The goal of this rom hack was to make the driving sections in Batman returns more fun. While it was praised for its visuals when it released , the driving sections were flagged for being punishingly difficult. So I looked through the source code that has thankfully been posted by one of the programmers Chris Shrigley https://shrigley.com/source_code_archive/

So I have added two patches. if you have the US bin cue of the disc, you can patch it using this tool https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

The easy mode patch focuses on two things

1. Stage clock: slowed to roughly half its original rate (was ticking down once every 20 frames, now every 40) - close to double the effective time on every level.

2. Damage taken by the player (car and jet-ski both): roughly halved. Only the damage you take was changed.

I feel like this is the most fun to play it, although if you want the ultra easy mode, I have split it again by half.

How to patch, Grab your Batman Returns (USA) (Track 01).bin and the patch file. you can use the rom patcher I linked above. or there are ones on romhacking.net

It will download as Batman Returns (USA) (Track 01) (patched).bin just rename it to Batman Returns (USA) (Track 01).bin and put it with the other tracks and the cue file, then it is ready to be emulated or burnt off to play on real hardware.

Link to the patch (uploaded it to two places for redundancy)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/63b32cklfnipki5/BatmanReturnsEasyMode.zip/file

https://files.catbox.moe/88lvds.zip

Feel free to share it.

I really want a third one to be made, but that probably isn't happening

So I attempted to perform a recap in my model 1 and think I may have completely botched it. Im seeking out an expert in the model 1 repair if anyone knows someone.