Batman: Return of the Joker

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47K plays 1991 #Action#Platform

Batman: Return of the Joker is a 1991 run and gun video game, the follow-up to Sunsoft's first Batman game on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike that game, which was based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton, Return of the Joker is entirely self-contained and based more on the modern comic book iteration of Batman, but the Batmobile and the Batwing are featured from the 1989 film. A remake of Return of the Joker, titled Batman: Revenge of the Joker, was released on the Sega Genesis by Ringler Studios in 1992. A Super NES version of Revenge of the Joker was completed but never officially released; a ROM image surfaced online in later years.

A completely different version of the game was released on the Game Boy in 1992.

From Wikipedia's article Batman: Return of the Joker, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

From the manual, page 4

Open the manual at page 4

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

From the manual, page 4

Open the manual at page 4

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

Batman: Return of the JokerGenesis

2.0 Could be better

Critics 59 · 4 reviews

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsmoodyatmosphericfluidrevolutionaryentertainingenjoyable

What the critics said

  • Dave Cook of Nintendo Life wrote that while Batman: Return of the Joker was "fun and challenging it doesn't feel as revolutionary as its predecessor despite being a commendable effort".

    — Nintendo Life, 2016 (Dave Cook)

  • The Gamer has also called it one of the best all-time Batman video games: "The graphics are surprisingly spritely for an early 90s game, with entertaining gameplay and an intriguing storyline helping make this game an enjoyable experience".

    — Gamer, 2018

  • The Gamer, in 2020, claimed Return of the Joker to be the best-looking NES game ever, reasoning that the "sprites are fluid, the game's color palette is moody & atmospheric, and the backgrounds are as fleshed out as can be for an NES game".

    — Gamer, 2020· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Batman: Return of the Joker article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Giant Bomb true
  • AllGame 4.5/5; 2.5/5
  • Computer and Video Games 1993 79%; 59%
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 1992 8/10, 8/10, 7/10, 6/10; 29/40 (other versions)
  • GamePro 1991 17/20; 3/5
  • GamesMaster 1993 68%
  • GameZone 1992 78/100 (other versions)
  • Jeuxvideo.com 2011 15/20 (other versions)
  • Nintendo Power 1991 3.85/5; 3.6/5 (other versions)
  • Official Nintendo Magazine 1992 78% (other versions)
  • Total! 1992 64%; 86% (other versions)
  • Zero 90/100 (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 72/100 · 73 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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