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Batman Returns

Closer in style and gameplay to the Double Dragon series. The player only has one life bar (which can be expanded through health packs). It implements a password-save system. Of special note are the two…

1 January 1993

Batman Returns is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Konami, released 1 January 1993 on 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 Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Closer in style and gameplay to the Double Dragon series. The player only has one life bar (which can be expanded through health packs). It implements a password-save system. Of special note are the two side-scrolling racing levels in which the player controls the Batmobile and the Batskiboat.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Batman Returns is the 15th 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 1 January 1993 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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