<s>
Batman	B-Application
Forever	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	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
publisher	O
at	O
roughly	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
game	O
from	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Batman	B-Application
&	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
movie	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
plays	O
as	O
either	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
or	O
Robin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
mode	O
called	O
"	O
training	O
mode	O
"	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
play	O
as	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
,	O
Robin	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
found	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
against	O
either	O
a	O
computer-controlled	O
opponent	O
,	O
against	O
a	O
second	O
player	O
,	O
or	O
cooperatively	O
against	O
two	O
computer	O
opponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
kinds	O
of	O
co-op	O
modes	O
in	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
chose	O
between	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
or	O
Robin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
one	O
mode	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
and	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
work	O
together	O
and	O
cannot	O
harm	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
share	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
another	O
mode	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
and	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
can	O
attack	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
,	O
need	O
to	O
look	O
out	O
for	O
enemies	O
and	O
have	O
separate	O
credit	O
counts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
co-op	O
mode	O
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Game	O
Gear	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
Genesis/Mega	O
Drive	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
very	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
Genesis	O
versions	O
,	O
though	O
Batman	B-Application
and	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
appear	O
in	O
their	O
movie	O
attire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Game	O
Gear	O
versions	O
do	O
away	O
with	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
puzzle-solving	O
of	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
PC	O
,	O
and	O
Genesis	O
versions	O
and	O
opt	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
platform	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acclaim	O
used	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
technology	O
to	O
animate	O
the	O
digitized	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warner	O
Bros	O
acquired	O
Acclaim	O
's	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
technology	O
for	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
before	O
Acclaim	O
used	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
praised	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
version	O
as	O
having	O
graphics	O
that	O
are	O
virtually	O
identical	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Genesis	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
but	O
overall	O
dismissed	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
poor	O
controls	O
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
"	O
Punching	O
enemies	O
is	O
nothing	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
delayed	O
sequence	O
that	O
continues	O
well	O
after	O
the	O
enemy	O
is	O
dead.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
panned	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
as	O
the	O
worst	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
Batman	B-General_Concept
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frank	O
Snyder	O
of	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Review	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
actual	O
experience	O
of	O
playing	O
Batman™	O
Forever	O
is	O
n't	O
much	O
better	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
watching	O
the	O
movie.	O
"	O
</s>
