Gaming Culture: A Journey Through the Ages with the highlights of the Batman Games genesis from the 1980s to the early 2000s

Batman fans everywhere have their eyes fixed on the DC Fandome event in order to reveal the new Batman game, along with the Rocksteady project for Suicide Squad, and on this occasion, let us accompany you on a journey that recalls the history of Batman games and how they began and developed through the ages.

Since 1939, the character Batman appeared to us in the comics presented by Bob Kane and Bill Finger as a knight to help Gotham City, which was plagued by the bullying of the corrupt and criminals, and helped the police to achieve justice, and then we saw this character in many movies and series. His extraordinary powers, chivalrous demeanor, and popularity made him an ideal video game character.

Batman 1986

The first Batman game we got was in the year 1986 from Ocean Software. It is an action and adventure game from an isometric developer, Jon Ritman worked on it with Bernie Drummond and was originally a single player game, but it was modified later to be played by two users. The goal of the game is to save "Robin" and you have to solve some puzzles. The game was released on Amstrad CPC & PCW, MSX and ZX devices, and the game got excellent reviews 37/40 from CVG and 93% from Crash

Batman: The Caped Crusader

In 1988, Special FX released the game Batman: The Caped Crusader, and it was released on devices such as Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST. It is the first Batman game to be released to America and was distinguished by its use of the comic book "comic book" style on the screen.

Batman: Return of the Joker

With the brightness of the star of Nintendo devices, it began to get its Batman games, such as the Batman: Return of the Joker game, which was released in 1991 for Game Boy, Genesis, NES devices from Sunsoft, a game that relies on correction and platforms and features boss fights at the end of each stage and a style of play inspired by the Megaman games and Contra The game's story begins with the Joker's escape from Arkham Asylum, and you have to defeat five bosses in order to ensure Gotham's security.

Batman: The Animated Series

In 1993 Konami launched Batman: The Animated Series for the Game Boy, based on the animated series of the same name. Includes 5 stages of side shooting and includes Robin as a playable character.

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Our entry into the new millennium and technical development did not satisfy the Batman games and the series of failure continued. In the year 2000 Ubisoft released Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker for Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation based on the animation movie of the same name that adopts side shooting. Although it gave the player multiple options in the fighting style, the game was boring and full of repetition and joined the list of failed games.

Batman: Gotham City Racer

Here Ubisoft decided to experiment with racing, so it released Batman: Gotham City Racer in 2001 for the Playstation, and with the villains surviving Arkham Asylum, Batman has to bring them back, relying on his car, during 51 different missions. Every mission you will complete a goal. It is true it gets repetitive but the excitement of driving the Batmobile is there and that made it a bit worthwhile then.

The story of the emergence of Batman games, which was unable to find its way to reach what this hero deserves of embodying a game bearing his name. These games either failed or were received moderately, with few successes. But this does not mean surrender, does it?