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Batman Returns

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…

26 February 1993

Batman Returns is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Konami, released 26 February 1993 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Batman Returns is

Batman Returns is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Konami and released in 1993. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scene 1 takes place in Gotham's Plaza, where Batman fights numerous Red Triangle Circus gangsters and saves Selina Kyle from the Stungun Clown who took her hostage. In Scene 2, Batman fights the Circus gang throughout Gotham City's Streets, facing the Tattooed Strongman as the boss. Climbing on the rooftops of Scene 3, Batman encounters Catwoman, who escapes to an abandoned building where Penguin's setting a trap for Batman, but he manages to take on Catwoman and Penguin on Scene 4. On Scene 5, Batman drives the Batmobile and uses a machine gun to destroy Penguin's Campaign Van. Moving to Scene 6, Batman goes to the Circus Train and defeats Penguin's right-hand man, the Organ Grinder…
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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 16th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman Returns in 1993.

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When did Batman Returns come out?
Batman Returns was released on 26 February 1993 for Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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