<s>
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Video	I-Application
Game	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
platform	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Sunsoft	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1989	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
title	O
is	O
arguably	O
the	O
best	O
known	O
and	O
contains	O
five	O
levels	O
culminating	O
in	O
a	O
final	O
showdown	O
with	O
the	O
Joker	O
in	O
the	O
bell	O
tower	O
of	O
Gotham	O
Cathedral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sunsoft	O
later	O
released	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
as	O
a	O
follow-up	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
related	O
to	O
any	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
unusual	O
in	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
largely	O
to	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Sunsoft	O
's	O
Batman	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
features	O
the	O
grappling	B-Application
hook	I-Application
,	O
Batman	B-Application
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
wall	O
jump	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Ryu	O
Hayabusa	O
's	O
wall	O
scaling	O
in	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Batman	B-Application
and	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Caped	I-Application
Crusader	I-Application
were	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
movie	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
defeats	O
the	O
Joker	O
in	O
the	O
ending	O
cut-scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
has	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allgame	O
editor	O
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
superhero	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
listed	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
Batman	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
is	O
also	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
players	O
and	O
reviewers	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
difficult	O
games	O
ever	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
500,000	O
copies	O
by	O
December	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
title	O
for	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Sunsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
,	O
its	O
plot	O
has	O
more	O
similarities	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
title	O
holds	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
78.75	O
%	O
on	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Batman	B-Application
attacking	O
with	O
a	O
gun	O
and	O
is	O
arguably	O
the	O
least	O
related	O
title	O
to	O
the	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
Engine	O
is	O
an	O
action-puzzle	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Sunsoft	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
