1987 · Use Corporation · Action · Platformer

Bats & Terry

Nintendo exclusive

The player controls a baseball superhero named Batsu (Bats) who must use baseballs to defeat his opponents. Being hit once reverts him to "normal" Terii (Terry), who swats at his opponents using a baseball bat. Opponents include machinery, humanoids, and animals. Killing opponents while in Terii form results in a larger energy bar.

Also known as: Batsu & Terry
Released: 22 July 1987
Platforms: NES
Genres: Action Platformer Sports Tournament
Developers: Use Corporation
Publishers: Use Corporation
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

About

Bats & Terry (Japanese: バツ&テリー, Hepburn: Batsu & Teri) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuichi Oshima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1982 to 1987. Batsu & Terī received the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. Kodansha published the manga's 24 tankōbon volumes to December 1987. The manga's license was transferred to Ichijinsha and was published into four wideban volumes.

The manga was adapted into an animated movie by Sunrise. Directed by Mitsuko Kase and Tetsuro Amino, the movie was released in Japan on March 14, 1987. A VHS was released for the movie on April 21, 1987.