 BATMAN

 Ocean Software 1986



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

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 AIM : Returning to the Batcaves after a hard day's crime-fighting,

 Batman finds that Robin has been kidnapped by his foes - the Joker and

 the Riddler. Worse is to come; the Batmobile has been dismantled to

 prevent any chance of Batman being able to follow the kidnappers.

 Batman must find the parts of the Batmobile to have any hope of

 rescuing Robin!



 GAMEPLAY : In addition to finding the Batmobile bits, Batman must

 also find his equipment - the Batboots, Batbelt, Bat-Thruster and

 Batbag. Until he has found these three items, he will be unable to

 track down the Batmobile. Once the seven parts of the Batmobile are

 located, Batman will then have to go to the launch pad whereupon he

 can fire up the engines and set off to rescue Robin.



 EQUIPMENT : Batman must first find these four items. They are

 indicated in the bottom right of the screen and will automatically be

 highlighted when collected:



 1. BATBOOTS - allow Batman to jump.

 2. BATBELT  - a low-gravity device which halves the speed of descent.

 3. BAT-THRUSTER - lets Batman have horizontal control when falling

                    but has no effect on the speed of his descent.

 4. BATBAG   - enables Batman to pick up, carry and drop items.

                However, they cannot be moved from the location they

                start in.



 EXTRA POWERS : Batman is able to collect temporary extra powers which

 will aid (or in one case, hinder) him in his mission:



 1. EXTRA LIFE

 2. ENERGY        - Increases movement speed

 3. SHIELDS       - Invulnerability

 4. JUMP          - Double-height jumping

 5. NEUTRALISER   - Cancels all extra powers. Avoid!



 BAT-SIGNALS : Or red herrings, as they are otherwise known. Touch one

 of these fish-like objects and it will vanish, storing the state of

 play. This allows you to restart the game at that point should you

 lose all your lives.



 COMMENTS : "A neatly finished game which does Batman proud".

 RATING : 92% (CRASH #28, May 1986)



 NOW : Still quite a nice game. I think it was converted to the Atari

 ST at one time (although I may be wrong), so it has possibly already

 made a 16-bit appearance.

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 KEYS : Left  -  O                      }

        Right -  P                      } Joystick controls

        Up    -  Q                      }

        Down  -  A                      }

        Jump  -  Bottom row, SPACE      - Joystick fire



        Pause -  1

