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Batman

Batman is a 1986 3D isometric action-adventure game by Ocean Software for the Amstrad PCW, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and MSX and MSX2 microcomputers, and the first Batman game ever developed. Upon release, the…

31 December 1986

Batman is an adventure developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Batman is

Batman is an adventure game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1986. It is available on Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Batman is a 1986 3D isometric action-adventure game by Ocean Software for the Amstrad PCW, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and MSX and MSX2 microcomputers, and the first Batman game ever developed. Upon release, the game received favorable reviews, and received a sequel two years later, titled Batman: The Caped Crusader.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Batman series

Batman is the first of 221 entries we hold in the Batman series. The next entry was Batman: The Caped Crusader in 1988.

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What it launched against

Batman launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Batman come out?
Batman was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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