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Instruction booklet · May 1993

Batman Returns

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

The SNES version of the game was released in 1993. It is fundamentally a left-to-right scrolling fighter beat 'em up, a genre that was featured heavily on the console at the time. The gameplay and graphics are very similar to the Final Fight games. The game takes the player through seven scenes featured in the film.

Specifications

Released
May 1993
Developer
Konami
Publisher
Konami
Players
1
Genre
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Batman
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

7
8
8
8
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
67/100 (25 ratings)
Computer and Video Games
67/100
GameFan
85%, 92%, 97%, 84%
GamesMaster
85%
Nintendo Life
7/10
Official Nintendo Magazine
90/100
Super Play
87%
Total!
(UK) 66%, (DE) 1-
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
8/10
Hippon Super!
6/10
Marukatsu Super Famicom
7/10, 8/10, 8/10, 9/10
N-Force
76/100
Nintendo Game Zone
84/100
SNES Force
82%
Super Action
91%
Super Control
79%
Super Gamer
90%
Super Pro
90/100
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💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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