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Chemical factory in Gotham City, this is the site where Joker's disfigurement took place.
The infamous psychiatric asylum where all of Batman's most nefarious enemies are held. The 2009 game, Batman: Arkham Asylum plays out entirely on these grounds.
Arkham City is an isolated section of Gotham City which is used to house prisoners of Blackgate and the inmates from Arkham Asylum. It is the principle setting for Batman: Arkham City.
The Batcave is the secret lair of The Dark Knight. A cavernous series of connecting cave systems located deep below Wayne Manor, the Batcave provides both storage and sanctuary to Batman during his fight against crime.
Blackgate Penitentiary is a prison in the DC Comics universe. It is located in Gotham City.
A dark opening in a solid mass, like rock.
A common place in Survival Horror video games. Burial grounds for the deceased. Or zombies.
A city is a large and densely populated urban area.
Earth is a rocky planet orbiting the Sun, and the homeworld of Humanity. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines Earth as "mostly harmless."
Be it fairies or crazy paper mache animals filled with candy, there is always something at the bottom of the garden.
Gotham is an east coast city in the DC Universe. It serves as the home to Batman and to his many sidekicks and villains.
Halls, also called hallways or corridors, are areas that connect rooms. Not much happens here except people going from one room to another, but in some games the player sees little else.
A hospital is a place to seek help in a medical emergency. It is also used for treating minor illnesses that aren't necessary an emergency. Some games take place in a hospital, whilst others use them as a part of the environment.
The Iceberg Lounge is a nightclub owned by Batman's enemy, the Penguin
Where people come to browse and borrow books and other media, or do research. May contain a shushing librarian. Also some mansions may contain a room called the library.
Excessively large and luxurious houses, usually built on several thousand square feet.
A building or room where dead bodies are stored.
Where the wonders of the natural world, history, great art, and scientific endeavor can be appreciated by the layperson. Or someone can get shot in the face, depending on the game.
The third-largest continent in the world.
Office or headquarters for police officers, also contains holding cells and interrogation rooms.
A prison is a secure location built for the confinement of a person or persons for a set length of time. It is often built by the state to punish criminals, and sequester them from productive members of society.
A hospital for people with mental illnesses. The prison-like insane asylums of old are the kind usually seen in video games, being an extremely popular horror game setting.
Area above houses and buildings. You can walk, run or jump on and over rooftops. Usually good sniping positions.
A network of underground tunnels designed for the disposal of waste.
Steelworks function as villain headquaters in many games including Batman Arkham City
A rapid transit system operating below the surface of the ground.
This quaint, barred-spiral galaxy is home to hundreds of billions of stars and is centered around a supermassive black hole. Located somewhere in the inner-rim of the Orion Arm, Earth is merely a speck of dust in this immense celestial cloud.
The United States serves as the location or the back-story of countless video games. It also plays host to some of the largest game development studios and publishers in the world.
When trains aren't objects, they're usually locations. Famous train sequences include the subway ride in Final Fight, and the haunted train ride in Blood, which required you to sabotage the engine to get to the next level.
Underneath a planet's surface is considered to be underground, especially if it is near the top of the surface. Some of the games have you digging through the dirt.
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