Batman is an action platformer game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the titular movie.

Do you love Batman, but yearn for more? Do you find the game to be too easy? Are you looking for a challenge? If so then this may be the hack for you.

This hack came about because of conversations with Batman speedrunner junkyard_dave wherein existing hacks of the game were lamented. This hack aims to rectify the situation by providing a new and difficult experience for anyone daring enough to attempt The Junkyard Challenge.

This hack features all new (and significantly more difficult) stages. Other changes that add to the challenge include enemy placements/health and boss AI. The item drop tables have also been changed. Though difficult, note that damage boosts are not required in this hack. It is possible that some maneuvers that require sub-pixel precision to avoid damage have slipped through the cracks, but this would be no more than a few instances. If well executed nearly all (if not actually all) of the game should be playable damage-less.


Tile editing was done with CADEditor. Enemy placements and other changes were made by hex editing directly.

Version 1.1 changes:
Fixed a soft lock in 1-2. multiple players found you could get stuck in the top right corner.
Moved a platform in 4-3 to eliminate a cheese strat.

Database match: Batman - The Video Game (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180803-121122)
File SHA-1: 73B33E67E3C9E1116F9FCB021B10BB1171B8696A
File CRC32: 395569EC
ROM SHA-1: A6C56AC787FF11A67921867FFC9F79A57A382657
ROM CRC32: 13C6617E