<s>
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Caped	I-Application
Crusader	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Special	O
FX	O
Software	O
(	O
Jonathan	O
Smith	O
,	O
Zach	O
Townsend	O
,	O
Charles	O
Davies	O
,	O
and	O
Keith	O
Tinman	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
of	O
three	O
unrelated	O
Batman	B-Application
games	O
released	O
by	O
Ocean	O
,	O
after	O
Batman	B-Application
in	O
1986	O
and	O
preceding	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Movie	I-Application
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
California-based	O
Quicksilver	O
Software	O
;	O
it	O
requires	O
a	O
128k	O
IIe	O
or	O
IIc	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Caped	I-Application
Crusader	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
adventure	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
unique	O
style	O
,	O
innovated	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Smith	O
and	O
Charles	O
Davies	O
,	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
action	O
as	O
though	O
it	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
concept	O
was	O
expanded	O
upon	O
by	O
Sega	O
's	O
Comix	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
seven	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
further	O
notable	O
feature	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
independently	O
playable	O
parts	O
in	O
which	O
Batman	B-Application
is	O
faced	O
with	O
two	O
of	O
his	O
most	O
well-known	O
adversaries	O
:	O
"	O
A	O
Bird	O
In	O
The	O
Hand	O
"	O
featuring	O
the	O
Penguin	O
and	O
"	O
A	O
Fete	O
Worse	O
Than	O
Death	O
"	O
which	O
involved	O
the	O
Joker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
involves	O
Batman	B-Application
using	O
punches	O
and	O
kicks	O
and	O
his	O
batarang	O
(	O
a	O
thrown	O
weapon	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fight	O
the	O
villains	O
 '	O
henchmen	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
also	O
gave	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
's	O
graphics	O
over	O
the	O
C64	O
's	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
emphasises	O
mazes	O
and	O
puzzles	O
over	O
beating	O
up	O
bad	O
guys	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
did	O
not	O
quite	O
meet	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
