<s>
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
movie	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subtitle	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
differentiate	O
it	O
from	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
,	O
another	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
published	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
at	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acclaim	O
first	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
American	O
Coin	O
Machine	O
Exposition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
first	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
Sega	O
's	O
"	O
Titan	O
"	O
technology	O
,	O
the	O
hardware	O
which	O
formed	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
32X	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
and	O
home	O
versions	O
,	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
port	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Probe	O
Entertainment	O
after	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Acclaim	O
announced	O
their	O
partnership	O
in	O
1995	O
that	O
included	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
three	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
later	O
licensed	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
after	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
and	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
that	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
port	O
was	O
originally	O
slated	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
around	O
the	O
third	O
quarter	O
of	O
1995	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
rescheduled	O
for	O
an	O
April/Q1	O
1996	B-Application
release	O
,	O
but	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
port	O
was	O
discontinued	O
sometime	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
praised	O
the	O
large	O
selection	O
of	O
elaborate	O
moves	O
and	O
combos	O
,	O
likening	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
series	O
in	O
this	O
respect	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
sprite	O
scaling	O
to	O
enable	O
a	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
movement	O
and	O
deeper	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
lacks	O
sufficient	O
innovation	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
aging	O
2D	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
conversion	O
received	O
mediocre	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
mostly	O
assessed	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
terms	O
rather	O
than	O
its	O
quality	O
as	O
a	O
conversion	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
is	O
missing	O
frames	O
of	O
animation	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
ups	I-Application
in	O
general	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
All	O
flash	O
,	O
and	O
absolutely	O
zero	O
substance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	B-Application
Nutter	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
poor	O
man	O
's	O
Guardian	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
except	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
quite	O
expensive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
,	O
while	O
having	O
little	O
but	O
criticism	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
fans	O
of	O
side-scrolling	B-Application
beat	I-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
ups	I-Application
should	O
try	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
rental	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
genre	O
had	O
largely	O
died	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
feature	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
are	O
identical	O
aside	O
from	O
minor	O
cosmetic	O
differences	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
differing	O
loading	O
screens	O
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
lacking	O
the	O
Batmobile	O
intro	O
's	O
screen	O
blurring	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePros	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
fun	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
simply	O
does	O
not	O
translate	O
to	O
the	O
home	O
console	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
