Batman The Movie – Spectrum +3 Disc Game

Batman (also known as Batman: The Movie) is an action video game developed and published by Ocean Software based on the 1989 film of the same name. It was released on September 11, 1989, for the ZX Spectrum.

Batman Spectrum +3 Disc Game Gameplay

The game consists of five levels based on events from the film. Each stage has a time limit and a health gauge (represented by Batman’s face turning into the Joker’s), with Batman losing a life if he runs out of either. The levels have varying gameplay:

1. In the first level, styled as side-scrolling gameplay, Batman fights through the Axis Chemical Plant to confront Jack Napier, knocking him into a vat of chemicals and turning him into the Joker. Batman can use his Batarangs and grapple gun to defeat enemies. The grapple gun can also climb to higher platforms and swing across gaps.
2. In the second level, Batman drives his Batmobile across Gotham City, dodging traffic and using a grapple to turn corners at high speed. Missing three consecutive turns causes Batman to run into a police roadblock and costs the player one life, regardless of the timer and health gauge.
3. The third level is a Mastermind-like puzzle set in the Batcave, in which Batman is presented with eight consumer products and must identify the three that the Joker has tainted with the deadly chemical Smilex. The player chooses three items at a time and is told how many are correct; a health penalty is incurred for selecting any incorrect items.
4. The fourth level takes place during the Joker’s parade, in which Batman must fly the Batwing and cut away balloons filled with Smilex gas without crashing into them or the floats to which they are tethered.
5. In the fifth and final level, styled similarly to the first, Batman climbs to the top of Gotham City Cathedral and must stop the Joker from escaping on a helicopter

Game Awards

Batman received a host of awards, including Crash Smash, YS Megagame, SU Classic and C+VG Hit.  The game was number 1 in the Spectrum charts for February 1990 and was awarded Game of the Year in Crash magazine.

This Spectrum +3 Disc game is extremly rare collectable, excellent memorabilia for collectors.  Original release retro game is complete and intact in its own case with its instructions, and still in excellent  condition, extremly super rare and highly collectible worldwide.

Batman Spectrum +3 Disc Ocean Software

Batman Original Disc
Original instructions
Original Disc

What’s it like today?
Rarity: Extremly Rare
Typical value: £24.95
Boxed & Mint: £32.99-£169.95

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