DC is in a unique position in that they can take the name “Batman” and plaster it on anything to sell it. The worst example of this being the recently released animated film “Batman: Assault on Arkham” where the caped crusader is a secondary character in a film that has his name in the title.…
When it comes to movie tie-in games, the Dark Knight has a pretty great track record. Discounting Acclaim’s work on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (though admittedly I have yet to get my hands on the pricey Batman Forever the arcade game) both Batman: The Video Game from Sunsoft and Batman Returns from Konami…
With Batman: Vengeance, Ubisoft tried to mold too many genres into one game; It was part plat-former, part fighter, a first-person shooter at points, as well as a driving and flying game. For the follow-up in 2003, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, Ubisoft took a far more basic approach to the design and the finished…
Make a short list of every thing you love about the Lego game series: Solving puzzles by building Lego objects, having the ability to swap between characters, utilizing unique character abilities to navigate levels, replaying levels at your own leisure for bonus collectibles, not being penalized for losing health or dying. These are some of the…
As you may or may not recall from my review of Batman: Return of the Joker on the NES, I liked it quite a bit. It was a complete package of great controls, graphics, and music that made it a little slice of classic NES heaven. Reason stood to believe then that a version of…
Ubisoft had a lot to make up for with their debut Batman game on the 6th generation of consoles: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, a game they picked up the tab from Kemco didn’t do the publisher any favors, nor did their PSOne Batmobile game Gotham City Racer. The new generation brought with it…
Konami was one of the many companies who started making Batman games once Sunsoft abandoned the license. After starting out with a game based on the Batman Returns film, they turned their attention towards making games inspired by the 90’s Batman animated series. Their last outing, The Adventures of Batman and Robin on the SNES,…
I never know what to expect when I get my hands on a Game Boy Advance version of a game that’s designed for a console. Sometimes you get a hidden gem, like X2: Wolverine’s Revenge, other times you get a complete dud, like Superman Returns. Batman: Vengeance doesn’t surpass its big brother on consoles, but…
Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems is one of those games that’s difficult to categorize. It shares the name of a popular arcade game, also by Capcom, that came out in 1995 though it’s a 2-D action plat-former and not a tournament fighter. It also can be considered a sequel of sorts to…
“Blair,” you say, “you’ve seen the video, right?” Of course I’ve seen the video, it’s one of my favorite ones. So why then did I subject myself to the maddeningly difficult Silver Surfer? Well the reason is two-fold. Firstly, I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment challenging myself with the games I’ve been playing for this…
Comic Book Video Games 