This music goes outside of itself. Doesnt make me even think Genesis. It transcends outside of its body.

why is this accurate

I could never get past the first level either, but man the sound test. If The Lion King had tracks like this then I wouldn't be nearly as salty at the hippos as I am to this day.

I beat the whole game and to be honest the game is so chaotic but the music just makes it 5 times more intense it’s insanely good

Agreed!

The graphics are still fucking amazing.

its pretty trippy tbh

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In 2022, I managed to beat the game on an Analogue Mega SG, without save states. First time I played it was in 1999. My life is now complete :D

He was feeling it 🤣

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Only people from the 90s can understand

technically it's pretty impressive, but gameplay-wise I found it hella repetitive and lacking

i wouldnt go that far, the soundtrack is cool but cant compare with any Arkham game, from any other point of view.

you mean that game where you mash the counter button and kill everyone

Yep, one of the best Batman games ever.

I prefer Sunsoft's Batman on the NES.

Yeah, it was the right way to go about it. The SNES game (by Konami) does a soundtrack more like the show. It's OK, nothing amazing. The thing I always thought was weird is the Genesis game feels more like a Konami game than the SNES game does. Huge bosses, great graphics, crazy FM music, ridiculous-but-fair difficulty--in a lot of ways it is very Konami-like. The SNES game is just a boring beat-em-up platformer thing.

Yeah, it is really weird. The SNES game is beautiful and sounds just like the cartoon, but the actual combat is so boring. I need to get my hands on the Genesis version of this.

***** Be forewarned, the Genesis version, while more fun than the SNES version, is extremely hard, and long. REALLY long. DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL described it as ridiculous-but-fair, I don't see how it's fair at all, just ridiculously hard. XD

Gender Neutral Chibi Thing Long? it can be "easily" beaten in one sitting, as many games from that era. No one will say that it's not hard, but it's nothing impossible or cheap.

I would say it's on the longer end of a game from that era, though. The overhead shooter level is ludicrously long. Aside from that it's nothing absurd but the difficulty level makes it feel brutal. I agree though, that the difficulty is steep but fair and the game is "learnable." Which is why I maintain it's more like a Konami game than the game Konami actually released on SNES. A tough game but winnable once you understand its patterns and strategy. I have yet to beat it but I feel it's because I haven't put enough time into it, not because it's impossible, and I'm a big fan of that in my games. I sometimes think gamers are spoiled today with autosaves and no real game overs. Game overs build character! Having to start over from the beginning made me the man I am today! :)

It was Jesper!!!? Wow, I would never suppose... It's damn acid, totally not his style:)

​ @геннадий яковенко ​ геннадий яковенко Он разносторонен и его саунд получается всегда к теме. Здесь просто ритмичный экшен и динамика зашкаливает! Браво, Кьюд!

Understatement my friend.

@@user-cp6zk9sn8v Вспомни саундтрек из MDK2, вот где кислота и техно от Джеса зашкаливает!

@@DenZEL_Vertigo Спасибо за наводку!)

It has a lot of limitations, but soundtracks like this make one forget about it...

@@Chalkaspis When the Genesis sound chip is used like this, i vastly prefer it over the snes chip. the synth sound is just incredible here.

@@showsjohn Yeah, but it only does once in lifetime, while SNES is like that all the time.

@@Chalkaspis I dunno about that, plenty of great sounding Genesis games and some mediocre sounding SNES games.

@@showsjohn That works both ways.

a two sides story is very hard :'(

fuck yeah

I never got passed Mr Freeze :/

Nah, it's easy enough when you remember the pattern.

6 continues and I still losing :(

That's awesome man! It really shows and still holds up today by my standards! It's so great!

It's not an interview, it was an email conversation over 6 years ago

This soundtrack is so abrasive and harsh it's kinda adorable. Genesis was best with techno.

Can you remember any of the tricks he used? I still remember playing this in 1995 and being amazed as to what he could do with the YM2612 soundchip.

@Birm True, harsh grimy synths and all that, why I loved it. @Bradley I think he used custom sound chips built into the cartridge. Anyone who wants to check out other cool stuff he did with the Genesis, look up his demo song "Zyrinx" for the Sega 32x. I really wanna get me a 32x....

This shit was so good that when I played it after it came out, i remembered the music, but was too mad at the game I rented being too hard to enjoy it lol. Remembering it now on proper sound hardware, I am completely blown away how insanely good this OST is. It's completely removed from being on Genesis or a console, it's just absolutely incredible on it's own.

I mean, playing this for hours on end is probably why I actually like that kind of music as an adult. So, I don't think you're too off base. Hahaha

@@Imadumbdoodoohead techno why is called industrial if the fm synth can make those noises

It said he made dark eletronic styled music for this game

Fm synth

Imagine if this music played in fm radio

Yes, it was a bit difficult. Amazing game though. Soundtrack is fire.

Last episode was really hard, the others were someway achievable to pass

Jasper Kyd has that power. But even since this game came out I have not forgot the music. You don't get that too often.

Very different styles of music though. Maybe unfair to compare?

@@gorgogrottan title games soundtrack dude

sick bass

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Sounds great indeed. It's on par (dare I say even better than) with the Streets Of Rage tracks.

​@Death1121 What makes me sad is I feel like this theme was so bad ass that it should have been either a sub boss theme or a standard boss theme. It really didn't need to go that hard in the first level but it did and it was awesome.

That's what classic means.

Same here. Great memories!

Same!

Genesis always had such amazing potential for music. It's just that most people didn't know how to make it work, and just did whatever.

Also very hard game to beat.

@@digimaks I'll likely never be able to beat it, but I never not have a blast playing it. just a fantastic game, and one of the greatest games of the 16 bit era.

@@showsjohn How far are you through? Imho, the last level is not the hardest; methodologically, it's more manageable and predictable than level 3 electric onslaught.

@@user-se5qr8zr8l Not very far. The farthest I ever get is the flying shoot em up level. The previous level usually kicks my butt which costs me all my lives, and I'm terrible at shoot em games.

@@showsjohn 2-2 auto-scroller? Don't give up. It's not a "proper", classical shmup; a rather unusual experience. I'm too terrible at shmups (I usually give up beating level 1 in all shmups, the sense of grind is simply overwhelming), but I can beat this 2-2 section without losses quite easily. Health management is the key. Learn which enemies drop hearts and grab them often. Use overcharge powerup properly (wait to recharge, shoot in proper rythm) to clear the whole screen and destroy the overly tanky jets (in clouded section) quickly, before they team up. The level is long and uninspiring imho, but the flying fortress boss is absolutely hillarious! (A lot of health and weapon drops; you could absorb a lot of cheap damage, prioritize your picks) BTW, the previous ("elevator") section is one of the most predictable in the game ))) It's really easy to exploit. Again, health management. EACH barrel drops a lot of health -> don't shoot them high above; wait till it drops, evade, destroy -> restore health; herd the punchers to one side, switch position, dive-kick, shoot them in the back. With this simple tactic you'll have a lot of health to absorb all stray bullets from shooting guys - but still kill them first. Also the shooters always spawn in the same positions; stay in that spot, in most cases you'll be able to kill either left/right one before he decends; the green weapon is preferrable for this (less spread, quicker kill), but you should prioritize the choice based on the main threat of this level - the turrets during the boss encounter; they're hard to hit when swaying in late phase, but very dangerous with their zoning effect. You should decide if you can steadily hit them with greens, or rather fallback to red weapon stack, with less DPS but higher cheap damage.

Hell Yeah!!

do it!

Yeah, that guy, and in my humble opinion, this stuff is actually better.

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@@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL His soundtrack for Freedom Fighters is also pretty rad. It's like Vangelis, but more lively.

@@scottkeegan8871 vangelis is awesome. Love that guy.

Ahhh, that's why his name sounds familiar. He did some fantastic stuff for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Last boss mr freeze song is pretty good

This is it. Love it!

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Heres two versions that sound better

Its fm synthesizer emulated instruments is boring make your own cool sounds

SHARK, doo doo doo doo doo SHARK, SHARK, doo doo doo doo doo

Haha you are nuts noticing that

Eric Cartman: KICKAAAS

That's an overstatement if I ever saw one. Definitely not the best soundtrack or game ever created but certainly a great game with a great soundtrack.

seriously if you want to get mad at some bullshit go read the wikipedia page for this and check the review section. all just whining idiot reviewers complaining the game is "repetitive" (because contra, a universally loved game, is super varied or something right) and people whining about how its UNFAIR that all the enemies gang up and attack all at once. this game deserved better, best goddamn batman game ive ever played, at least in the 16 bit and prior era

Basically game music that take advantage of the fact that the Genesis is literally a synthesizer tend to sound the best. Games that tried to do "realistic" sounds tended to fall flat while stuff like this still bumps today.

It's worth noting that the Genesis's sound chip is an FM synth - a Yamaha FM synth to be precise - and it's pretty much just a downgraded version of the chip used in Yamaha's own legendary DX7 synth. When those things are programmed right, they sound INCREDIBLE. Now I don't know anything about Genesis programming, but I'm sure that if someone could program a DX7 back in the day, they could do WONDERS on the Genesis.

What? Look at the Journey to Silius!!! NES game with sound from far far future!!! And what you will say about Genesis's sound is the best ater listening this NES game ost!!!

+DUSTINODELLOFFFICIAL I'm surprised by your comment because the Genesis has no issue doing various "real instruments" such as drums, guitars, organs, trumpets... many of them usually sounding better than SNES in my opinion. And for the instruments which are harder to do on its FM/PSG channel, then there's always the PCM solution through the DAC.

It sounds great for any console, Snes had a lot of games that sounded bad too.

Actually jesper did aws pro moves soccer music using zyrinx driver

+Ryan Ali I also have Sub-Terrania on my channel and I just uploaded a Saturn soundtrack of his, Scorcher

+Ryan Ali It was also the soundtrack for the game red zone on genesis

Red Zone, Subterrania, MDK2... Yeah, Kyd is awesome!

It`s very simple thing) Jesper came to us from the Danish demo scene team SILENTS if you didn`t knew ;) Here we can easily notice even some parts that later were used in the game "SubTerrania" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcCEobVkq9a5dXU.html&ab_channel=RetroDemoScene

@@DenZEL_Vertigo aws pro soccer uses the zyrinx driver as well for music

The SNES game was initially going use the show's original name, "Batman: The Animated Series". It was only renamed because the show had already gotten to the "Batman & Robin" season by the time the game was released.

kinda fells like degradation for me

Ohhhhh

hi

I don't think that was Yuzo, that was another composer. I like SoR3's weird soundtrack but the remixed tracks in the remake are much better.

Well I can't edit my comment but I checked and yeah he did some. xD

Motohiro Kawashima from SOR2's Expander (in)fame(y) did most of SOR3's soundtrack

+ben owen What? Motohiro Kawashima's tracks are the only well composed tracks in the game. Yuzo's tracks were composed by a music generating program that he wrote. They're fucking awful!