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(More customer reviews)I was actually quite surprised by how much fun this is to play.
You play Batman in one of 5 episodes. Each episode is a new criminal. You must unlock the first 4 episodes to play the fifth. I have unlocked it, and won't give the criminal away, but it is only 2 levels. Every other episode has 5 levels before you meet the criminal face to face.
All episodes have a lot of the same concepts and graphics. You may be running room to room solving mysteries and beating up bad guys. Other times you are in the bat boat shooting the baddies and obstacles. Sometimes you are outside fighting bad guys and trying to reach the end of the level. Once you played the first level, that is the same music you will get the rest of the game.
As repetitive as it sounds, it was actually fun to bat-a-rang and beat up the bad guys, solve mysteries to open locked doors, and other puzzles. It wasn't just mindless repetition. The grappling hook helps batman climb levels or swing to spots too high to jump. Very cool item.
The controller saves your progress after you finish each level of a mission. It does not save after a "bat" checkpoint. Checkpoints only save a spot on the game in case you get killed. This prevents you from starting the whole level over. Nor could you save at any point. The controller shape is very good so I didn't have comfort issues with it.
It does engage you quite a bit as some of the game levels are challenging, if not frustrating. It engrossed me a long while and now find myself wanting to solve the levels to play the last episode. There are objectives here and mild story lines.
In short, this has potential to be a far more robust game, but was made with that late 1980's retro look and feel. I wish TV Games would gear up for us older, and more serious gamers. They need to start using TV resolution of 480 x 720. 16 bit color and sound would help.
I only gave it 4 stars because they could have done much more with this controller and the game. The music wasn't very diverse but doesn't get on your nerves either. All things considered, a definite "must have" for your TV Games collection.
TIP: At some point you have to jump rooftops. A few of those spaces are too far apart to jump. You will need the grapnel hook. Press and hold "X", and aim on the diagonal, then release "X" to fire. Swing to safety.
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From the dark alleys and grim side streets of Gotham City comes The Batman TV Games. Play as the Dark Knight using all of your gadgets, vehicles and night-crawling abilities in 25 harrowing episodes to save Gotham City. Requires 4 "AA" batteries (not included).
Features:
Defend Gotham City in 25 different locations spread across 5 episodes
Defeat The Joker, The Penguin, Bane, Mr. Freeze or Firefly to advance
Engage in hand-to-hand combat, platform adventure, driving, vehicular combat and detective work
Come back to unfinished games with a memory save option
Practice hand-to-hand combat moves including jabs, hooks, kicks, punches and more
Control many of Batman's experimental gadgets like flame throwers and bat-gloves
Acquire special power moves after filling your 'Hero' meter
Enjoy different levels: Crime fighter (Easy), Caped Crusader (Medium) and Dark Knight (Hard)
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