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Post by ian on Jan 24, 2016 3:15:00 GMT
It's been a while but I've discovered a new cheat  Cheat ModeAt the title screen (when selecting the number of players), press Left, Right, Left, Left, Right, Left, Right, Right During gameplay, pause the game and use one of the following commands: | Up | Turn invincibility off
| | Down | Turn invincibility on
| | Left | Decrease number of lives
| | Right | Increase number of lives
| 1 + Left
| Restart current level
| 1 + Down
| Warp to boss
| 1 + Right
| Skip level
| 2 + Left
| Change secondary weapon
| 2 + Right
| Increase shot power
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Post by Stan on Jan 24, 2016 12:37:12 GMT
How in the hell did you get this one figured?
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Post by ian on Jan 24, 2016 12:57:05 GMT
My usual methods. Just worked out this has been unknown for like 27 years, could that be some sort of record?
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Post by Maxim on Jan 24, 2016 20:45:48 GMT
I still think your "usual methods" are kind of crazy... Did you check anything in code to see if there are any other pause button combinations? It seems odd that 1+Up is missing, for example.
I expect there's a bunch of Colecovision games with undiscovered cheats in them, I'm not sure if button sequence cheats were even a thing in the VCS days...
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Post by flatapex on Jan 24, 2016 22:26:30 GMT
or infinite lives?
Is it true that cheats were designed to allow games to be tested? I remember reading something about it in 1990-something but obviously the information that we know now is infinitely more than whatever was in whichever magazines we could afford 25+ years ago and what we can remember that we read back then
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Post by Maxim on Jan 25, 2016 14:05:47 GMT
They can be a testing thing, but another factor is that it can help to increase interest a few months down the line to release your cheats to magazines, getting your game's name in print at a time when it might otherwise not be there. It can also help to get better reviews if the reviewers can view later parts of the game easily.
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Post by Stan on Jan 26, 2016 12:04:15 GMT
I mean I knew there had to be a cheat system for this game to fully test it because it's so difficult when you lose your power-ups later.
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Post by Stoned_Roses on Jan 29, 2016 10:35:02 GMT
one of my fave games
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Post by Maxim on Feb 3, 2016 10:38:51 GMT
I looked through the code, unfortunately there's no other button presses.
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Post by ian on Feb 3, 2016 18:33:43 GMT
Guess I'm not so crazy after all  Cheers for doing a proper check though |
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