Ranking Every Video Game Joker From Worst To Best

It's amazing that a title from the 16-bit era irrefutably contains a vastly superior incarnation of the villainous mastermind as opposed to some of the substantially larger-budgeted, more expansive 3D experiments that proceeded it decades later, and 28 years since it was distributed onto store shelves, it simply remains too charming to chalk down.

This is predominantly down to two imperative elements:

Identifiably, it's the first game in which we can confidently comprehend that we are indeed fighting the Joker, rather than a pixelated stack of ambiguous features.

But more complimentary to the character's design, it ingenuously feels like the most adherent and faithful adaptation of both the comics the character initially originated from, as well as the much beloved cartoon that conceptualised this version of the character.

What makes this version memorable, rather than illusively grandiose in comparison to surrounding counterparts, is just how innovative, imaginative and creative the developers managed to become. Utilising the character in a variety of different environments with various effects that were simply groundbreaking for the time, it managed to add an additional layer of personality to every interaction encountered between Batman and the Joker. It's rather incredible just what they were able to do with such limitations and it gives the game a real sense of timelessness.