The internet lies: cheat code edition

Woah, were we thinking about Savaki independently of each other? I wrote up some cheat codes for it last week! I also got the X68k game working on emulator, but I should have checked this thread before going through that process!

Savaki: X+Y+Z during bootup, then at the title screen X+Start (all characters unlocked), C+Start (sudden death), or B+Start (debug features and all characters). The coolest thing is the debug mode animation viewer.

 

Thanks! I got these added to Savaki/Hidden content if you'd like to expand or add anything.

Question: when you say X+Start, is that "hold X and press START", or "Press X and START simultaneously"? being nitpicky for the wiki

 

For Savaki, holding X and pressing Start is fine.

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Also...

The Internet lies about PlayStation, too! Swagman's level select cheat doesn't work there either.

 

Here are a couple fun ones for Gun Frontier:

• Press C 50 times on the options screen to get a new "Credits" item that can give you unlimited plays
• Plug in a Virtua Gun and shoot the Options screen to get the Credits item and a Round selection item

I don't think it was known that this game had any use for the lightgun peripherals, ha!

 

Didn't expect to find a new cheat code for Saturn DOOM, but there was one just sitting there next to the rest.

Pause and press X, Right, B, Y, X, Right, B, Y to make the walls transparent! Some screenshots are here.

 

Isn't on the doom wiki either (those guys tend to be on it with this sort of thing), good find!

Console Doom cheats - The Doom Wiki at DoomWiki.org (archive.org)

 

For Dragonheart: Fire & Steel, these two codes work:

• Level select: At the mode select screen press Down, Left, Down, Right, Down, Up
• Add health and endurance: Up, Up, Up, R, R, R

The other ones on GameFAQs I couldn't make work.

 

I'm not sure calling it "unoptimized bits" is right? I would expect that its using VDP2 to handle the sky, and drawing directly to VDP1's framebuffer. (Saturn Doom uses software rendering.) The Saturn has video modes where the VDP1 layer basically has alpha bits stored in the framebuffer that the VDP2 can use to blend the framebuffer with the tilemap layers. This is how Sonic R does its fog. My guess is that the code causes walls to be drawn to the framebuffer mostly as normal (that is, not doing any read-modify-write blending, and just doing normal writes to the framebuffer) but with a semitransparent alpha value, so the VDP2 blends the walls with the sky. So "drawing" the covered up parts of the sky has no effect on performance since VDP2 is doing it for free; it can't be optimized any further.

I haven't looked at how Saturn Doom actually uses the various VDP layers, but I think that's the most likely explanation. It's odd how it hides the sky when it can't be seen, though. If it really is using VDP2 for the sky, there's no point in hiding it when it can't be seen...

 

@Bo102010 was reading your Golden Axe - The Duel write up. Just wanted to note that the code for it appears to be a variation on the classic konami code (which is UUDDLRLRBA), this one adds an additional DUDU before the final BA but surely it's not a coincidence. Doesn't get any closer to revealing the missing part of the cheat, I just find this stuff interesting.

 

Added to the page for Z: a password that lets you watch all of the movies. I confirmed that all of these level passwords are correct also.

 

Here's a new password for Baldy Land, but it's hardly worth documenting because the effect is the same as the already-known "last level" password.

Tomb Raider: I finally looked into the "End level" code. The NTSC-U version has the function at 06018bf8 checking your button history for the sequence at 060627e4. If you enter the code properly, the flag at 060627bc will be set. That gets read when you go to exit to title.

All of this is missing in the PAL version - it doesn't even even record your button history when the game is paused. There's not a separate button sequence or anything; the relevant function just isn't there. The "exit to title" code is also missing the check for special conditions.

 

Which means finally we can definitively say there's no 'all weapons' code in Saturn Tomb Raider. Disappointing!

 

Coming all the way back to the first post in this thread, I found the missing codes for the PAL and NTSC-J versions of Saturn Earthworm Jim 2.


I also came up with two new codes whose effect I can't really discern. Notably, one of them is the same across regional builds. Any Earthworm Jim experts out there?

That page also has a new code for Revolution X.

 

Heyo, I got a batch of Dreamcast-related bugs on GameFAQs that could do with verifying for bug pages:

• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker/Bugs - Okay this one isn't really for the Dreamcast, but apparently there's a scoring glitch in the NAOMI version. GameFAQs claims it may not always work.
• Airforce Delta/Bugs - Pass through objects.
  
• Armada/Bugs - The "change races" secret sounds like a bug - look into this.
• Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 Pro/Bugs -AI bugs.
  
• Headhunter/Bugs - Walk through walls glitch in the Dreamcast version. See if it works for the PS2 version as well.
  
• Ikaruga/Bugs - Exploit to get a continue in a no-continue game.
  
• Maken X/Bugs - Using different bodies other than ones required for bosses.
  
• NCAA College Football 2K2/Bugs - Announcer and audible opponent's defense bugs.
  
• NFL 2K/Bugs - Announcer bug when scoring over 200 points.
  
• NFL 2K1/Bugs - Announcer bug when scoring over 200 points.
  
• NFL 2K2/Bugs - Announcer bug when scoring over 200 points. (seeing a pattern here?)
  
• Omikron: The Nomad Soul/Bugs - Game-breaking bug involving the love scene.
  
• Phantasy Star Online/Bugs - Bugs involving negating enemies/traps and walking through blocked doors.
  
• Record of Lodoss War/Bugs - Being able to respawn a boss for grinding mithrill.
  
• Resident Evil 2/Bugs - Extra ammo involving the Custom Parts.
  
• SoulCalibur/Bugs - A bunch of fighter-related glitches.
  
• Super Runabout//Bugs - Extra hangtime bug. This should also affect the San Francisco editions of the game.
  
• Time Stalkers/Bugs - A few bugs involving VMU mini-games.
  
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six/Bugs - Infinite ammo clips.
  
• World Series Baseball 2K2/Bugs - Score by getting in a run down.

Awesome stuff! I've gotten them up here: Earthworm Jim 2/Hidden content

The "instant money worms" cheat works in Villi People and Inflated Head where mealworms are used for the quiz show and Hammer Head respectively. I don't know what the last two cheats do, but I put them up on the page regardless.

 

So hey, the two listed here I can comment on from experience! The Start thing doesn't really negate enemies/traps. You normally run when pressing the analog stick at full tilt, but when you're near traps/enemies, you slow down to a walk and your character switches to a fighting stance. Having the menu up (accessed by pressing Start), the game no longer forces you to walk. You're not negating anything, but it's a lot easier to dodge attacks/traps since you're moving faster.
For the moving through blocked doors by exploiting the fact that the third unarmed hit moves you backwards, I remember trying it back in the day and having difficulty getting it to work. I'm not sure if that was user error in lining myself up correctly, using a character class whose unarmed attack combo doesn't involve a step backwards, or some other factor, though.

 

got these added. I don't know PSO at all, or how the movement in it works. Could you take a peek at the page and make sure I got it right? (can you still move while the game is paused?)