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Batman Returns

Batman Returns is a 1992 side-scrolling action-beat 'em up video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe for the Atari Lynx. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is…

31 December 1992

Batman Returns is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Atari Corporation, released 31 December 1992 on Atari Lynx.

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What Batman Returns is

Batman Returns is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Atari Corporation and released in 1992. It is available on Atari Lynx only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gotham City is in desperate trouble again. Catwoman and The Penguin have joined forces to terrorize the entire metropolis! Only you can help Batman foil their deadly scheme and save the city from their fiendish clutches.
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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 14th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman Returns in 1993.

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What it launched against

Batman Returns launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.

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When did Batman Returns come out?
Batman Returns was released on 31 December 1992 for Atari Lynx.

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