<s>
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2001	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
superhero	O
of	B-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
same	I-General_Concept
name	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
The	O
New	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
Adventures	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
most	O
actors	O
from	O
the	O
show	O
reprising	O
their	O
roles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
centers	O
on	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
's	O
investigation	O
of	O
the	O
Joker	O
's	O
apparent	O
death	O
after	O
their	O
latest	O
encounter	O
,	O
while	O
having	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
other	O
villains	O
and	O
their	O
schemes	O
,	O
all	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
larger	O
plot	O
orchestrated	O
by	O
the	O
Clown	O
Prince	O
of	O
Crime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
saves	O
a	O
woman	O
named	O
Mary	O
from	O
a	O
bomb	O
placed	O
by	O
the	O
Joker	O
at	O
Gotham	O
Chemicals	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
holding	O
her	O
son	O
hostage	O
for	O
ransom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
transmitter	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
tracks	O
down	O
the	O
Joker	O
and	O
Mary	O
to	O
a	O
partially	O
demolished	O
Gotham	O
Bridge	O
,	O
where	O
she	O
is	O
unmasked	O
as	O
Harley	O
Quinn	O
and	O
the	O
kidnapping	O
scheme	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
plot	O
to	O
trap	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
defeats	O
the	O
Joker	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
latter	O
falls	O
off	O
the	O
bridge	O
to	O
his	O
apparent	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suspicious	O
that	O
the	O
Joker	O
survived	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
lets	O
Harley	O
escape	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
monitor	O
her	O
using	O
the	O
transmitter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
and	O
Batgirl	O
are	O
alerted	O
to	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
pursuing	O
Freeze	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
uncovers	O
Evers	O
 '	O
dealings	O
with	O
the	O
Joker	O
,	O
who	O
funded	O
his	O
research	O
after	O
his	O
initial	O
government	O
funding	O
was	O
cut	O
because	O
of	O
Promethium	O
being	O
unstable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
saving	O
Evers	O
and	O
defeating	O
Freeze	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
discovers	O
Poison	O
Ivy	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
species	O
of	O
super-plants	O
infested	O
with	O
deadly	O
worms	O
,	O
and	O
tracks	O
her	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
remains	O
of	O
Gotham	O
Chemicals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
defeats	O
Ivy	O
and	O
obtains	O
an	O
antidote	O
to	O
save	O
her	O
victims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
witnesses	O
the	O
Joker	O
's	O
goons	O
hijacking	O
a	O
blimp	O
and	O
speaks	O
with	O
Harley	O
,	O
who	O
informs	O
him	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
operating	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
since	O
the	O
Joker	O
's	O
apparent	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
foiling	O
their	O
plan	O
to	O
send	O
explosive	O
Joker	O
toys	O
into	O
the	O
city	O
's	O
sewers	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
finds	O
an	O
abducted	O
Issac	O
Evers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
hands	O
Evers	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
police	O
,	O
Commissioner	O
Gordon	O
is	O
hit	O
with	O
a	O
batarang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blamed	O
for	O
the	O
attack	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
escapes	O
from	O
the	O
police	O
and	O
concludes	O
that	O
Harley	O
is	O
behind	O
everything	O
since	O
the	O
Joker	O
's	O
apparent	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disguising	O
himself	O
as	O
a	O
drifter	O
to	O
avoid	O
police	O
attention	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
investigates	O
the	O
Joker	O
's	O
former	O
hideout	O
and	O
finds	O
evidence	O
hinting	O
at	O
his	O
survival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
tracking	O
the	O
stolen	O
blimp	O
to	O
the	O
Gasworks	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
confronts	O
a	O
still-living	O
Joker	O
,	O
having	O
faked	O
his	O
death	O
to	O
exact	O
his	O
true	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
secretly	O
manipulated	O
Evers	O
,	O
Freeze	O
,	O
Ivy	O
,	O
and	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
into	O
fulfilling	O
his	O
goals	O
to	O
mass-produce	O
a	O
flammable	O
Joker	O
toxin	O
developed	O
from	O
Promethium	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
intends	O
to	O
spread	O
throughout	O
the	O
city	O
's	O
sewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
shuts	O
off	O
the	O
city	O
's	O
pipe	O
network	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
the	O
toxin	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Joker	O
attempts	O
to	O
escape	O
in	O
the	O
blimp	O
and	O
spread	O
the	O
toxin	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
subduing	O
Harley	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
stows	O
aboard	O
the	O
blimp	O
and	O
stops	O
the	O
toxin	O
from	O
being	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
last	O
resort	O
,	O
the	O
Joker	O
tries	O
to	O
crash	O
the	O
blimp	O
into	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
but	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
destroys	O
the	O
blimp	O
and	O
saves	O
the	O
Joker	O
from	O
falling	O
to	O
his	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
villains	O
are	O
incarcerated	O
at	O
Arkham	B-Application
Asylum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
meets	O
an	O
apologetic	O
Gordon	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
discovered	O
Harley	O
threw	O
the	O
batarang	O
,	O
and	O
thanks	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
for	O
saving	O
Gotham	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-General_Concept
retreats	O
to	O
look	O
out	O
over	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Bat-Signal	O
appears	O
behind	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vengeance	O
took	O
environmental	O
and	O
character	O
designs	O
from	O
The	O
New	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
Adventures	O
,	O
and	O
starred	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
voice	O
cast	O
from	O
both	O
it	O
and	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Animated	I-Application
Series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	O
cast	O
includes	O
Kevin	O
Conroy	O
as	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
,	O
Mark	O
Hamill	O
as	O
the	O
Joker	O
,	O
Tara	O
Strong	O
as	O
Batgirl	O
,	O
Diane	O
Pershing	O
as	O
Poison	O
Ivy	O
,	O
Michael	O
Ansara	O
as	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
across	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Lundrigan	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
things	O
going	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
still	O
comes	O
up	O
short	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
key	O
areas.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
nominated	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
for	O
its	O
2001	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Original	O
Musical	O
Composition	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Tropico	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
Batman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
540,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
