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This page details one or more prototype versions of Batman: The Video Game (NES).

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If the later prototype is around, document it and make subpages.

The early prototype of the NES Batman: The Video Game has very different cutscenes and even a different ending.

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  • 2Final Boss Battle
  • 6Intro Differences

First Boss Battle

The boss of stage 1 has twice the health in the prototype (and the final Japanese version).

Final Boss Battle

At this point, Firebug is the final boss, and Batman merely punches the Joker out in a cutscene. Someone evidently thought this was pretty lame, and the final has a proper climactic boss fight with the Joker.

Ending Music

The tracks below are played during the ending scene in the prototype: the first when Batman meets the Joker, the second when the Joker has been punched and everything goes black and white.

Debugging Features

Prototype stratos mac os catalina

Both are done on Controller 2, and are also present in the later prototype.

  • Press A to skip to the next stage.
  • Pressing Down will freeze the screen; pressing it again will unfreeze the action. This was likely to allow pictures to be taken easily for magazines.
(Source: Shizz Boss)

1-up

A 1-up is only present in the first area in Level 1. The graphics remain in the final, though.

Pause Screen Differences

Prototype
Final

Unlike the final, the prototype only shows your remaining lives when you enter a new area or lose a life. Also, the pause screen's font was changed from plain white to yellow with a gradient.

Intro Differences

Graphics

Prototype
Final

The final version, unlike the prototype, flickers between a text and background screen creating an interesting transparency effect. In the prototype, the background is positioned higher up to make room for the text. In addition, there is also a fog effect that goes over the moon.

Prototype
Final

The Joker's portrait was made smaller, has a different palette, and appears to be a different picture altogether.

Prototype
Final

Vicki's portrait was also made smaller and had a palette change.

This scene is only in the final and introduces the murder of Batman's parents to the story.

Text

Each piece of dialogue was changed so it starts with a unique graphic in orange of what's being described. Some line breaks were changed as well as entire sentences to get rid of awkward wording.

Prototype
Final
GOTHAM CITY --- IT'S A DARK,
DESERTED CITY GOVERNED BY
CRIME AND VIOLENCE.
THERE, THE WHOLE TOWN IS NOW
IN PREPARATION FOR THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY OF GOTHAM CITY
FESTIVAL.
GOTHAM CITY--IT'S A DARK,
DESERTED CITY GOVERNED
BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE. THE WHOLE
TOWN IS NOW IN PREPARATION
FOR THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY OF
THE GOTHAM CITY FESTIVAL.

The final didn't change anything too major, just some rewording.

Prototype
Final
SUDDENLY, JOKER, THE CITY'S
EVIL LEADER, APPEARS BY
SPREADING 'DDID' NERVE GAS
EVERYWHERE AND TRAPS THE
WHOLE GOTHAM CITY INTO A
COMPLETE TERROR AND CHAOS.
JOKER--THE CITY'S EVIL LEADER.
HE HAS SPREAD POISONOUS NERVE
GAS ALL OVER TOWN AND HAS
TERRORIZED THE POPULATION.

The reference of 'DDID' gas was removed, and some major Engrish was fixed.

Prototype
Final
MEANWHILE, VICKI VALE,
A SHREWD PHOTO JOURNALIST
TRACKING THE GAS BUSINESS
SCANDAL, IS KIDNAPED WITH
KEY INFORMATION IN HER HAND.
VICKI VALE--A SHREWD PHOTO
JOURNALIST TRACKING THE
POISON GAS MYSTERY IS
ENDANGERED MANY TIMES
BUT RESCUED EACH TIME BY A
MYSTERIOUS BLACK FIGURE,WHO,
IN FACT, IS......

The final no longer has Vicki kidnapped, and she no longer has key information. In addition, the final adds text to lead up to the next scene with Batman.

Level 1 Cutscene

At this point, the cutscene is Batman stopping a street thug to learn the whereabouts of Vicki. In the final, this was removed in favor of a short cutscene of Batman in his Batmobile.

Prototype
Final


Level 2 Cutscene

The final version actually retains some of the early cutscenes!

  • Prototype Only

These are only in the prototype. The third scene with the Batmobile appears to have identical graphics to the one in the final, but has subtle differences.

  • Scene Similarities
Prototype
Final
  • Found in Both

These two scenes are the only scenes both versions share.

Level 3 Cutscene

In contrast to the final, which contains only one scene here, the prototype uses four.

Prototype
Final

Level 4 Cutscene

Prototype
Final

Level 5 Cutscene

Prototype
Final


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Final Boss

The prototype's cutscene is shown when the player enters the boss room. Once the boss is beaten, the ending is shown. Since the Joker was added as a boss in the final, a further cutscene was added after the Level 5 boss.

Prototype
Final

Endings

Prototype Stratos Mac Os Catalina

Drastic changes were made to the ending, which was completely redone for the final.

Prototype
Final
The Batman series
NESThe Video Game (Prototype) • Return of the Joker • Batman Returns
Game Boy (Color)The Video Game • The Animated Series • Batman Forever • Beyond: Return of the Joker • Catwoman (Japanese Version)
SNESBatman • Batman Returns (Prototype) • The Adventures of Batman & Robin • Batman Forever • Revenge of the Joker
GenesisThe Video Game • Batman Returns • The Adventures of Batman & Robin • Batman Forever
Sega Master SystemBatman Returns
Game GearBatman Returns • The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Prototype) • Batman Forever
TurboGrafx-16Batman
Atari LynxBatman Returns
WindowsThe Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity Center • Arkham Asylum • LEGO Batman • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes • Arkham Knight • LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Mac OS ClassicThe Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity Center
PlayStationBatman & Robin • Gotham City Racer • Beyond: Return of the Joker
Game Boy AdvanceVengeance • Batman Begins • Catwoman
GameCubeCatwoman
PlayStation 2Catwoman
WiiThe Brave and the Bold • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Nintendo DSLEGO Batman
Plug & PlayThe Batman
PlayStation PortableLEGO Batman

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