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[MMarston]

I've found myself having a Batman itch lately but caught myself in a bit of a bind when I realized all I've been playing in that area are the Arkham games. Considering I only seriously started getting into all things Batman around 2008/2009 when the first Arkham game showed up, I'm not really aware of any other good Batman games apart from this series. Care to help me out GAF?

P.s. - I've been burned too many times by Telltale to pick their game up, but I'm welcome to some convincing.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[jett]

You'd have to go back to the NES/SNES era, I'm pretty sure.

NES Batman is fun.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

Depending on your tolerance for the LEGO series of games, the three LEGO Batman games are solidly entertaining in a mindless sort of way.

 

[zsynqx]

The Lego batman games are pretty fun.

 

[Caffeine]

lego batman 1-3

 

[Iva Demilcol]

This

And Batman Returns in the SNES are excellent.

 

[kmfdmpig]

Justice League Heroes on PSP is a worse/more repetitive X-Men Legends/Marvel Ultimate Alliance. It's not great by any means, but it's decent.

The Genesis/Mega Drive Batman was solid.

 

[LewieP]

In Batman: The Brave and the Bold on the Wii you get to be Batman and punch a dinosaur.

 

[Kuraudo]

Batman Returns for the 8bit Sega systems was great.

 

[LostDonkey]

 

[Atilac]

That justice league ps2 game that plays like marvel ultimate alliance?

 

[SatoAilDarko]

In Batman: The Brave and the Bold on the Wii you get to be Batman and punch a dinosaur.

Really great representation of the show.

 

[nullset2]

Wasn't there an open world Lego Batman?

 

[Alienous]

Batman Vengeance and Batman Rise of Sin-Tzu weren't shit. Then again I was a kid when I played them.

 

[keltickennedy]

Batman Vengeance and Batman Rise of Sin-Tzu weren't shit. Then again I was a kid when I played them.

I remember playing the freefall sections over and over when I was younger.

 

[disappeared]

Batman on NES

 

[Alienous]

I remember playing the freefall sections over and over when I was younger.

Haha, yeah. There was a training section for those in the cave too, if I recall.

 

[chemicals]

Lego Batman 2 is my recommendation. Probably the best Lego game out there.

 

[rhandino]

I actually enjoyed Batman: The Great and The Bold that time I rented it for my brother.

Such an hilarious and fun game but I also never watched the show proper 😂

 

[balohna]

I really like The Adventures of Batman and Robin for Genesis.

Different game from the SNES version. Plays like Gunstar Heroes.

 

[daviyoung]

Batman Returns on DOS

 

[MMarston]

So my main take away from all this is that the sixth gen was really bad/underwhelming for the property huh

 

[Xellos]

NES Batman is fun.

Depending on your tolerance for the LEGO series of games, the three LEGO Batman games are solidly entertaining in a mindless sort of way.

Yup. Outside of Arkham, the only Batman games I've liked enough to recommend are NES Batman and Lego Batman 2.

I've also heard good things about Batman Brave and the Bold on Wii, but I haven't tried it myself.

 

[Mozendo]

How's Batman Vengeance and Rise of Sin Tzu?
I always wanted to play those games when I was younger

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I wish I had played this when it came out. Would've blown my mind and been my dream game

 

[ArtHands]

Batman Telltale series? I was playing ep2 halfway a while ago literally, and its good for me so far

 

[supermarioworldE]

First post wins.

 

[Soltype]

Batman and Robin for the Genesis was the best before arkham came around.

 

[Tizoc]

What other good Batman games are there.
Come on OP.

The NES Batman games from Sunsoft were quite good I hear. There's also Ocean's Batman games for the ZX Spectrum I think.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I wish I had played this when it came out. Would've blown my mind and been my dream game

It was amazing. I was a massive Batman fan as a kid and watched The Animated Series every saturday morning. Then my parents bought me this game and it was just an incredible experience, the music, the graphics, the levels, the bosses everything was just like the show.

The soundtrack is still so damn good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZl9V24O10&list=PL653A94AB96333EFE

Funny thing, i remember me and my brother were so excited and started the game in english and since my native language is german we had a hard time in the Penguin and Riddler level.

I got my mom and friends to help me solve this damn puzzle but none could do it and since we didn't had internet at that time we contacted Nintendo and they send us per post two sheets full with passwords to skip levels and also the answer to that riddle.

I will never forget that time, nowadays you have the internet and can just look it up but in my childhood you had to figure out all by yourself.

Spoiler

Or contact Nintendo

Thanks Nintendo, you were a real bro at this time.

 

[SunBroDave]

Actually after the stellar episode 2 now I can definitely recommend Telltale's Batman series.

Imo, Dishonored is the best Batman "experience" I've ever encountered in a video game though.

 

[Lashley]

I highly recommend the Telltale Batman game and the three Lego Batman games.

 

[dan2026]

Batman and Robin for the Genesis was the best before arkham came around.

This game was so fucking hard I never beat it as a kid.

 

[Stevey]

Batman The Movie on ZX Spectrum was amazing.

 

[World SkiFree]

The Lego batman games are pretty fun.

In Batman: The Brave and the Bold on the Wii you get to be Batman and punch a dinosaur.

My votes. Brave and Bold is silly fun. You have to use the nunchuck and remote but it is actually implemented pretty creatively.

Lego and Batman are simply a good match.

 

[Budi]

First that came in my mind Batman: The Caped Crusader. Even though it's been 20-25 years that I played it on C64. I think the game happening in comic book panels was a novel idea.

Love the cover art.

 

[nickgia]

I liked the SNES beat-em-up where you could throw clowns into windows.

 

[purseowner]

Another recommendation for the Telltale Series. Two strong episodes makes this their best first series since Wolf imo.

 

[dan2026]

Another recommendation for the Telltale Series. Two strong episodes makes this their best first series since Wolf imo.

No way I am putting money towards that barely running engine.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

There are quite a few Batman games worth playing aside from the Arkham series.

Batman Returns for the Master System is an underrated gem that nobody ever talks about.
A difficult but fair action platformer, mixing elements from Shadow Dancer and Bionic Commando. I highly recommend it.

Batman on NES and Game Boy was good. The Adventures of Batman and Robin on SNES and Megadrive looks fantastic but is impossibly difficult. The DOS Batman Returns adventure game isn't all that great but is an interesting experiment. It's easy to run nowadays thanks to dosbox.

Batman Returns was also a great beat them up on the SNES and the NES version is very advanced for its time but too difficult.

Batman Begins was surprisingly solid. It's a Splinter Cell-like with Burnout sections that were actually develloped by the Burnout team.

And let's not forget Lego Batman 2 & 3, very clever and funny.

Edit: forgot The Brave & The Bold, great game and absolutely beautiful 2D.

 

[butman]

This and the NES one are GOAT.

 

[Tansut]

It doesn't get as much love as the first NES game, but Return of the Joker is a ton of fun. Really awesome graphics for a NES game, too.

 

[IsntChrisL]

Not this one:

What a junk game.

The SNES and Genesis BTAS games are supposed to be pretty good.

 

[8bit]

Assassin's Creed : Syndicate

 

[KageZero]

If you like beat em up's give batman returns on snes a try... I played it a lot as a kid and it was a good game

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

Batman for the NES is probably the best Batman game period. Phenomenal platformer.

 

[Phediuk]

Adventures of Batman and Robin for the Genesis is the best pre-Arkham Batman game imo.

https://youtu.be/CR0MWpOK1RU?t=2073

 

[dan2026]

Batman and Robin on the Mega Drive is like an acid trip.

Its like Batman as a Contra style shooter (complete with being balls hard)
And everything in it is freaking weird.

 

[Reverend Funk]

Batman and Robin for the Genesis was the best before arkham came around.

Whoa this game looks sick