Batman - MAME machine

Arcade Video game kit published 36 years ago:

Batman © 1990 Atari Games.

Batman must save Gotham City from The Joker in this action game. In addition to the side-scrolling action stages, the game includes first-person Batmobile and Batwing sequences inspired by scenes from the movie.

TECHNICAL
GAME ID: 136085

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 14.31818 Mhz), MOS Technology 6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 9.037 Khz)

Players: 1
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2

TRIVIA
Batman was released on June 16, 1990 (Saturday) as a conversion kit only, at a price of 1,095 USD.

500 kits were produced in the United States and 101 kits in Ireland for distribution throughout Europe.

The storyline is based on the 1989 film of the same name directed by Tim Burton. The game features digitized sounds and voices from the movie, including samples of Batman (Michael Keaton) and the Joker (Jack Nicholson).

Mr. Kelly R. Flewin of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada holds the official records for this game with 178,000 points using 3 starting lives and 208,306 points using 7 starting lives, both achieved on June 1, 2008.

Michael Jackson owned this game. It was sold during the official Michael Jackson auction on April 24, 2009.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• When you push the test mode button, go to game options and set difficulty to Easy. Exit the test mode by pushing the test mode button. While in Gotham City (stage 1), enemies do not come out of the door, but they will again in later stages.

STAFF
Produced by Numega team.

Team Leader: John Ray
Design: Kelly Turner
Program: Kelly Turner, Norm Avellar
Artist: Will Noble, Mark West, Kris Moser, Chuck Eyler, Bridget Erdmann, Sharon Plotkin, Sean Murphy
Sound: John Paul

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