“Batman in Video Games: A History” - ‘Batman Returns', from the Big Screen to the Bit Screen: As more Batman centric video games were being made and gaining popularity in this medium, including 1991's 'Batman: Return of the Joker', with the success of 1989's 'Batman', adaptations from movies and television shows dominated the remainder of 1990s video games. Perhaps the most popular was October 1992's game 'Batman Returns', based on Tim Burton’s sequel live action film, that had eight different d

“Batman in Video Games: A History” - America's First 'Batman' Game: After Batman’s first 8 bit monochrome video game, exclusive to the European market, from 1986, two years later in 1988, 'Batman: The Caped Crusader' was developed by Jonathan Smith, Charles Davies and Keith Tinman of Special FX Software, the first Batman centric game to hit North America. For the compatibility of ZX Spectrum, Ocean Software released a version for the 8-bit home computers and Data East for Commodore Amiga and App

“Batman in Video Games: A History” - Simply 'Batman': 35 years ago on November 11, 1986, the Dark Knight had his first video game release in classic 8-bit form in the European market. Entitled simply 'Batman‘, the puzzle solving arcade adventure game was 3D isometric written by Bernie Drummond and programmed by Jon Ritman, released under the Batman license by Ocean software. Fitting right into a 1980s Batman comic book, while repairing Batman's car, Robin the Boy Wonder has been kidnapped by Jok