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Batman Returns

A side-scrolling platform game based very loosely around the second Batman movie. Penguin's army of killer clowns threaten to take control over Gotham City. The only thing standing in their way is Batman.

31 December 1993

Batman Returns is a fighting developed by Denton Designs, released 31 December 1993 on Amiga.

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What Batman Returns is

Batman Returns is a fighting game developed by Denton Designs and released in 1993. It was published by GameTek, Inc.. It is available on Amiga only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A side-scrolling platform game based very loosely around the second Batman movie. Penguin's army of killer clowns threaten to take control over Gotham City. The only thing standing in their way is Batman.
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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.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Batman Returns is the 17th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. It arrived 10 months after Batman Returns. The next entry was Batman Returns in 1993.

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What it launched against

Batman Returns launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Batman Returns come out?
Batman Returns was released on 31 December 1993 for Amiga.

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