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Batman Forever

Brace yourself for endless action with BATMAN FOREVER! Batman and Robin blast into Gotham City in a duo-player fighting game! Armed with over 125 incredible attacks, fierce combat moves, and an arsenal of…

50 7 September 1995

Batman Forever is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Probe Entertainment, released 7 September 1995 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Batman Forever is

Batman Forever is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Probe Entertainment and released in 1995. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Brace yourself for endless action with BATMAN FOREVER! Batman and Robin blast into Gotham City in a duo-player fighting game! Armed with over 125 incredible attacks, fierce combat moves, and an arsenal of gadgets, the Dynamic duo are ready to battle the diabolical minds of Two-Face and The Riddler! Without a question...it's BATMAN FOREVER!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Batman series

Batman Forever is the 53rd of 221 entries we hold in the Batman series. The next entry was Batman Forever: Double Dose of Doom in 1995. Its critic score of 50 is 23 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition at 94.

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How it was received

Batman Forever holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 16 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Batman Forever launched on 7 September 1995, within three weeks of Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds and MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

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When did Batman Forever come out?
Batman Forever was released on 7 September 1995 for Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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