Batman Returns (NES video game)

This article is about the Nintendo Entertainment System video game. For the other video games based on the eponymous film, see Batman Returns (video games).
Batman Returns
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Producer(s)Kuniaki Kinoshita
Designer(s)Teisaku Seki
Programmer(s)Toshiki Yamamura
Composer(s)Shigemasa Matsuo
Takashi Tateishi
Platform(s)Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • NA: January 1993
  • EU: May 1993
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

Batman Returns is a 1993 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is inspired by the Warner Bros.'s 1992 film of the same name. In the main storyline, Batman must confront both Catwoman and the Penguin.

Batman Returns on the NES was produced by Kuniaki Kinoshita and designed by Teisaku Seki, who had worked on Lagrange Point (1991). The music was scored by Shigemasa Matsuo and Takashi Tateishi, best known for his work in Mega Man 2. The game garnered average reception from critics, whom praised the soundtrack but most were divided regarding the visuals, controls, and gameplay.