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The History of Batman Games (Patreon)

Published:
2026-06-01 08:00:14
Imported:
2026-06

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Welcome to the latest episode of Past Games, a Patreon-exclusive monthly series that uncovers the histories of 2026's biggest and most consequential gaming anniversaries. New episodes premiere on the first Monday of each month.

This Month on Past Games: The History of Batman Games

Act 1: The Sloppy Early Years of Batman Games

Act 2: The Origins of Batman: Arkham Games

Act 3: The Rise, Fall, and Maybe Return of Batman Games

Guests:

Chris Panella: defense reporter and author of the upcoming Batman: Arkham City for Boss Fight Books

Act 1: The Sloppy Early Years of Batman Games

List of video games featuring Batman (Wiki)

Boss Fight Books (https://bossfightbooks.com)

Chris Panella (Bluesky)

Why is the Arkham series the exception rather than the norm? (IGN)

Batman (1986) (Wiki)

Batman 4K Walkthrough, 1986, ZX Spectrum, RZX Archive (theAlfest/YouTube)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy review - breezy but unfocused action (Eurogamer)

DCAU (Wiki)

Jim Lee (Wiki)

Batman: Return of the Joker (NES) Playthrough (NintendoComplete on YouTube)

BATMAN (1989) The Video Games - Retrospective / Review (Oliver Harper on YouTube)

Batman (1989): Mass Marketing a Superhero (Medium)

Batman: The Dark Knight (video game) (Wiki)

Batman's Cancelled The Dark Knight Game - Unseen64 (Did You Know Gaming/YouTube)

Canceled Dark Knight Batman Game by Monolith (2009–2010) (Batman Arkham Videos/YouTube)

Creating The Ultimate Post-9/11 Allegory: The Dark Knight on Risk and Terror (Like Stories of Old on YouTube)

Lego Batman review (Eurogamer)

LEGO Batman Review (IGN)

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (Wiki)

Act 2: The Origins of Batman: Arkham Games

Urban Chaos: Riot Response Review (GameSpot)

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (Wiki)

Batman: The Animated Series (JustWatch)

Batman: The Animated Series (IMDB)

Arleen Sorkin, actor who inspired and originated Harley Quinn, dead at 67 (Business Insider)

Why Did So Many Unreal Engine 3 Games Look So 'Wet'? (DF Clips on YouTube)

The History Of The Word "Metroidvania" And How It Spread (Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!))

Act 3: The Rise, Fall, and Maybe Return of Batman Games

Batman: Arkham Asylum review (Eurogamer)

Batman: Arkham City review (GamesRadar)

Batman: Arkham City – review (The Guardian)

Escape from New York (JustWatch)

Batman: Arkham Origins Review (IGN)

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (IGN)

Batman: Arkham Knight review: the good fight (Polygon)

Batman: Arkham Knight review – a richly empowering comic book fantasy (The Guardian)

Batman: Arkham Knight Review (GameSpot)

How to Play the Batman Arkham Games in Chronological Order (IGN)

Batman: Arkham VR (IGN)

Batman: Arkham Shadow (IGN)

Gotham Knights Review (IGN)

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Review (GameInformer)

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Review (GameInformer)

Bubsy and Batman? Bodacious! (The Resties on Patreon)

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Goositrous

Kerbal Space Program had its first public release in June 2011, so that’s a 15 year anniversary. Long checkered history with that game and all the drama with the sequel, maybe there’s an episode there

Elyse

Adored this episode! I was a certified Batman (and particularly the Bat Family) sicko up until the New 52 happened, which somehow obliterated my interest in the comics in general. But the Arkham games, the Batman telltale game, and the Lego Batman games are some of my all-time favorite games. I had many paragraphs written in the comment that I just deleted because I have a very bad habit of becoming WAY too passionate about DC comics in a way nobody wants to hear (don’t get me started on my excitement that James Gunn seems to share my intense love of late-80’s Justice League International era DC). Anyway! Great episode! Next year is is BioShock’s 20th anniversary and I’d be over the moon to hear more about its production history :) I remain a staunch defender of audio logs in video games!

Stuart Morley

I remember playing Batman The Caped Crusader in the late 80's. I think that's the second Batman game. I remember really liking it even though I was pretty young and only had a vague understanding of who Batman was. I may even have played the first but my memory is a bit fuzzy on Spectrum games because we had a tonne because they were on tape so everyone just copied them and handed them out around school. Plus I would have been really tiny then and genuinely wouldn't have a clue who he was.

BeanieBoy

20 years of oblivion and it’s strange and charming world!!!

The Biggest Papa

Jak & Dexter came out in 2001 so 25 year anniversary this year! To prep for next year both kingdom hearts and (equally beloved in my heart) timesplitters for their 25th anniversary

That one guy from that one movie

Overwatch 10th anniversary is this year, I love Overwatch still to this day, but it's made some "interesting" decisions in the decade since it's been released. Not to mention the copycat fever that hit big studios after it came out

DBЯG

Great episode! ❤️ Persona will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year 🤯 Would love an origins episode on that 🙏

Literate Shellfish

Wonderful episode! Arkham Asylum was such a delight and surprise for me when I first played it on a recommendation from friends years ago. Glad to have this neat deep dive into it and the games! One of the series I love dearly is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the .hack series. CyberConnect2 has put out a delightful combination of anime, manga and games over the years. Plus a new entry to the series just got announced as well, .hack//Z.E.R.O! Even if you don’t do an episode on it, the series is a fun rabbit hole to fall down into

Matthew Nielsen

The Persona series is having it's 30th anniversary and Persona 5 is having it's 10th this year. Would make for an excellent episode