Batman

The Caped Crusader is in the Batcaves beneath Gotham City. Robin has been captured by Batman's adversaries, principally the Joker and with some cunning assistance from the Riddler. The only hope for escape is to assemble the trusty Batcraft whose parts lie scattered round the deadly catacombs beneath and then speed off to rescue Robin.

The Joker and the Riddler will do their upmost to prevent him from rescuing Robin and will place in his way a variety of deadly henchmen and confusing obstacles which will exert all his powers, both physical and mental, to achieve his task.

The Joker and the Riddler do not appear "in person" in the game, as Batman is all too familiar with their image. The henchmen they have selected are unfamiliar to Batman and this further complicates his task.

He slides down the Batpole into his lair but before he can leave he must colect his equipment, which includes Batboots, Batbelt and Batbag which he will need to meet the challenge ahead. Until he has completely collected these items he will be unable to commence his search for the pieces of the Batcraft.

The Joker will launch all manner of unfamiliar villains against Batman whilst he searches for the pieces of the Batcraft. As he makes his way through the variety of unfamiliar catacombs, some 150 or so, the Riddler will present him with many puzzles and objects he is equally unfamiliar with. Some of these objects will need to be collected for use on the mission and certain others will prove fatal. Batman will have to use all his power as a super sleuth to decide which objects to collect and which to ignore as he searches for the Batcraft and the ultimate goal of being able to rescue Robin.

Once the 7 missing parts of the Batcraft are located Batman will then have to search for the launch pad whereupon he can fire up the engines and commence the rescue. To help Batman in his most formidable of tasks he will on his travels be able to pick up extra powers. These powers are not everlasting but will allow Batman a temporary push of energy. Needless to say the Riddler has confused matters further by placing likenesses which are indistinguishable and should they be picked up they will negate any extra energies that Batman has been able to collect.

Batman can either increase his lives, run faster, jump higher or be completely shielded from the Joker's henchmen. Should he collect an article placed by the Riddler he will immediately lose all these extra powers and have to search further to renew them.

The successful assembly of the Batcraft is the object of the game.

# 2024-10-26 16:50:10 - official description

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