{"id":2483,"date":"2014-11-14T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-11-14T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T17:00:40","slug":"5-of-the-best-batman-videogame-adaptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/14\/5-of-the-best-batman-videogame-adaptations\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of the Best Batman Videogame Adaptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Batman is back&#8230;in Lego form, anyway. <i>Lego Batman 3 <\/i>comes out today and, while its unlikely to win any game of the year awards, it does look incredibly fun: not only do you get to explore a blocky Gotham as the Caped Crusader, but you get to play as loads of other DC characters too.<\/p>\n<p>In honour of <i>Lego Batman 3<\/i>, we thought it\u2019d be fun to revisit some of the Dark Knight\u2019s greatest videogame adventures (and quietly forget about the substantial amount of rubbish ones&#8230;)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Batman Returns (SNES)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEZQdtXPRJQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The official adaptation of the 1992 Tim Burton movie is a rare example of a decent movie game, a feat it achieved by basically taking <i>Final Fight<\/i> and chucking Batman in as the main character.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not much of the stealth and subtlety Bats is best known for, although there is plenty of fisticuffs and a few sections in the Batmobile too. Lovely.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Lego Batman<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ESRWuw4LoE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Batman, but not as we know him. The Dark Knight\u2019s enviable chin and fists of steel are replaced by a block head and those rubbish Lego-Man hands that are only useful for holding specific Lego accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this doesn\u2019t stop Batman kicking bells out of Lego baddies and building all kinds of awesome Lego bat-gadgets. This was the first Lego game to have an entirely original story too, paving the way for the unique humour in later games.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Batman: The Video Game (NES)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_i6Sr4LIJM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although it looks like a relic from a long-lost society these days, <i>Batman: The Video Game<\/i> was relatively ground-breaking for its time. It\u2019s a side-scrolling platformer in the vein of Mario, but with the ability to wall-jump and throw projectiles. The graphics are pretty good too.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, the game is based on the seminal Tim Burton film although the similarities aren\u2019t that obvious; you basically spend 5 levels beating up villains from the comics. Not that we\u2019re complaining.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Batman Vengeance<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fT4bVHHwjVY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The early 2000s were a barren time for the Bat, who was reeling from the terrible one-two punch of <i>Batman Forever <\/i>and <i>Batman and Robin. <\/i>There were a fair few terrible videogames too.<\/p>\n<p>However, one game from the period stands out: <i>Batman: Vengeance<\/i>. Based on <i>The New Batman Adventures<\/i>, <i>Batman Vengeance <\/i>isn\u2019t the greatest game in the world, with clunky stealth and combat, but it does utilise the voice cast of <i>Batman: The Animated Series <\/i>(including Mark Hammill).<\/p>\n<p>Basically, it was a rare positive Batman experience in a sea of sweeping awfulness.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Arkham City<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/muCtJsy-d9w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The ultimate Batman game. After years of near-misses, <i>Arkham City<\/i> was the Batman game we all wanted, an awesome combination of gadgets, stealth and the best combat system in any game to date.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, its storyline was easily as good as any <i>Batman <\/i>film (apart from, maybe, <i>The Dark Knight<\/i>).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got any games you\u2019d like to sell for cash, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/trade-in-games\/\">get an instant price for them with musicMagpie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batman is back&#8230;in Lego form, anyway. Lego Batman 3 comes out today and, while its unlikely to win any game of the year awards, it does look incredibly fun: not only do you get to explore a blocky Gotham as the Caped Crusader, but you get to play as loads &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}