NES Longplay [056] Batman- Return Of The Joker

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[@TheHuskyGT]

This pretty much is the pinnacle of what the NES was capable. Some of the most detailed sprites I've seen, good amount of colors on-screen, fluid and well-balanced gameplay and probably the best when it comes to music. Speaking of which, you can even hear every instrument clearly, the composition is fantastic and all done with the limitations of the console. Fantastic game.

[@rahmspinat]

Batman shouldn't be in the rainforest tho.

[@NetTubeUser]

Excellent use of colors, smooth animations, and scrollings. Even the music is great for an 8-bits console. This game could pass for a 16-bit game!

[@StarscreamSWE]

lol I thought I was watching SNES game at first!

[@waynecuff3140]

This game uses a mapper chip in the cartridge to give the Nes more juice:) that's why I looks so good 👍

[@soundspark]

@@waynecuff3140 I think what makes the mapper particularly impressive is its ability to switch sub-banks of the CHR-ROM so a segment of memory can for instance be dedicated to the Batman sprite or the parallax sky effect.

[@alanruiz4956]

Todo, TODO este juego es increíble. Sus gráficos, su música, su oscuridad... Es sin duda una obra de arte.

[@OV-50]

Los gráficos son tan complejos que se nota que a la consola le costaba

[@ProyectoLogicMind]

Y esta versión de Nes hace quedar en vergüenza a la de SEGA génesis de 16bit

[@negroooloco]

totalmente es arte puro y hermoso!!!

[@abmDLC]

Y difícil pero pasable comparado con el otro juego de batman, se me hace más difícil el otro 😂

[@niallmcardle7]

In English?

[@DSMTheEditor]

Even the way his cape moves when he comes to a stop is incredible minute detail for a NES game

Almost 16 bit graphics. Really great looking game for NES. And the typical great Sunsoft sound effects / music.

[@danieleramponi6659]

Yes it was , this game blew my mind back in the day, this game is in my list of most favorite games on the nes. The only problem, that it was too easy.

[@thadevilzadvocate]

Daniel Ramponi easy?? There is nothing wasy about it when I tried it.

[@malcolmar]

This was actually better than the same game released in 16 bit. Shows you what a difference a developer can make.

[@danieleramponi6659]

malcolmar Agreed

[@danieleramponi6659]

Stephen Andrano lol

[@bestboutgaming3212]

I remember being super impressed with the graphics in this game. Was towards the end of the NES era when they pretty much had pushed 8 bit graphics to the limit.

[@TheBilly]

Not only pushed the system to its limit, but the cartridge had a powerful enhancement chip on board (FME-7) and a lot of ROM. Moore's Law helped make this one happen too (by driving costs of both of those things down). This game might have been technically-feasible-but-prohibitively-expensive when the Famicom came out in 1983!

[@robertbektas1810]

It looks good for today with the detailed backgrounds and sprites

[@GungKrisna12]

@@TheBilly also: this game is the ONLY ONE NES game in US to use a third-party chip

[@Spagyr]

I remember the graphics were good enough to make up for the weaker level design.

[@soundspark]

Due to the design of the NES however expansion audio wasn't supported.

[@metalmat3651]

Wow this game has great music

[@reynol1208]

Since i played this game like 25 years ago, i liked those songs... Just came here to hear them lol...

[@michalslatina8004]

U got that right! Check out 16min.ost. It allways amazes me. Especially end credits music!

[@JFKxprinc]

That's not JUST music, that's what a "born in the 80s & grew up in the 90s" OST sounds like

[@multimeter2859]

@Frank Martinez Avgn gave it some spotlight on his show.

[@Sapov]

Its a unforgettable soundtrack, they dont make them like this anymore, now its all generic/boring orchestrals

[@Bartnick81]

looks better than many 16 bit games

[@diegomeneghello9799]

looks better than its 16bit version

[@wild-child839]

That Megadrive version is REALLY bad port with horrible sound effects!

[@jeanjean59ful]

It's bad because it wasn't developed by Sunsoft.

[@HeavensBladeTM]

graphically Megadrive version is far superior, just worse sound/music and very hard (which might be a benefit or drawback, depends if one likes hard games or not).

[@furrynick]

I have never seen Batman fire so many projectile like he's doing in this game. Don't even look like a Batman Type of a game. it looks like they just wanted to make a game and couldn't figure out who they were gonna use for their game and at the last minute decided to throw Batman in and make it Batman game.

[@ferminaguilar3022]

In my opinion, the Best game of Batman in the 90's....and what about the music? Awesome...my memories brings me to this...sniff

[@darrenclements6028]

Batman Return of the Joker is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING

[@pyrolight7568]

Still am amazed at how far they pushed the graphics and sound with this game.

[@ASteelWheel]

Yeah. This game always made me feel that the NES would have to run a supercharger for the game to fully work.

[@xOshiageMan]

Yes, we went from mario brothers where the textures are the same but recolored to a thing that doesnt even look like a nes game

[@ongansan]

Backgrounds are much darker than most NES games. Almost %50 of them are just shadows especially in the first stage. I think this not only give the game a much better look, but it also helped them reserve memory space since the black areas are just empty spaces

[@MaoRatto]

+Ongan-San Very impressive game, I LOVE THE MUSIC THOUGH!

[@AnonTen]

Pay attention not to the number of black spaces, but to the number of repeating patterns, as they are usually compressed to save memory.

[@aaendi6661]

It also helps with the NES's color limitations, because each tile has to share the same background color, they just made the background color black, so that BG tiles have 3 extra unique colors.

[@wizzgamer]

Incredible graphics for a 1983 machine.

[@JoseRuiz-nf4pn]

Impactado con este juego, llevó la tarjeta gráfica de la NES al límite, excelente juego.

[@Liquidcadmus]

I always considered this one of the best NES games, graphically amazing and really fun gameplay.

[@MrTubeStuck]

man, this brings so many memories. Everytime I reached stage 3-1 i felt relief since i know i can finish the game with no worries for some strange reason

[@pauliether.c.guy.3349]

"With looks as hot as 16bit" I remember reading that exact quote From a 1992 Nintendo power. I was dumb founded because this game debuted around the 16 bit wars.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

The faux parallax scrolling on the train is amazing. It’s not all that hard to figure out how they did it within NES limitations, but it’s still damn impressive.

[@jamesmarvin6945]

You DO realize that although you keep jumping to hit higher targets.... In THIS game you can ACTUALLY aim Batman's weapon/s UP so you don't have to jump unnecessarily

[@krisfrosz133]

Man, I loved this game. I used to remember every nook and cranny of Return of The Joker but now I don't remember a damn thing. This playthrough is still pretty cool and nostalgic.

[@JeyEf]

+KrisFrosz133 Me too. I used to play this game when I was like 5 or 6 years old. It amazed me how little I actually remembered of it. I don't even know why I was thinking about this game right now. Guess I was bored at work and wanted to remember simpler days, when I didn't have to worry about the bills and the job.

[@Pogdub]

yeah, came out nearing the end of games released, reasonably good graphics. I remember walking right thru the game feeling like a Batgod

[@biged3561]

I do remember how much I hated the third level

[@popis3493]

The ice/ snow level was the most important to remember the traps

[@MySurfBoard]

I enjoyed this game as well. The idea of Batman having all those upgrades was real cool. Is it me or is the joker acting like dr. wily? LOL!

[@itsjustagamechannel]

This is arguably the best playing, best playing, best sounding NES game ever made.

[@juancarlosrodriguez9921]

El mejor video juegó. De la época me trae mucha nostalgia. Recuerdo que lo rescaté en 1993 cuándo tenía 9 años. ¡Inolvidable!

[@VexaS1n]

All-round badass game. Top notch graphics and catchy original sountrack. That sampled bass is particularly astounding.

[@masterkyle3]

Yes we al totally agree... best graphics on the NES.... so sad it came when the system was nearly finished

[@viktorhallerstahl1518]

What are you talking about? System is still the best on the market ;)

[@Wheels8504]

Still 100% better than every console out today.

[@13Gangland]

@@Wheels8504 Nah dude, the Switch took over as the best console ever.

[@Wheels8504]

@@13Gangland I agree. The Switch didn't exist when I posted my comment.

[@amso7169]

Guess y’all forgot about the SNES and Genesis.

[@Pantbera]

I own this game. It's the only Batman game I have but this is like, brilliantly written by real pro's concerning it's just NES game. Excellent graphics and sound. FX and music goes fit it perfectly. No blurs, round corners smooth etc.

[@FataliMX]

The music is awesome !

[@showtime0365]

Es en realidad el MEJOR BATMAN QUE JUGUÉ EN TODA MI VIDA!!!!! Excelente videojuego!!!!

[@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

incredible this game looks way the fuck better than the unreleased SNES and the Sega Genesis version. The use of heavy black just gave it a solid inked comic book look.

[@corronchilejano]

Answering a six year old comment? Of course. The SNES version was definetly just a proof of concept, since the assets don't even have appropiate palettes assigned to them.

[@germanhurtado3045]

-yo escucho su OST para recordar mi infancia. Sobre los 10-11 años cuando lo jugué. LA música es absolutamente genial.

[@ezrd9483]

GPZT 😎 password to Joker. I Will never forget that.

[@ferminaguilar3022]

Ohhh Yes!!!

[@marianogonza6295]

Good memory 🤡

[@angelangelyerayera8950]

A huevo hermano

[@ed_d.chavez6083]

Really had forgotten the password, u genius.

[@CuppaKofe]

Really impressive stuff for the NES. It's too bad the Genesis version is hot garbage made by different developers. The Snes version never got released, but judging by the prototype, that's probably for the best.

[@Videogamelover58]

Agree

[@AD-eq4kn]

Looks like Contra

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

this game along with Felix The Cat and Kirby's Adventure pushed so far the NES. This game looks insane for a nes title and has 16-bit quality graphics!!

[@Horzuhammer]

Loved this one as a lad! Didn't even have problems completing the game back then. Nowadays level 3 just annihilates me. Edit: Oh man I'd completely forgotten about that last stage with dodging those flyin' things, and the mech-Joker final boss. And that last level and ending music.. So nostalgic.

[@vonvoyage14]

Imagine every NES games had quality like this.

[@slightlytwistedagain]

Batmanvania. Looks like an incredible game.

[@cunadorandom]

SÍ, SEÑOR !! EXCELENTE JUEGO !! menuda nostalgia, madre mía... aún me acuerdo cuando jugaba de niño, jamás conseguí pasarmelo sin ayuda de mis dos hermanos mayores y ahora veo que este pavo se lo pasa en 20 minutos jajaja muy bueno todo, sí señor !! una sensación orgásmica para mí escuchar de nuevo después de tanto tiempo las ÉPICAS melodías de la primera pantalla del juego y de los créditos.... joder, qué tiempos aquellos, dios !! jaja en definitiva, gracias men, por subir éste juego un abrazo !!

[@saulantoniotamichegutierre1920]

demasiado bueno diria yo

[@alanruiz4956]

Un juego EXCELENTE y adelantado a su tiempo. Nótese que el primer jefe atacaba con drones cuando los drones ni existían.

[@MaoRatto]

Hot damn, this is one looking game. With nice shading.

[@juanitopl]

+Quinn The Quartz don't you know any other batman game, very simmilar to this? but with different stages? I remember playing it with my family game

[@amso7169]

Juani Porta It was called Batman: The Video Game

[@inputfunny]

One looking indeed.

[@daviddyer3543]

Also, a certain Sunsoft chip, plus the ability to shift between certain characters in ROM to create parallax and other effects.

[@Loader2K1]

Wonderful playthrough! You made this hard-as-fuck game look ridiculously easy. Honestly, a part of me thinks that this wasn't originally a Batman game due to the sci-fi atmosphere of the entire game, and that Sunsoft stuck Batman and Joker in this game before they lost the DC Comics license.

[@1129BAMF]

Loader2K1 , I think you're spot on with that comment. Notice how there is no story/plot. Just insert characters here.

[@hdofu]

Loader2K1 yeah it was a weird choice making a batman run and gun game

[@adrianroldan6297]

It is not that hard i used to beat it all the time when i was like 6. Hint* use canon against the wall and beat the joker in no time. Still one of my all time.favourites

[@Loader2K1]

@Adrian Roldan: You must kick ass at this game then. I would dare say I had an easier time with the prequel, Batman: The Video Game, although I never beat that one, either.

[@IncarnationOfNeutrality]

Loader2K1 you know, now that you say it I also think there's a good chance it wasn't a batman game originally, seeing as at the beginning of every boss battle batman charges up his gun with lightning, he was probably going to have been some mad scientist at first but they changed his sprite to batman and the title of the game so that it would get better recognition.

[@caenlink]

I just love the Soundtrack!

[@SerpentNight]

This game plays like Contra more than anything. And while the Batmobile and Batwing designs are clearly those of the Burton films, Batman and Joker appear more like those from the comics. Weird.

[@cholosabroso]

Un juegazo. Avanzado para su tiempo y te enganchaba con su gráfica, detalles, jugabilidad. Creo que es de los mejores en su género.

[@nicomadox]

I remember beating this game when i was a kid and i was so impress about the music that i just leave the game running to hear it out loud in my house :)

[@foreverslighted]

i remember when i finished this game when i was kid. took me aback because i never really finished many games pre-saving. good times, i hate my life.

[@Juan-Sung-Kyung]

The best soundtrack of the entire NES catalog... AWESOME!

[@brandon7598]

God these games have epic sound tracks. Miss my childhood

[@thedevildriver]

This game was super fun, it had its challenges and the ending was so awesome and had its mystic. Very fun game.

[@danzig3764]

This one plays, sounds, and look much better than the 16 bit versions!!

[@martinpollon9424]

La musica de este juego es muy elaborada para la época y se disfruta también jugarlo...

[@martinasfilm6433]

Музыка и FX sounds в стиле игры SUPER SPY HUNTER. Лучшая 8-bit‘ная озвучка.

[@TheeVulture]

This looks like it was suppose to be a sequel to the Batman 1989 one. It started in the cathedral where the last one left off.

[@oscarvaleria-gd5st]

Grandes recuerdos con este juego Y la música de intro es genial

[@rodneycooperjr3223]

I played this game so much as a kid that I was annoyed watching this gameplay. It's not really anyone else's fault, but it just reminded me of the old days of watching my younger brother play and watching him make mistakes that I would "never" make 😅

[@markfitch8395]

I remember getting this game new for Christmas when it came out. Was my must have... Loved it

[@williamhollaway1960]

Mark Fitch me too same story

[@WorldofFood]

love this fkn game. Great music, great art, great everything.

[@saullizarraga5135]

So many memories with this game.

[@r.dalmazzone4334]

the game with the best graphics of the nes history.

[@luissebastian1982]

Una obra de arte al igual que batman returns cuando se enfrenta a gatubela y el pinguino, son juegos totalmente adelantados a su época, que sin duda nos hacen volver a nuestra infancia.....

[@박태-k8g]

갓게임, NES 세대에 태어나게 해준걸 감사하게 생각합니다

[@EIOK]

un pieza maestra de mi infancia noventera, por Dios, Genial todos

[@kyokitagawa7977]

Batman Returns and this game were SICK

[@XpRnz]

The batman games were amongst the pinnacle of NES technical prowess and artistry. Ofcourse, made by the gods in Japan!

[@charlypineda5694]

Una obra de arte

[@michaelsimpson208]

The ending of this game is "GOLD"!

[@maxwellr5251]

the music, the graphics, omg

[@leonardoruas8788]

Omg. You brought me back good memories. Thank you!

[@Jakerocksteady]

Wow, I can't believe I slept on this back in the day. This looks amazing.

[@doozy5184]

I had to reattach my jaw after playing this for the first time, it really feels like it would have been an advanced Super Nintendo game. Sunsoft really made games the way god intended.

[@Raffão17]

Esta versão é, de longe, muito melhor que a versão do SNES, embora seja de um console de geração anterior. Muito bom, já joguei muito!

[@FronkieMc]

One of the greatest NES games ever.

[@ezequielgomez7083]

Batman Return to the Joker was my number 1 Batman game of all-time beside Batman on Game Boy that music is awesome as Super Spy Hunter

[@ignaciog.garcia8392]

The music on this game was the best for a 8 bit console. Miss my childhood.

[@ericjohnson6634]

Remember, kids, for all intents and purposes this is not stock NES hardware. This game pulls off its graphics by some good programming, yes, but mostly by a custom chip in the cartridge.

[@owolabiope2409]

This right here was my childhood...this game was just too tight.

[@UziGameGP]

I always wronlgy remembered this as a SNES game until I saw AVGN episodes and was shocked that I played this on NES and not SNES.

[@susanfit47]

The sequel to Sunsoft’s popular 1989 Batman: The Video Game, which was based on the Tim Burton film, Batman: Return of the Joker expanded upon the original’s side-scrolling action by tossing in additional Contra-style weapon power-ups, a Mega Man 3-inspired sliding move, horizontal shooting jetpack sublevels, challenging boss fights with a new life gauge system, and extra adrenaline-fueled objectives such as taking on a heavily-armed zeppelin and outrunning a charging tank.

[@williamsmith666]

Sunsoft really had a knack for making the NES look good.

[@fabriciovega4215]

wow! this looks so insane for a 1983 8-bit game console!!

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

Just beat this, second to the last boss is definitely the hardest part of the game. While it does have lots of areas with cheap hits like so many Sunsoft games, the challenge is pretty balanced and I liked it a lot more than Journey to Silius.

[@mypkamax]

This game is impressive for the NES, namely the iconic Sunsoft bass and SEGA sized sprites (Mega Drive sprites are typically 32x40 pixels).

[@silvawo]

one of the best of NES. Soundtrack Fabulous!

[@DeeRhoe]

After all these years, I never got why AVGN had trouble with this game, it looks sweet!

[@perfectlybalanced8995]

The graphics and soundtrack in this game are godlike

[@ilyakats54]

The music is absolutely awesome

[@gerpir]

One of the best looking games for NES. Still have the cartridge somewhere in my parents' house attic. I was laughing for the new Castlevania release on PS4. Only 26 years later on the monstrous vs NES system and still can't beat it.

[@Urr_078_AKA_TTJ]

I still have this game!! Need to get my NES working again.. 😁 bring back old memorys!! Love it.. endbosses ruled.

[@myrongaines5542]

This may be one of the greatest nes games graphics and sound wise ever. Defiantly rate it in the top 20 overall in the Nes library.

[@MontaguStudios]

This Batman game is so Japanese-influenced with its over-the-top projectile weapons, Manga-ish bosses, and a giant robot as the final boss. Gamers and Batman fans would definitely disown Return of The Joker if it was released today but it was a different time back in the 90's. A simpler time when games didn't have to make sense; as long as the game was fun to play and it worked well, that's all that matters.

[@thenightmare2495]

I played this game.via emulation on my phone a couple years ago and god damn it's one challenging bastard

[@LitReflex001]

OMG! I play drums and the original 80's batman game Sunsoft made ACTUALLY HAD SNARE DRUM, BASS DRUM AND TOM-TOMS. We all know that the SNES was the CHAMPION of music back in the day, but it's a fact that never in an SNES game did they properly simulate acoustic drums. Then in this ROTJ game, they add realistic bass! These people were geniuses!

[@LitReflex001]

Now for a drum fill

[@johncarnege]

Compared to early NES games...Those whom had eh music and kinda basic graphics.This is the best I've seen.

[@cugamer8862]

I beat this game multiple times. It didn't feel like a Batman game, but it was still an awesome game and a worthy addition to the franchise. It really was a huge step, it was the same kind of bridge between 8 bit and 16 bit that Donkey Kong Country was between 16 bit and the 64.

[@BryanX64]

More like 16 and 32-ish for DKC. It was a 2D game at heart. lol

[@OMundodosRetroGames]

The player couldn't resist to make Batman dance to this AWESOME MUSIC

[@TrippinDrago]

Woah, the animation are graphics are AMAZING!

[@sainttrunks1982]

Its a Shame, we only got the Batman the Return of Joker the Video game but not *Batman the return of Joker the Movie* in 1995. Instead we got the flop Batman Forever Movie. smh...

[@steamsound3592]

great game! graphics better than 16-bit version!!!

[@hideshisface1886]

The music in this one... Sounds very much like in Super Spy Hunter. Awesome.

[@s3savage]

Lovely game cannot forget the old days !!!!!

[@sergioferrerca]

Que gran y buen recuerdo me trae este juego. ❤❤❤❤

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

Sunsoft never failed to have excellent music

[@Foozefighter]

i remember borrowing a few nes cartridges from a friend and when i played this one i was just like wuuuuut is this!

[@WillKeaton]

I had the NES _Return of the Joker_ as a kid. Great game. Though, as I grew older, I developed the theory that it didn't start out life as a Batman game, but was an unrelated game turned into a _Batman_ game partway through production so it could be released before Sunsoft lost the _Batman_ license. The levels are not what I think of when I think of Gotham City. Caves, snowy mountains, that tropical island at the end. And the enemies seem to be mercenaries or robots, which isn't typically the type of enemy you'd expect Batman to fight. The stages and enemies feel more _Contra_ than _Batman_. And those tornado throwing wizards feel out of place with all the other enemies you fight. The two Joker fights have him pilot war machines, as though he was some mad scientist and not a mad clown. And then there's the fact that Batman shoots energy projectiles from a wrist mounted weapon. All this makes me think that Batman and Joker were put into another game late in development and the game then became what we know as _Batman: Return of the Joker._