been released from jail, decides to set up an umbrella factory, near his Gotham City mansion, but of course old habits never die hard and this is but a cover up for his ingenious plan to take over the world using an army of robotic penguins! As BATMAN can you close down the hidden master control computer and stop this evil conspiracy?
THE JOKER PLOT - "A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH"
Robin has mysteriously disappeared-the only clue found is a single playing card, the call of the infamous "joker!" Batman's arch enemy has returned. On close examination the bat computer reveals a secret message hidden on the flip side of the card...
"Robin heads for a fate worse than death, the fuse is lit-so don't waste time, follow your nose and remember, there's no place like home! boom! boom!" Can you uncover the mystery, save robin and defeat the Joker? Time is running out.
The game operates like a point and click adventure in a comic book style, navigating the map, picking up objects and using them in the right places. There is no time limit but there are enemies on nearly every screen determined to take you down. My main issue with the game isn't so much the puzzle aspect but the maze like areas where you can easily lose your bearings as so many screens look the same. My main issue with this version is the way the enemies spawn and they can be right on top of you rapid firing causing you to take damage fast.
Both parts are completed 100%. Some of the objects work slightly different than in the C64 counterpart although I'm thinking that the C64 game is just an unpolished version overall. This time I had to take the rope to robin to rescue him unlike the C64 game where the rope can be activated as soon as its picked up.
00:00:00 A Bird in the Hand
00:12:58 A Fete Worse than Death
"GOTHAM CITY... THREATENED NOW BY THE LAWLESS EXPLOITS OF THOSE TWO ARCH CRIMINALS THE PENGUIN AND THE JOKER. THE SITUATION IS BECOMING CRITICAL... IN THE BATCAVE BATMAN FIGURES OUT A PLAN TO FIRST PUT AN END TO THE DEMENTED SQUAWKINGS OF THAT OVERWEIGHT BIRDBRAIN... THE PENGUIN. LATER AT THE GOTHAM CITY FAIRGROUND BATMAN HEARS THE CRIES FOR HELP OF HIS COLLEAGUE ROBIN. BUT WAIT THE FAIRGROUND THE GHOST TRAIN... THE FUN HOUSE..... AN AWESOME REVELATION, A TERRIFYING TRUTH BEGINS TO EMERGE THIS COULD ONLY BE THE WORK OF..... THE JOKER"
This is an 'arcade adventure' game with action overtones. The game consists of two plots revolving around batman's worst enemies - The Penguin and the Joker. Each plot is played in similar fashion-though the various locations and problems encountered will vary.
The stories so far....
THE PENGUIN PLOT - "A BIRD IN THE HAND"
The penguin having been released from jail, decides to set up an umbrella factory, near his Gotham City mansion, but of course old habits never die hard and this is but a cover up for his ingenious plan to take over the world using an army of robotic penguins! As BATMAN can you close down the hidden master control computer and stop this evil conspiracy?
THE JOKER PLOT - "A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH"
Robin has mysteriously disappeared-the only clue found is a single playing card, the call of the infamous "joker!" Batman's arch enemy has returned. On close examination the bat computer reveals a secret message hidden on the flip side of the card...
"Robin heads for a fate worse than death, the fuse is lit-so don't waste time, follow your nose and remember, there's no place like home! boom! boom!" Can you uncover the mystery, save robin and defeat the Joker? Time is running out.
The game operates like a point and click adventure in a comic book style, navigating the map, picking up objects and using them in the right places. There is no time limit but there are enemies on nearly every screen determined to take you down. My main issue with the game isn't so much the puzzle aspect but the maze like areas where you can easily lose your bearings as so many screens look the same. My main issue with this version is the way the enemies spawn and they can be right on top of you rapid firing causing you to take damage fast.
Both parts are completed 100%. Some of the objects work slightly different than in the C64 counterpart although I'm thinking that the C64 game is just an unpolished version overall. This time I had to take the rope to robin to rescue him unlike the C64 game where the rope can be activated as soon as its picked up.
00:00:00 A Bird in the Hand
00:12:58 A Fete Worse than Death
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