Retro fridays and batman returns the video game

This was released for the nes,snes and sega genesis but I'll focus on the snes version as that's the one I have played and grew up with. It is a side scrolling beat'em up similar to the streets of rage or final fight games only you play as batman and you have to stop the penguin. Interesting in theory if only batman didn't move around like he had too many tacos from a taco truck. He is slow to move for someone that comes off as graceful. The enemies can be cheap and gang up on you, they can also attack you seemingly at will

This is a hard game on even the easiest settings, I got as far as the batmobile mode 7 stage(itself pretty neat) after months of memorization and game overs. Yes there is a level where you control the batmobile on the streets of gotham as the penguin's minions throw flaming juggling pins at you and ram you with clown cars and vans. There's even a boss van but the limitations of the snes hold it back, the track is very similar to pole position so there is little to no draw distance and you can only fire what appear to be peas

Batman returns should be remade as the graphics in the side scrolling areas still hold up well among with the gameplay. If you play this game use game genie cheats for unlimited lives/health/continues as these make it a lot more enjoyable compared to my childhood days where I wrote down hard spots to remember. Also the music and cutscenes are great and really enhance the gameplay