Cheats!

Level skip:
In APB, if you hold down OPT 1 and OPT 2, and run into a donut (or through the Donut shop) your quota will be filled and you will be returned to the station and proceed to the next level.

Skip to level 99:
When your quota is met, hold down OPT 1 and OPT 2 when you touch theOfficer Bob parking space. This will warp you to level 99. (The game will not end, just repeat level 99 with random quotas).

Double Fuel:
On Highway 12 you will find gas pumps right next to each other. Park directly in the middle of the two pumps and the gas pumps twice as fast.

Hole in one:
Entering LANDLORD as your name at the beginning of the game. Use the OPTION 2 button to swing at the ball. Hitting OPTION 2 while the ball is in the air, will sink the ball!

Play with Michael Jordan on your team!

Put in MJ?? to play with a partner, supposedly Jordan. Replace the ?? with any two numbers. Pause, hold down Option 1 and press Option 2. You can change the pause message to anything you want! (from Star*Lynx BBS)

Level codes

Level 1-1 AAAA Level 3-3 IIII
Level 1-2 BBBB Level 4-1 JJJJ
Level 1-3 CCCC Level 4-2 KKKK
Level 2-1 DDDD Level 4-3 LLLL
Level 2-2 EEEE Level 5-1 MMMM
Level 2-3 FFFF Level 5-2 NNNN
Level 3-1 GGGG Level 5-3 OOOO
Level 3-2 HHHH

Taken from January 1993 EGM (Edward Mann).

These codes transport you to the beginning of each level with maximum power-ups and allow you to shoot at the hoop in any level:

Level 1-1: 999Q Level 2-1: PP9T Level 3-1: 9PPW
Level 1-2: P99R Level 2-2: 99PU Level 3-2: PPPX
Level 1-3: 9P9S Level 2-3: P9PV Level 3-3: 999I
Level 4-1: P99J Level 5-1: 99PM
Level 4-2: 9P9K Level 5-2: P9PN
Level 4-3: PP9L Level 5-3: 9PPO


(from Deena Krutak in June '93 GamePro)

Invincibility:
You can make Batman invincible with the following steps at the title screen (the one with the Batlogo): press up 8 times, down 12 times, left 15 times, right 19 times and option 1 27 times, press A or B to start the game. Once the action starts, press pause. Then use option 1 to skip to the next level, option 2 to make Batman invincible! Falling can still kill you, however. (From Video Games and Computer Entertainment)

Increased life and Batarangs:
When you come to a large red box with a bow on level one, stand on top and move to the right edge of it. Motorcycles will bust out of the box on the right hand side. Once this happens, jump down and walk inside the box. At this point, you will receive ten more Batarangs and you life line will increase. (Electronic Gaming Monthly)

Hidden Battlezone 2000 game
By pressing OPTION 1 on the tank configuration screen three times and pressing RESTART, you can access the true BZ2000 game.

The mission codes are:

1. AAAA
2. PLAN
3. ALFA
4. BELL
5. NINE
6. LOCK
7. HAND
8. FLEA
9. LIFE

Landing upside-down:
How About an Upside-Down Landing? In Level 6, you land and take-off from air strips. Try doing a barrel-roll (Pressing Option 2 and turn left or right), and then hold the plane upside-down, while pressing Up over and airstrip (to land). You will then land upside-down, the cockpit opens from the fuel tank, and you take off backwards!

Bonus points:
For bonus points, hit your afterburners as you enter the canyons on level BELL. The Gutsy Bonus will give you 30,000 points ("You've got guts!"). When you're in the canyons fire your afterburners for 65,000 poins (Lunatic Bonus) "You're crazy!!" The points are added when you land -- but if you do both, it will only display the Lunatic Bonus, but you get points for both. (A good place for the second bonus is right before you enter the second set of canyons)

Although the manual says it's two player, up to 4 can be Comlynxed. It may
take a few tries, but keep at it. (It's also a bit slow, but hey, it wasn't
meant for 4 players.. :)

BMX: If you stay just a little (about one pixel) above the place where the grass meets the dirt there won't be anything in your way (Like those pesky bales of hay). You can crash the game by hitting the bale of hay on the bottom of the track just before the finish line. The game will freeze and the only thing you can do it turn it off. Tiny tid-bit: If you're going _really_ fast when you cross the finish line and jump just a little after crossing it, you will end up crashing into something you can't see way to the right.

SURFING: In the surfing game, you can ride the pelican. Run your last man into the bottom of the screen a few seconds before the timer runs out. The bird will fly across the screen until the timer runs out and you'll land on it! It's possible to do an UNREAL 360 (5 360's) for 1200 points (As opposed to 600 for a Quadruple 360)

FOOTBAG: If you spin right after jumping, you spin faster than normal. Thus, jump and hit the bag with your head, then spin away... Also-- in the manual under Foot Bag it says: "Score an extra 50 points for hitting the seagull in the beak with the foot bag (but only in this game -- be kind to the birdies in the other events)."

HALF-PIPE: Hitting Option 2 while skating will show off the Lynx's awesome scaling capabilities.

LEVEL CODES:

The code for level 146 was found on level 34 (Cypher). That level spells out: JHEN which is the password for level 146.

FRACTAL GENERATOR PROGRAM
The code for entering the program is MAND. After it is entered. a picture will start to form on the screen. DON'T TOUCH ANY BUTTONS UNTIL THE PICTURE IS DONE. When it's done, then you can move around and zoom in to see more details. NOTE: Since each picture has extremely fine detail, it will usually take a few minutes for an image to form.

Crystal Mines 2 Codes
List compiled by: Greg Littlefield and John Hardie

*NOTE* Upon completing level 28, you are awarded a 1 million point super bonus.

Bonus Levels

Level skip:
Enter the password KIMI but don't press the A button to start the game. Instead hold down Option 1 and Option 2 buttons and press B. You will hear a sound like a machine gun and you'll see the first level (Down in the Dirt) appear on the screen. Press A to skip ahead to the next level or press B to move back through the list. When you see the level you want to play, press any direction on the control pad to start the game.

Because Daemon’s Gate is so fragmented, no general cheat will help you to play the game to its completion. The following guide will help you travel to all three outlying (from Tormis) towns:

1. Point Jornuli: Talk to the mayor of Tormis. Ask him about Point Jornuli, and he’ll offer some general comments. Talk to some other residents of Tormis, and ask them about the Civilized Lands and its outlying regions. Then leave town, and you’ll be offered the opportunity to go to Jornuli Point.

2. Anchor: Visit Joseph Halleck at the inn in Tormis, and ask him about Elsopean. He’ll tell you that Elsopean sometimes visits his in, but that he thinks that he’s now left for Anchor. You should now be able to visit Anchor after you leave the inn (but be sure to stop for a chat with Smelly Elliot outside the door before you do this).

3. Atteia: Visit the local inn in Anchor, and ask the innkeeper about Atteia. He’ll tell you that it’s a police state, and that you will need a permit to visit the town. Then ask him about permits in the "temporary" guide, and he’ll offer to give you one. You can then visit Atteia.

Level Codes:
Level 1: ----n/a-----
Level 2: KKAPMIGLICUG
Level 3: PKAPMIGMIFUP
Level 4: KKAPMIGNGJZC

Level Codes:
Level codes are only revealed for every four levels completed.

1 Let's get the spear LYNX
2 Let's get the torch
3 Nobody steals our idol
4 Let's get the rope
5 Let's get our friend KRIS
6 Jump over the mammoth
7 Rescue the witchdoctor
8 Visit a girlie
9 Feed the god CAVA
10 Rescue Fido
11 Visit a friend
12 Go fishing
13 Let's go hunting DBBS
14 Visit your cousin
15 Visit a girlie
16 Our idol is missing
17 Feed me TINA
18 Recover the boulder
19 Find your friend
20 It's your wife's birthday
21 Go home for tea KITI
22 Get those fishies
23 Find your brother
24 Get food for party
25 Party time

From: A. Thissen

Here are the codes to all the doors and what they contain.

Level 1 D1 = 2473 -> Level 2 Level 7 D1 = 6021 -> Level 4
D2 = 9874 -> Level 2 D2 = 5824 -> Level 9
D3 = 8743 -> Weapons
Level 8 D1 = 7698 -> Level 6
Level 2 D1 = 3287 -> Lvl 7 (Right)
Lvl 3 (Left) Level 9 D1 = 0170 -> Pla.Cannon
D2 = 5409 -> Empty D2 = 1092 -> Empty
D3 = 7102 -> TriLaser
Level 3 D1 = 9284 -> Level 4 D4 = 4726 -> Empty
D2 = 7210 -> Level 4 D5 = 1375 -> Level 11
D3 = 3936 -> Smart Bomb D6 = 2857 -> Bi-Laser
D4 = 7395 -> Plasma Cannon D7 = 6998 -> Tri-Laser
D5 = 8294 D8 = 1798 -> Tri-Laser
D9 = 4321 -> Level 1
Level 4 D1 = 0394 -> Weapons
Level 10 Left Exit -> Level 11
Level 5 D1 = 8658 -> Weapons Middle Exit -> Level 9
D2 = 5462 -> Door 7 Right Exit -> Level 2
D3 = 9973 -> End of Game
D4 = 7642 -> Door 1 Level 11 D1 = 0293 -> Bi-Laser
D5 = 0912 -> Door 2 Left Exit -> Level 3
D6 = 0974 -> Door 3 Right Exit -> Level 12
D7 = 7865 -> Door 4
D8 = 4285 -> Door 5 Level 12 D1 = 2987 -> Pl.Cannon
Stingrays -> Level 10 D2 = 6473 -> Pl.Cannon
Open/Closing Doors -> Level 1
Level 6 D1 = 9722 -> Level 5
D2 = 8765 -> Level 12

Crash the game:
To crash the game go to either level 5 or 9 and get as many programs hacking the door codes as possible. It may be best to set the code to the one over the actual code (See above) so the program won't find the code too soon.

Level select:
Turn off your sound at title screen, now hold up and left on the joypad and keep tapping both A & B buttons until it says "LEVEL 1" instead of "NOW TELEPORTING TO LEVEL 1". Use joypad to choose level. (from Star*Lynx)

Level Codes:

Secret Level:

Enter TRYX for the code. Then fly straight down and through the floor. Eventually you will find a gate that will take you to the secret level.

To Select Levels

1) Choose your character.
2) Start the game, but DO NOT move your character.
3) Press the OPTION 1 button, this will take you to Level 5.
4) Repeat this to go to Levels 10, 15, and 20.

You can warp to level 56 by getting a "Big X" on level 11. You can also warp to level 51 by getting a "Big X" on level 6. Both of these give you bonuses of ~60,000 points.

Level Codes:

Spelling "ear" in will activate the secret level warp.

Lynx Loopz accepts PC codes for the "Match" game (codes for other consoles will not work). The following codes will access up to forty-six levels of play:

1- XTBQ 6 - JNRP
11-LSFH- 16- ZMWK
21-BCQX 26- DGPR
31-KXQC 36- BZKG
41-GNPW 46- VJLF

Turbo Speed
Press Pause, then A A B.

Lightning Bolt
PAUSE the game and press OPT1, A, OPT1, and UNPAUSE

To get a lightning bolt at any time PAUSE, hold down OPT 1 hit A, B, A Then release OPT 1 and hit OPT 1 the 2nd time. The Lighting Bolt will appear. Hit B to activate.

5 Extra Lives
PAUSE, OPT1, B, B, A, A, OPT1, UNPAUSE (Thanks to Steve Ryno of Atari for this one) Both of these should be used while the game is in progress. The lightning bolt can be used as many times as you like, but you can only use the Extra man trick once.

Skip Levels During Game
PAUSE (during the game) and pressing OPT 1, B, B, B, OPT 1, and UNPAUSE. Now press OPT 1 to activate anytime during the game.

Ten Extra Lives:
First get a high score. Put 330NE as the high score name. As long as that's the highest score, you'll get ten extra lives when you play.

1. Press Opt 1 + Opt 2 on the Options screen to enable "Evil" mode, where the ball flies in random directions.
2. While paused, press and hold Opt 2, then press Up on the joypad. This enables an extra ball (max of 3).

Invincibility.
During the game, when not standing next to a monitor, press OPTION 2 to see the "bomb parts" screen. Press Up, Right, Up, Left, Down. The game will buzz, and you're invincible. Doing the trick again turns off invincible mode.

Weapon Power-Up.
During the game, when not standing next to a monitor, press OPTION 2 to see the "bomb parts" screen. Press Down, Down, Down, Down, Right, Up, Option 2. You'll have all weapons at full strength. Repeat as necessary.

Stage Select.
Stand next to a monitor, then press OPTION 2. Press Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Right. The game will buzz. Now press up or down to choose a level; the number in the lower-right corner of the screen indicates the level number. Pressing up and down also toggles the score between 00000 (go to start of level) and 00128 (go to end of level). When you've got the level you want, press OPTION 2 to go there.

Level Codes
Codes found by: Patrick and John Hardie

After level 255 you go back to level 0. There is no known code for level 1.

Level Select
When the character selection screen appears, pause and unpause the game. Now when the game continues on to the headlines screen (you must, of course, select a character.) hold down option 1 and move the joypad. Now you can select ANY LEVEL!

Digitized picture of the programmer:
Activate the level select trick (Pause and unpause when choosing your monster). At the newspaper, hold down Option 1 and select Day 6. Press
Pause twice. Hold down Option 1 and select Day 15. Press Pause twice. Hold down Option 1, Option 2, and the 'B' button simultaneously. The game will end, but there will be a "smiling programmer" instead of the winning monster.

Cheats
Pause, then press opt1 17 times, opt2 9 times, A 11 times, B 23 times once that is done, you can pause, then do one of these:
Right - conquer the next battle
Left - conquer the next battle and go to the victory screen
Up - set timer to 30
Down - give each player 7 cannons

Play a two player game in single player mode:
Clear two veteran levels (the topmost and then the leftmost battlefield). At the Map screen, push the joypad left as if you were trying to select a different battlefield than the one remaining. The highlight will disappear. If you then start, you will be on one of the two player battle fields. I think that you actually can choose from any of them, by continuing to move the cursor off screen, but I'm not sure.

1. Press and hold Opt 2 after the CGE intro screen to see a pic of the programmer, Carl Forhan.
2. Press A while paused to restore full hull.
3. Press Opt 1 while paused to eliminate all active enemies.

Skip Levels
Start game normally and choose the Rookie starting area. Accelerate car, while holding down the "B" button to about 25 - 50 mph and steer the car so that it is riding on the left shoulder of the road. Keep holding down the "B" button.

Eventually, you will hit a tree which is growing on the side of the road. When you do this you will see a digitized picture of one of the programmers and a short message.

You will also see in the upper right hand corner a number. This is the level you are on. Use the OPTION 1 button to move the number forward, and OPTION 2 to move the number backward. (Note: gently tap the OPTION keys. This function really zooms thru the levels.)

Once you get to the level you want to play, press the "A" button. You're now back in the game. you will now continue to finish level 1, then the next level will be the level above the one you chose, i.e. if you picked level 48, after you finish level one, you'll be on level 49.

(from Star*Lynx)

Floating shield trick:
Throw the shield in front of you, then restart the game with Option 1 and Pause. When you restart the game, your shield will be floating in front of you. As soon as you fire, your shield returns to normal. (programming glitch?)

Hidden Game
Select "SPECIALS" hold down PAUSE+A+B at the same time until T-Tris screen appears (try to hold it short - when it works OK when it doesn't work try to hold it longer - I'm not sure yet.)

Reset EPROM
On the Snakebyte main screen OPT.1+pause+opt-.2 will send U to a screen where you can reset the eprom. The same keys on the opening screen for Invaders & Mines make the background flash white, but nothing else as far as I can tell.

Warp
Start out at level 11 (Labyrinth) and complete it. On level 12 (Coathanger) go right and catch the boost and continue going right. You will fly up and then continue and cross the finish line. You will be warped to level 18!

Free Shield
METHOD 1: At the start of any level, move Louie half way across the screen, then pause and press the B button. If you did this right (positioning is very important), You should see a message at the bottom of the screen that says "SHIELD AWARDED."

METHOD 2: When the timer reads 299 press pause, then press button B (this is a more reliable method than method 1). In the beginning this always work, but not in later levels.

Scrapyard Dog Cheat
Here is a method I used to obtain lots of shields and lives in Scrapyard Dog. If a shop you are about to enter has a red $5 money bag on the same screen, take the money before entering the shop. Then exit the shop. The $5 money bag will appear again. Take the money and enter the shop again. Repeat this over and over to build up your money supply. Don't worry about losing a life or two by running out of time for the level because just ahead in another shop, you will buy yourself more lives ($35) and max out your shields ($10) to nine. This method can be used on another level towards the end of the game to get lots of lives.

WARP to FOREST
To perform the warp, you must be on JUNKYARD Level 2. Move right through the level to the stack of tires. Jump onto tires and press down. The can room will appear. The following table show where the arrow starts and where the prize ends up:

Start Finish
1 5
2 1
3 4
4 2
5 3

You are now small in size. This allows you to knock on the WARP door and warp. As you move to the right, press up in front of the tree to get an extra life. Keep moving to the right and avoid being hit by bullets, dogs, mice, and bird droppings. Jump up where the hub caps are hanging on a line to get invincibility. Also pressing down while on top of the third brown can (the one to the left of the mouse caught between cans) will give you a shield. When you get to the toilet just before the office, jump up on the toilet. Face left and hold down. A red warp door will appear to the right of the office. Move over to the door and hold up to open door and warp.

WARP to DESERT
To perform the warp, you must be on CITY Level 1. Move to the right until you get to the black cat up in the window above the mail box. Throw a can to get rid of the cat. Jump up to window where cat was and press up. You will now be small. Move back to the left to door by mail box. Jump up steps to get level with door. Hold up while in front of door to get red warp door to appear above the door. Now quickly jump onto mail box, jump to the left edge of the screen while holding the jump button (to achieve a higher jump). This will put you at the red warp door. Press/hold up in front of door to warp.

WARP to MOUNTAIN
When small, look in the base of the tree near the second white cat. The red door will appear at the top of the screen, on a cloud, almost out of sight.

WARP to ARTIC
You must be in the FOREST level 1. At the start of the level, move to the right to the log when the rabbit comes out. When you jump on the log over the hole where the rabbit came out, press down on the joypad. You are know small. If you go to the right, you will encounter a tree with two snakes. Enter the door to enter the shop. Exit the shop and the snakes are gone. Now jump on the stump to the right of the shop. Face left and hold down till the WARP door appears on the branch. Jump up to the door and press up. You will now warp to the ICE area.

These are the only warps that I found in the game. There may be more. Hope this helps you out! EJ (Ed Saloka)

View Ending Sequence:
At the high score table, pause, hold down option 1, option 2, B, and press up and right at the same time on the joypad.

The codes found here were compiled by Mr. Kale Swindell of La Canada, CA. He indicates that these codes will place your character (TODD) at one of the restart stations located in the game. The further along the code is in the list, the further into the level your character will be restarted.

Adventure 1: EASY
24CAA1 E8CA6C EC8AA9 118AEA 6FCBE9 919073 E70926 A809E3 6B4B6C
66CBE0 25CBA7 114928 12C9AA 550894 D7C956 19CB93 198AD2 9D0AD9
45C9C5 5DC9DD 070946 CA090D CCC94F 30C988 4F8B09 0B8BCD 098BC3
078BC1 C28A87 870AC3 8A0ACE 8F0BC8

Adventure 2: EXPLORATION
269AF3 ED9ABE ECDA78 ED9BBF E4DB71 259BF7 EA193D EF58F9 D199B9
E79EB4 EDDE7D EE9EBF D29EBB E79FB5 2F9CF2 6CDCE3 AC5CB2 139CFE
159DF9 D01A24 559925 5A9E23 43DFE9 1E1969 1DDCA0 1899E0 1CD8AF
0399EB 865591 465F57 4EDFDD 75DFD8 245947 085F11 4C5C52 070997
4FDFDD 089ADD 70DCDF 75DCD8 F1181B B51FDA 711B9B 8EDA1A F1DA45
745947 749807 F659C1 B85D87 BD1DC0 B79B40 3DDC80 B79B40 7E5D4D
205F09 7F9E0C 60DEC9 20D988 205F09

Adventure 3: ACTION
9157B6 AB9277 2F1176 919073 198AD2 5DC9DD 15563D 569039 98D638
1796FC 111671 5417B2 1DD7BB 1993FB D052FC 1492F9 D91225 5CD1E4
5CD6E5 011766 DC93A6 1E1262 43536C 42506C 47972D 0D97EB 77D1DF
B816D8 7A575B B610D8 72139C 0C1654 8916E9 4D9115 F150D3 CA9095
0892D5 8F9350 B69358 391245 FF9086 BC12C0 BD11C4 3C5604 215601
211746 67970D EAD74B 6B910B 62920F A610C8

Adventure 4: SUSPENSE
DD0114 DDC154 9D8154 5DC0D4 5C8114 5C4157 1C4117 DC0117 DCC157
DF8197 9C01D7 9C4197 5D8014 9CC117 5C0097 5CC0D7 DCC0D7 C641D9
C941D8 494158 C9C659 464159 474059 46C0D9 464058 884284 0B82C4
0DC286 8C4280 8E4282 B0824C 34004E C7071C 1A472B 1A076B 1DC7AB
5DC7EB 5D872B 5D476A 5C07AA 9702EB 10C3A2 110362 114322 918362
2E81E6 9146A1 9106E1 EEC666 114621 110661 11C6A6 2E0666 2E4626
2E86E7 2EC6A7 2B413A 2B81FB 2BC1BB 28413B 2881F8 28C1B8 294138
2981F9 29C1B9 24413F 2387F1 200771 E00731 A007F1 6006B1 210671
E10631 A106F1 6101B1 3E0272 FEC171 BEC131 7EC0F1 3EC0B1 FFC071
BF00F1 7F03B1 3C0371 FC0331 BC03F1 7C02B1 3D0271 7C4371 3A0276
FA42F6 BA42B6 FAC276 BA8176 BD42B1 BD02F1 BDC231 A48278

Adventure 5: LOGIC
D9E275 9C26F4 9B62B7 02A2FF 9F63B0 C02032 C4E17F C2A1B2 032770
DF67F4 022470 05E7B3 47667F 4621BE 8522F9 06E3B8 8921F8 C966F9
8C65BB CDE665 71E1E1 4C21A4 0EE3A0 CAA3A5 8D62A1 8F22E3 7527A3
336720 CEE565 F52520 39652C 3CA4EB B7E42D B2A662 BA64A8 F162ED
77E3E9 796168 BBA66B 3BE0AA FF61D6 60A417 236516 E02711 A12601
652692 E8E55F A6E61E 6A2798 AD25D8 27A1DF A7A358 7CE2D1

Adventure 6: ARCADE
012D7C 016E39 016938 00EAA5 002A64

INVINCIBILITY:
At the title screen with the Slime World logo that falls with a crash, do the following:

1) Press and hold Option 2
2) Press and hold Option 1 while holding Option 2 down
3) Move the joypad to the upper right, while holding down both Options

After that, release your fingers, and if desired, turn the music back on. There is no indicator of your success, until you start playing. Things behave very strangely in multiplayer mode tho, so be warned!

Hidden Passageways:
When you reach the first exit of what appears to be the end of the
Adventure 6: Arcade, shoot your gun into the upper right hand corner
of the wall. A part of the wall will disappear revealing the secret
passage way. If you can't continue on, then try shooting at the wall
some more.

When ever you find an exit in this level don't be fooled, it isn't the
end of the game. There is always (except for the last exit #6) another
hidden passage to the right of it! When you are in this secret area of
the game you find a message (only readable from the map screen) alluding
to the zip popping contest.

Zit Popping Contest
A 'Zit Popping' game can be played by going to the summary screens and
then going to the screen where Todd is pictured green. Press Option 1 and
you'll see a zit. Blow it up by hitting the buttons as fast as you can.
This also works in multi-player mode where it becomes a competition against
your opponent.

Choose Normal Game from the options. At the map screen position Skweek (or Skruch) over the "O" in the word GARGOUIL LAND and scale until you can't fly any lower. You will see a snorkeling furball. It may take some positioning, but maneuver yourself over the furball and then press OPT 1 so you can go to the forbidden islands. If you want two extra men, scale onto the small island directly to the right of the WELCOME ISLAND in the upper right corner of the dark blue spot. You will see a Skweek next to a palm tree. Hover over it and push OPT 1 for two extra lives. To gain 3000 extra coins, scale over to the large body of water in the PAGALAGOS ISLAND. You will see a Skweek. Hover over it, push OPT 1 and the cash is yours. (from July 1992 EGM)

Freak out mode:
Press and hold down OPT1 and UP before the title screen appears getinto "freak out" mode. Or at the "Continue?" screen, after the first "beep" of the countdown, and while the timer still shows a 9, press UP and OPTION 1 at the same time, and hold them. You'll see the GAME OVER screen, but keep holding them. The TOKI demo will appear... keep holding UP and on OPTION 1. After the names of the designers fall down, the demo should go psychedelic!! The demo will cycle through colours, a catchy tune will begin, and the pad will allow you to sample digitized TOKI sounds...furthermore, pressing DOWN and LEFT repeatedly will cause the samples to descend in pitch. Conversely, pressing UP and RIGHT repeatedly will cause the samples to ascend in pitch. Note: Once the new demo begins, release UP & OPTION 1. Then use pad to sample sounds. Pressing A or B starts the game normally (from Star*Lynx BBS and Jason).

The digitized designers:
As the screen fades to black to go to the "continue" screen, hold down Option 1 and push UP on the joypad simultaneously. Hold these all the way through the "continue" countdown. After the "continue" timer expires, you'll see a white dot in the center of the screen.

At this point, start pressing buttons A and B as quickly as possible (I noticed presswing the joypad directions will do it too) to make the dot grow. You'll notice, as the dot grows, that this is a picture of four programmers (in b&w). Keep making it grow until it's full screen - the picture briefly turns brown and you get the "game over" screen.

Tip for new players.
When playing alone, pause the game and you can still look around with the B' button. This may help new pilots so they can pause the action, look around and plan their route.

To kill the Red Baron:
First select unlimited damage, 200 rounds of ammo, no collisions, unlimited men if you're not good at landing, and a dueling start. Once you're in the air, fire your machine guns at the Baron. After he flies by, waste your ammunition on purpose. Next, land. While your men are trying to fix your plane, the Baron will crash trying to shoot you on the ground.

Single player grave sight.
For single-player Grave Sight, as soon as you die (when the roses and skulls border appears) quickly pause the game. 'A' button will change the viewpoint from plane to plane (And to the point where you died). Look around with the joypad.

Strategy
One of the best things to remember is that you have a limited supply of money which is sometimes the difference between life and death. The best item to buy in the shop is "Slow Energy Loss." This item reduces the rate at which your energy drains. At 4x, your energy drains four times slower than normal. Keep the Slow Energy Loss at four all of the time. Buying 125% energy for five coins is not worth the value of buying two and a half Slow Energy Losses. If you keep your energy ticking down slowly, you do not need to carry so much energy. Buy only the things you need, not just the things which are nice to have! This will get you through the game and allow you to survive. (Grey Matter)

Accessing the hidden "Life" game
Turn on your Lynx with the Zarlor Mercenary game card inserted. Press the fire button twice to get to the character selection screen. At this point you must hold down OPTION 1 while moving the joypad as follows: Up, Down, Left, Right, Up.

Full Power-Ups:
To get a fully powered up ship try the following trick: At the beginning of the game select XQ49. On the third level, second boss, let him kill you once and then finish the level. At the shop buy one of these items: power shot, side shooters, back shooters, auto fire, super shields, or lasers. You'll have everything maxed out except mega bombs and lives, but you can use the rest of your Zarbits on 'em. (GamePro)