Secrets, Codes, Tricks, Exploits, and Glitches

[Anonymous No.1503689]

Let's talk retro vidya codes. No, not things like Game Genie...I mean actual tricks and secrets the player can do that can be done with just the game and nothing else. Bonus points if they're useful.

Here's the thing though. Let's not look anything up. Let's just see how much you guys know straight-up. I'll go ahead and list the obvious ones.

>Hold A and press Start after getting a game over in Super Mario Bros to continue from the world you died in
>Press Up, Down, Left, and then Right on the Sonic the Hedgehog title screen. Then hold A and press start to access the level select.
>Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.

[Anonymous No.1503706]

In Devil's Crush, use the password THECRUSHEL and hit anything on the pinball table to view the elusive ending sequence.

[Anonymous No.1503709]

In Castlevania 3 on the NES, input your name as 'HELP ME' to start off with ten lives instead of three.

[Anonymous No.1503707]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihrUukSNqFw

sound test in ninja gaiden II

[Anonymous No.1503713]

>>1503707
oh yea, btw
http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/cheatsbase.php

[Anonymous No.1503720]

>Target Earth (ASL)
Shoot nothing but the boss in the first level to unlock all weapons. Your score should be 2800.

>Cybernator (ASV)
Shoot nothing but the boss in the first level to unlock the napalm weapon. Your score should be 2800.

[Anonymous No.1503729]

A kid in Jr High once told me that he got past that annoying guard kid at the beginning of Ocarina of Time by slowly lifting his cartridge out

The other night, I was playing BattleTanx 2, and I'm not sure what I did exactly (maybe this always happens, I haven't played it in a long time) but I used a nuke in Deathmatch mode on that Highway/Train level, and got a weird message from the game programmers at the bottom of the screen

[Anonymous No.1503748]

Ghosts 'n Goblins NES

>Credits message :
Complete both quests, then at the "...CHALLENGE AGAIN!" screen press A, B, Up, Down, A, B, Left, Right and wait for "GAME OVER" message. Instead of it, a message with credits will appear.

USEFUL AS FUCK CHEAT CODE

[Anonymous No.1503819]

>>1503729
>A kid in Jr High once told me that he got past that annoying guard kid at the beginning of Ocarina of Time by slowly lifting his cartridge out
Exit the store, Z target, Hop in a certain way and jump at the right moment to swim past him.

For realsies.

[Anonymous No.1503865]

If you glitch to beat the Princess' Secret Slide in under 12 seconds, you can get the 121st star and unlock Luigi

[Anonymous No.1503895]

Super Mario 3

>at the end of a level, make sure your coin amount has the same digits (11, 22, 33, etc).
>Make sure the second to last digit in your score matches said digit (12340 for 44, for example).
>Touch the goal when the timer is an even number.
>Hammer Bro in map turns into a ship with loadsa money.

[Anonymous No.1503901]

I used to know the suicide code for Mario 2, but it flees my mind at the moment. I know it involves the second controller.

[Anonymous No.1503905]

>>1503729
>A kid in Jr High once told me that he got past that annoying guard kid at the beginning of Ocarina of Time by slowly lifting his cartridge out
That actually does work. It's how I've done a no-Kokiri-Sword playthrough before. But I've heard it can actually be hazardous to your cart so I should probably use one of the other methods next time I try it.

[Anonymous No.1503908]

Just off the tops of our heads?

Ok, I mentioned this one a few days ago in a different passwords/codes thread, but the last password in Flying Scrolls is "BAAA."

U, RR, DDD, LLLL, B, A, (Select for 2 Player version), Start in TMNT 2 The Arcade Game on NES gives you either 10 lives, level select, or both, I forget which. Code must be entered on the main screen before the intro replays.

Up + A + B (I think?) on second controller during the pause screen kills you in Super Mario 2. Told a friend to get to Wart on his last life, with no continues, hit him 5 times and then do this trick for an "ending you won't forget." Technically, it wasn't a lie.

[Anonymous No.1503916]

>>1503895
Goddamn, I've had that happen a number of times and never been able to figure out what caused it. Thanks, I had forgotten all about the coin ship.

[Anonymous No.1503921]

If you bump into a wall in one of the mine cart stages in Wario Land and use it to ascend to a spring block above your current screen, you'll glitch the graphics out in a manner similar to SMB's "minus world".

[Anonymous No.1503927]

Just right off the top of my head, from Donkey Kong Country:
>B A R R A L - 50 lives
>B A D(own) B U(p) D(own) D(own) Y - Lets either player hit select to take control

Rampage 2: Universal Tour
>B1G4L - Unlocks purple Myukus with max stats

[Anonymous No.1503931]

>>1503927
>Donkey Kong Country

Ya sad lad

[Anonymous No.1503937]

Mash the Select button on the Options screen in Gradius III really fast to unlock Arcade difficulty mode.

[Anonymous No.1503940]

>>1503937
Derp, no wait. It's the A button. Such an annoying thing to unlock too, you really have to mash hard.

[Anonymous No.1503941]

>>1503720
>Cybernator / Valken
Shoot nothing but the boss in the first and second stages to unlock the ability to upgrade the Napalm weapon. You can't hit any of the asteroid fragments or mines in stage 2, either.

[Anonymous No.1503942]

>>1503901
>>1503908
Ha! Suicide.

[Anonymous No.1503950]

>>1503931
As in
>YOUR TASTE IS SHIT,
>LOL CASUAL,
or...?

[Anonymous No.1504241]

there's a Snail Maze game built into Master System

i booted it like twice as a kid and had no idea what the fuck

i think you hold all the buttons down and turn on system (probably with no cart)

[Anonymous No.1504283]

>>1503950

As in "that's a cheat code in that game". Y A Down (S for South?) A Down L A Down or something like that. It gave you extra barrels.

[Anonymous No.1504293]

>>1503950
I think it's Y, A, Select, A, Down, L, A, Down, or something. Y'know, using the controller to spell out words.

Speaking of...

Skitchin'. Fun little title. It's like Road Rash, but instead of riding riceburning crotch rockets, you're rollerblading, and you can hitch a ride off the back of cars and shit.

See, there's this warning title that pops up on boot; what you do is, you press B, A, D(own) A, S(tart), S(tart) on that warning screen. You'll know it works when you hear some shitty cartoony sound effect.

That shit's just the master code, though.

Now, you get to enter some passwords at the main menu. Here are the ones that I remember:

MONEY gets you five grand.
ARMOR gets you the best gear for your pansy-ass skater.
SPEED gives you three nitro boosts. I dunno why you'd want these, though, since you could just go for the following code.
THRASH gives you three of the best weapons in the game: a baseball bat, a cattle prod, and... fuck, I dunno. Maybe it's nunchaku. I dunno. It's been too long.

[Anonymous No.1504308]

>>1504293
>>1504283
That cheat was for the sequel. 50 lives.

[Anonymous No.1504350]

And old favorite of mine from pic related.

O CANADA.

What does it do? LAZER BEAR

[Anonymous No.1504358]

>>1504283
Oh shit, my bad. I misinterpreted what you said. I've been on /v/ too much lately, so I immediately assumed it was hostile. Sorry about that.

[Anonymous No.1504504]

Does anyone know if entering certain names for yourself in Vegas Stakes for SNES will start you with more money? I swear I've started up games on it, and had more money than usual.

[Anonymous No.1504524]

I remember a few from my sega megadrive days. These are what I used daily. Sorry OP for using one of the same.

Sonic The Hedgehog: (At the title screen):
Up, Down, Left, Right, A start for level select
Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C, Hold A and start until you see sonic in the level for debug mode

Sonic The Hedgehog 2:
This will enable level select, super sonic and debug mode:

Go to the options screen and highlight sound select. Then play 19, 65, 09, 17, press start.
Wait for titlescreen and Hold A and Start for level select.

Once in level select, go to sound playback (can't remember the name) and enter the same sequence again: 19, 65, 09, 17

Now enter 04, 01, 02, 06 for super sonic

Then enter 01, 09, 09, 02, 01, 01, 02, 04 - Hold A and Start on whichever level you want for super sonic and debug mode.

Mortal Kombat:
At the giant wall of text during the intro, press A, B, A, C, A, B, B to enable blood.
At the menu with "game start" and options, highlight options and enter Down, Up, Left, Left, A, Right, Down

A new menu should appear with "Cheat Enabled", allowing you to apply various cheats/switches.

Mortal Kombat Two:
At the mode select screen, go to options, then highlight DONE.
Press Left, Down, Left, Right, Down, Right, Left, Left, Right, Right.

[Anonymous No.1504525]

>>1503689
in final fantasy 6 theres a way to keep Locke in the merchant uniform and skip Celes my older cousin did it i dont remember how though

[Anonymous No.1504532]

>>1503689
Warcraft 1
i remember Codwin of Amber
and nothing else
this just enabled cheats

[Anonymous No.1504535]

>>1504525
It's some glitch where you pass through the moving guards by moving and pausing on specific frames. FF6 has a lot of exploits like that.

[Anonymous No.1504540]

>>1504535
is there really any benefit to this or is it to just keep the merchant uniform

[Anonymous No.1504619]

>>1504540
By not picking her up, you can keep one of the temporary party members (usually one of the ghosts) through the rest of the game, with game-breaking results. It also makes the opera scene a lot more !!!FUN!!!.

[Anonymous No.1505224]

>Mario 3
>world 1 stage 3
>white box platform halfway the stage
>press and hold the down button
>Mario falls through the platform and is now in the background
>run fast to the end of the stage
>flute behind

[Anonymous No.1505225]

>>1503819
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeqUpLfaP7A for real~

[NESfag No.1505232]

in Duke Nukem 3D, type the following cheats directly on your keyboard in game

DNKROW : god mode
DNSTUFF : gives max ammo, all items, all weapons, all keys
DNKEYS : gives all 3 keycards
DNCLIP : no clipping mode
DNSCOTTYxxx : swap level (xxx = map number where first x is episode and the 2 other x are map number, like episode 2 map 06 is 206)

[Anonymous No.1505573]

DOOM: IDDQD for god mode

Commander Keen 4-6: In game hit ALT+TAB+ENT for debug mode. F10+G for god mode, F10+J for infinite jump, F10+N for noclip.

Prince of Persia: boot the game as "prince megahit" in DOS to enable cheats. Can't remember any of the actual cheats, but I'm pretty sure it's SHIFT+ a letter for various effects.

Shadows of the Empire: On PC, start a game as "R Testers Rock." Once in a level hold CTRL for 15 seconds to enable temporary invincibility and get all weapons + ammo.

Sim City: Pornchipsgizzardo. No idea which version or where you input the code.

[Anonymous No.1505616]

EEL NATS

[Anonymous No.1505632]

The only game I remember cheats for (every cheat, in fact) is Doom. Even though I feel the greatest thing in my childhood could have been even better if I had not known the cheats.

[Anonymous No.1505641]

Warcraft 2

Its a good day to die : enables god mode

[Anonymous No.1505676]

sally shears
pot of gold
eye of newt

... fuck, can't believe I've forgotten the rest

[Anonymous No.1505681]

bewareoblivionisathand

Turok 2, that was the unlock everything cheat. There were a lot of other cheat codes for the game but htat was the only one you ever needed.

[Anonymous No.1505705]

>>1503937
if you're playing gradius and find it difficult to press a rapidly for arcade mode you might not want to play arcade mode

[Anonymous No.1505739]

>>1505705
Why do you need to rapidly press the power-up button?

[Anonymous No.1505748]

Metroid for nes
Password = Justin Bailey

[Anonymous No.1505754]

>>1505705
Nonsense, button mashing generally isn't that important in Gradius since you only get two projectiles on the screen at a time anyway. And furthermore the even more massive slowdown in Arcade mode may actually make it easier than other difficulties.

[Anonymous No.1505770]

evander holyfields boxing
enter your name as beast (or is it the beast?)
too become a green skinned boxer with super strenght

[Anonymous No.1505795]

Down, Up, Left, Left, A, Right, Down.. Crazy after all these years i can still remember The Kombat Kode for Mortal Kombat.

[Anonymous No.1505824]

IDKFA - full ammo for Doom

[Anonymous No.1505829]

LLLLRRRRLRLRLRLR (I think) while selecting Talgeesse allows you to play as Epyon in Gundam Wing:Endless Duel for the Super Famicom

[Anonymous No.1505832]

>>1505795
On Saturn MK2, add BYC to the end of DULLARD for the cheat menu.

[Anonymous No.1505862]

Saturn Galactic Attack, press L,R, Left and C while pressing start to begin the game (I have to use my nose to hit start), now you have double the continues. I do it everytime and I still can't beat the damn game. Metal Black has a very similar code that does the same thing, I think. That one I've beaten, though.

[Anonymous No.1505874]

>>1504619
>By not picking her up, you can keep one of the temporary party members (usually one of the ghosts) through the rest of the game
I think you have to use a different technique to get the ghosts. If you don't pick up Celes, you're forced to take General Kutan instead.

[Anonymous No.1505882]

DKC3

L, R, R, L, R, R, L, R, L, R

WATER for all bonys coins
COLOR to play as purple dixie
LIVES for 50 lies
MERRY to have christmas themed bonuses

[Anonymous No.1505885]

>>1505882
DKC2

>Start the first level
>Enter the cabin, but exit it right away
>Procceed the level, JUMP OVER THE FIRST BANANAS, never collect them
>Kill the first kremling
>go back, jumping over the bananas again
>enter the cabin, collect the balloon, exit
>Jump over the bananas again, kill the kremling again, go back to the cabin, again jumping over the bananas

>Get instant 75 bonus coins

[Anonymous No.1505912]

>>1505882
>No TUFST for making the game harder (no DK/Checkpoint barrels)
Truly some casual stuff here

[Anonymous No.1505929]

>>1503940
I remember that. It tells you after you beat hard mode. You need to do it at a Master Takahashi tier of 16 times per second. Beating arcade mode gets you this sweet Engrish ending.