Batman: The Video Game

Batman: The Video Game is a platformer that has five levels. The game has a feature that was unusual in side-scrolling platformers at the time, largely to the NES itself. Unlike Sunsoft's Batman for the Mega Drive/Genesis , that features the grappling hook , Batman has the ability to do a wall jump , which is reminiscent of wall scaling in Ninja Gaiden . He is able to use three projectile weapons: the batarang , batdisk, and batpoon, which are powered by pellet cartridges.

Though officially tied to the 1989 live-action adaptation, the plot bears very little resemblance to the story of the film. The stages consist of the Gotham City Streets, Axis Chemical Plant, Gotham Sewers, Mysterious Laboratory, and the Gotham Cathedral Belltower. A number of notable DC Universe villains appear as low-level minions, including Deadshot , KGBeast , Maxie Zeus , Heat Wave , Shakedown, and Nightslayer . The bosses are Killer Moth , a device called the Machine Intelligence System, Electrocutioner , a machine known as the Dual-Container Alarm, Firebug , and the Joker .

The penultimate boss will be skipped in the continued play if the player reached the Joker previously, so the Joker can be fought directly next time.