PrinceWatercress plays Batman: Return of the Joker - Stage 7 of 7

It's time for the final battle with The Joker!

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Stage 7-1

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Every so often, you'll see a bunch of flying robots come out of the ground and fly over your head in a semi-circle before going back down. Go slow through this stage so they don't get a jump on you. After enough trial and error, you'll know exactly when they'll show up and where you need to stand (and sometimes duck) when that happens. You'll need to duck at the first two torches, then jump back at the third. Between the fourth and fifth, you'll need to duck. Also, the snipers will jump back when you get near them, even if they're someplace high up where you can't reach them, so take them out on sight.

The second section (complete with a shaking computer-board style background, which is amazing considering the NES system specifications) will test your patience to the max. The first part is simple compared to the second part, where you'll jumping on platforms and ducking under spikes.

You'll also have to watch out with some part of the ceiling, especially at the last jump of the stage. Bubbles will come out every few seconds, and they will damage you if you touch them. Take out as many as you can before moving on.

On the last bit, duck under the spikes on the first platform, jump to the second platform, jump to the right immediately, jump to the third platform and then jump to the right before you fall into the pit. 

Stage 7-2

It's Batman vs. Joker, round two! This time around, it's going to be somewhat more difficult.

The first fight is really, really easy if you have the Cross Bow. Walk up to the right wall, duck down and keep firing at the wall. The Cross Bow weapon's shrapnel will ricochet right into the Joker's machine's weak spot, which happens to be where the control panel is. You'll take damage, but Joker's health meter will go down really quickly as long as you keep mashing the fire button.

If you don't have the Cross Bow, you'll have to slide around a whole lot and avoid the center, then shoot down the orbs before shooting down the head. If you can be in the air when the orbs fire at you, that's great.

I go the hard way for the second part, though. I stand off center, then slide towards The Joker just before The Joker shoots down the fireballs. When he he has his hands up in the air, the fireballs are about to come down. As for the twin shurikens, I jump over one of them when they come down towards me, then go back to the center without getting hit. I could have kept to the side and 

Once you beat the Joker here, that's it. There's no second form. You've done it. Enjoy your ending.