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On December 19, 2023, programmer Martin Piper revealed a pair of hidden cheat codes he included in the original release of Alien Resurrection. To execute these codes, you need to go into the game's Options menu and unlock the Cheat Menu with the code Circle/Left on the D-Pad/Right on the D-Pad/Circle/Up on the D-Pad/R2. The cheats Piper revealed include the following:
• A level selection menu can be unlocked in the Options menu right after unlocking the Cheat Menu by pressing R1/Down on the D-Pad/R1/Right on the D-Pad/L1/Up on the D-Pad/L2/Square. If entered correctly, you will hear a "bonk" sound indicating the code has been activated. Re-entering the Cheat Menu will reveal an additional option to re-visit any section in any level in the game.
• The more notable of the two codes Piper revealed is one that allows the Alien Resurrection disc to act as a boot disc to play PlayStation games on any burned CD-R disc without the use of modding. This novelty method works with any PlayStation model (as long as you have something to block the tray disc sensor on newer models so you can swap out the disc with the tray open), and must be done after unlocking the level selection menu (you can save after unlocking this menu so you do not have to unlock it again if you want to perform the disc swap trick). Once that is unlocked, go back to the Options menu and enter the code Left on the D-Pad/Up on the D-Pad/Right on the D-Pad/Down on the D-Pad/Right on the D-Pad/Up on the D-Pad/Left on the D-Pad/Square/Triangle/Square/Triangle/L1. The "bonk" sound will again be heard if the code is activated. Next, go back to the Cheat Menu and set the level selection to Level 6 and Section 1. Then while highlighting Section 1, hold down L1 (Note: it's imperative to keep holding down L1 for the remainder of this method) and press X. The screen will turn black and the Alien Resurrection disc will stop spinning, at which point you can swap out the disc with a burned CD-R disc of any PlayStation game you desire. While still holding L1, hold Square and Triangle, and then release all three buttons to boot the burned CD-R game.
When asked by YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer, Piper revealed that the latter cheat code had never been disclosed to Sony when the game was sent in for certification as Sony would have immediately sent the game back and forced the developers to remove it since it acted as a backdoor for playing pirated games, and he believed that no other developers who worked on the game were made aware of it either. In a YouTube comment, he explained that he only revealed the codes now because it had been so long since the game's release and he did not want to hold onto the secret for the rest of his life. According to him, the intent of the feature stemmed from Alien Resurrection potentially being planned as a multi-disc game, with the feature being implemented as a test to see if discs could be changed without resetting the PlayStation. Unlike standard multi-disc games that function with the PlayStation's built-in ability to swap out discs through an API call to maintain memory data without fully resetting the console, Alien Resurrection has code that loads an .exe file on any burned CD-R disc you swap it out with to start that new game up while bypassing the PlayStation's anti-piracy protection check.
• A level selection menu can be unlocked in the Options menu right after unlocking the Cheat Menu by pressing R1/Down on the D-Pad/R1/Right on the D-Pad/L1/Up on the D-Pad/L2/Square. If entered correctly, you will hear a "bonk" sound indicating the code has been activated. Re-entering the Cheat Menu will reveal an additional option to re-visit any section in any level in the game.
• The more notable of the two codes Piper revealed is one that allows the Alien Resurrection disc to act as a boot disc to play PlayStation games on any burned CD-R disc without the use of modding. This novelty method works with any PlayStation model (as long as you have something to block the tray disc sensor on newer models so you can swap out the disc with the tray open), and must be done after unlocking the level selection menu (you can save after unlocking this menu so you do not have to unlock it again if you want to perform the disc swap trick). Once that is unlocked, go back to the Options menu and enter the code Left on the D-Pad/Up on the D-Pad/Right on the D-Pad/Down on the D-Pad/Right on the D-Pad/Up on the D-Pad/Left on the D-Pad/Square/Triangle/Square/Triangle/L1. The "bonk" sound will again be heard if the code is activated. Next, go back to the Cheat Menu and set the level selection to Level 6 and Section 1. Then while highlighting Section 1, hold down L1 (Note: it's imperative to keep holding down L1 for the remainder of this method) and press X. The screen will turn black and the Alien Resurrection disc will stop spinning, at which point you can swap out the disc with a burned CD-R disc of any PlayStation game you desire. While still holding L1, hold Square and Triangle, and then release all three buttons to boot the burned CD-R game.
When asked by YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer, Piper revealed that the latter cheat code had never been disclosed to Sony when the game was sent in for certification as Sony would have immediately sent the game back and forced the developers to remove it since it acted as a backdoor for playing pirated games, and he believed that no other developers who worked on the game were made aware of it either. In a YouTube comment, he explained that he only revealed the codes now because it had been so long since the game's release and he did not want to hold onto the secret for the rest of his life. According to him, the intent of the feature stemmed from Alien Resurrection potentially being planned as a multi-disc game, with the feature being implemented as a test to see if discs could be changed without resetting the PlayStation. Unlike standard multi-disc games that function with the PlayStation's built-in ability to swap out discs through an API call to maintain memory data without fully resetting the console, Alien Resurrection has code that loads an .exe file on any burned CD-R disc you swap it out with to start that new game up while bypassing the PlayStation's anti-piracy protection check.
GamesRadar article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/after-23-years-developer-reveals-he-snuck-a-cheat-code-past-sony-that-turns-a-cult-classic-horror-game-into-a-godsend-for-retro-enthusiasts/
Video demonstrating the cheat codes (with link to Martin Piper comment):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRB7iUCX4KQ&lc=UgxY-VgMjlsrZyWx01J4AaABAg.9yVrngKLtP59yVsLHbNHfR
https://www.gamesradar.com/after-23-years-developer-reveals-he-snuck-a-cheat-code-past-sony-that-turns-a-cult-classic-horror-game-into-a-godsend-for-retro-enthusiasts/
Video demonstrating the cheat codes (with link to Martin Piper comment):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRB7iUCX4KQ&lc=UgxY-VgMjlsrZyWx01J4AaABAg.9yVrngKLtP59yVsLHbNHfR
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The main antagonist Damien attempts to cause trouble for the Snowboard Kids throughout the game after his entrance and declaration to conquer Snow Town are completely ignored. Following along with this, a sprite animation of Damien yelling can be found hiding in the sidelines of seven of the game's courses. Damien's irrelevancy is joked at further in the game's manual, where the first six pages after the Table of Contents appear to show him "crash-landing" into the manual and observing some of the instructions and story events from the top-left corner before entering the story himself, as well as the background image of these pages (and also the very last two pages of the manual) being a close-up shot of Damien hopelessly yelling for attention.
Damien sprite cameos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrjfTi_Gng
Snowboard Kids 2 manual (Pages 4-9, 38-39):
https://manuall.co.uk/nintendo-n64-snowboard-kids-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrjfTi_Gng
Snowboard Kids 2 manual (Pages 4-9, 38-39):
https://manuall.co.uk/nintendo-n64-snowboard-kids-2/
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If you wait for roughly ten to fifteen minutes on the main menu for any mode, eventually a small gecko-like lizard will appear from the left side of the screen, walking along the bottom while carrying a sign reading "Lost Land Or Bust!!!". When the lizard reaches the other side of the screen, it turns around and walks back to where it came from off-screen, this time revealing another message on the other side of the sign reading "Start the game".
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PaRappa the Rapper has a "repeat" button function where, for lines that comprise of one single button (such as those in Prince Fleaswallow's rap), you can press the left D-pad button to repeat the first syllable and the right button to repeat the last syllable.
The repeat trick in use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIMVigokdE
Strategy guide going over Easter eggs in the game:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/198264-parappa-the-rapper/faqs/4074
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIMVigokdE
Strategy guide going over Easter eggs in the game:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/198264-parappa-the-rapper/faqs/4074
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In the unreleased Atari 5200 version of RealSports Basketball, you can press 5 during the attract mode demo to make a cryptic message appear:
If turned into an acronym, this message says:
"...WHEN RUNNING INTO THE TROPICAL ENTROPY NIGHTLY, BY YOURSELF, PROJECT AND TRY REACHING INTO CIRCLES KILLED, BECAUSE ALL SEEMS STRANGE..."
If turned into an acronym, this message says:
"WRITTEN BY PATRICK BASS"
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In the ending of the PC version of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Count Olaf police mugshots are 3D squares that the camera zooms into. If you change the camera to look at the sides of these mugshots, you can see an anthropomorphic turtle holding a trophy with the caption "CONGRATULATIONS! A WINNER IS YOU!" (a reference to Pro Wrestling for NES).
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If you press Select while pausing Q-Boy, you can unlock a "Mario mode" that replaces several of the game's original characters with Mario characters.
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If you enters password PROGRESS and then the cheat code A, Right, Down, B, Left, Up, B, B, A in Spot Goes to Hollywood's pause screen, you will unlock a minigame called FRUITMEISTER 2, a slot machine game using developers' heads. There is no reward for winning the game (something cheekily acknowledged in-game with the caption "win a prize or something - probably"). A first FRUITMEISTER minigame is not currently known to exist in any other Eurocom game.
Platform: Family Computer
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The HVC Controller Test, a cartridge used internally at Nintendo to test Famicom controllers, contains a hidden Simon-style game, accessed by pressing B and Down on Controller 2.
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The Game Gear and Master System version of Daffy Duck in Hollywood has a set of 3 cheat codes - the first 2 being a stage select code and an invincibility code. If you enter those in that order and then the third code, Daffy's sprite will be replaced with a digitized image of Probe founder Fergus McGovern.
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Throughout the second part of Lostbelt 6, Avalon La Fae, the player is met with several unskippable dialogue options. Special dialogue options can be unlocked by selecting the following options:
• Section 11-6: Spoiler:"...(Does that mean Altria's and Oberon's eyes are-)"
• Section 12-1: Spoiler:"(Even from so early on...?)"
• Section 13-1: Spoiler:"Come to think of it, you never did tell us about your summoning, Oberon."
• Section 16-5: Spoiler:"...(There's something I should double-check with Oberon...)" Choosing this option also reveals an extended sequence where Oberon reveals he hired Koyanskya to take care of Morgan's reinforcements during the siege of Londinium.
• Section 20-4: Spoiler:"...(But, if I do that...)"
• Section 23-4: Spoiler:"...Maybe it's because she can tell when someone is lying?"
• Section 23-6: Spoiler:"Even though you said it doesn't exist here?"
By selecting these options when prompted, special red dialogue options appear after beating Spoiler:Cernunos and Spoiler:Grimr The Sage declares himself the only Servant summoned from Proper Human History. These red dialogue options reveal that the player figured out Oberon was tricking them into playing along with his scheme, and that he was lying about his motives and goals the entire time.
• Section 11-6: Spoiler:"...(Does that mean Altria's and Oberon's eyes are-)"
• Section 12-1: Spoiler:"(Even from so early on...?)"
• Section 13-1: Spoiler:"Come to think of it, you never did tell us about your summoning, Oberon."
• Section 16-5: Spoiler:"...(There's something I should double-check with Oberon...)" Choosing this option also reveals an extended sequence where Oberon reveals he hired Koyanskya to take care of Morgan's reinforcements during the siege of Londinium.
• Section 20-4: Spoiler:"...(But, if I do that...)"
• Section 23-4: Spoiler:"...Maybe it's because she can tell when someone is lying?"
• Section 23-6: Spoiler:"Even though you said it doesn't exist here?"
By selecting these options when prompted, special red dialogue options appear after beating Spoiler:Cernunos and Spoiler:Grimr The Sage declares himself the only Servant summoned from Proper Human History. These red dialogue options reveal that the player figured out Oberon was tricking them into playing along with his scheme, and that he was lying about his motives and goals the entire time.
Section 11:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlEkHK_M1Ak#t=2504
Section 12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfrNm0jFLn4#t=94
Section 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke079mKXJ_I#t=309
Section 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBhYfn40opw#t=2520
Section 20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLoZCqiOUE#t=2487
Section 23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfZvr9r8Cw#t=1021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfZvr9r8Cw#t=1982
First appearance of red dialogue boxes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKteeLNUdm0#t=6908
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlEkHK_M1Ak#t=2504
Section 12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfrNm0jFLn4#t=94
Section 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke079mKXJ_I#t=309
Section 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBhYfn40opw#t=2520
Section 20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLoZCqiOUE#t=2487
Section 23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfZvr9r8Cw#t=1021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfZvr9r8Cw#t=1982
First appearance of red dialogue boxes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKteeLNUdm0#t=6908
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If you fly up to the height at which the ship spawns while protecting a human in Wave 25 of the Atari 2600 version of Defender, all enemy ships will transform into the letters "BP", standing for Defender creator Bob Polaro.
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If you enter OVINE as your name on Defender 2000's high score table, you will temporarily unlock "Flossy Mode", which features Jeff Minter's signature ruminants - specifically, the humans are replaced with pixel art llamas, while the ship is replaced with a photo of Minter's first pet sheep, Flossy.
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The final level of Wario Land 4, Golden Passage, begins with Wario touching the frog switch, causing the entire stage to play the generic hurry up theme - if a player pauses the game before landing on the switch (or alternatively hacks the game), a unique Golden Passage stage theme can be heard.
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Adding "FryFox=BurnBabyBurn" to the game's configuration file will unlock a special in-joke cutscene. By clicking the electric chair in Napoleon's lab, Spy Fox will be sit down and be electrocuted into a pile of dust, before respawning through a tribute to the death animations in Dragon's Lair.
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Princess Remedy and Frallan, who are ex-girlfriends from their original game Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, have a unique romantic team victory pose and can do a special healing kiss when one grabs the other and presses taunt. This will not work with Frallan's Nuna costume and Remedy's Princess Amelia costume.
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If an enemy attempts to rob Yagami while he has no money in his inventory, the enemy will pat him on the back to comfort him as Yagami collapses on the ground, presumably having a breakdown.
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In the Easter egg "Developer's Grove" area that is unlocked upon donating 10,000 Rapo-Coins to the Wishing Well, one of the developers will inform the player that there is a "secret flower" hidden in the game that can bring the Mayor, who dies in the final world, back from the dead - while another developer tells the player that the other developer is lying. There is no secret flower.
Drawn to Life - Developer's Grove:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjkianEiAOI
Developer interview and transcript:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/User:BreGee/Miah_Interview_Transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjkianEiAOI
Developer interview and transcript:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/User:BreGee/Miah_Interview_Transcript
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One exploit to gain more coins is to use Luigi’s hammer to change Mario into Mini Mario, then make Luigi attempt to perform a High Jump. If you have Mario jump up when Luigi is above Mario, he will strike Luigi from below and it will cause Luigi to produce a coin as if he was a block. New coins can be acquired based on how much HP Luigi has and will stop once he’s at 1 HP.
subdirectory_arrow_right Max Payne (Game)
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In Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, during Part III: Chapter Three: A Mob War, you can find a hidden dialogue between two Punchinello mobsters while they stand guard by a staircase waiting for intruders:
This line is a reference to an old meme from the 3D Realms forums. The exact origins of this meme are not entirely known, but in a developer Q&A that occurred at an unknown date (either for the first Max Payne game, or in the lead-up to Max Payne 2's announcement at E3 2002 going off of what could be easily found in 3D Realms' forum archives), one fan asked them "What about moving?", a seemingly vague and unnecessary question. This question perplexed the game's fan community and developers, who promised that moving would appear in the final game, and it did. The question subsequently became an early popular meme on the forums, later being referenced in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. In a thread on October 8th, six days prior to the game's release, in anticipation for another developer Q&A, the line as it appears in the game appeared to be referenced in a post presumably by a Remedy Entertainment staff member or moderator, who quoted the first two lines in the dialogue.
Vegas: "What about moving?"
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "What about it? Put one foot in front of the other."
Vegas: "No, I mean, what about you moving out, leaving her?"
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "That's the trouble, you can't choose who you go crazy about."
Vegas: "True, but what you can choose is what you do about it, you know? Kiss them or kill them."
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "Yeah, I guess you're right. Hey, thanks, Vegas."
Vegas: "Hey, don't get soft on me. You stay here, I'm gonna check upstairs."
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "Okay. Hey, but Vegas, I really mean it, thanks."
Vegas: "Forget about it already."
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "What about it? Put one foot in front of the other."
Vegas: "No, I mean, what about you moving out, leaving her?"
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "That's the trouble, you can't choose who you go crazy about."
Vegas: "True, but what you can choose is what you do about it, you know? Kiss them or kill them."
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "Yeah, I guess you're right. Hey, thanks, Vegas."
Vegas: "Hey, don't get soft on me. You stay here, I'm gonna check upstairs."
Unnamed Punchinello mobster: "Okay. Hey, but Vegas, I really mean it, thanks."
Vegas: "Forget about it already."
This line is a reference to an old meme from the 3D Realms forums. The exact origins of this meme are not entirely known, but in a developer Q&A that occurred at an unknown date (either for the first Max Payne game, or in the lead-up to Max Payne 2's announcement at E3 2002 going off of what could be easily found in 3D Realms' forum archives), one fan asked them "What about moving?", a seemingly vague and unnecessary question. This question perplexed the game's fan community and developers, who promised that moving would appear in the final game, and it did. The question subsequently became an early popular meme on the forums, later being referenced in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. In a thread on October 8th, six days prior to the game's release, in anticipation for another developer Q&A, the line as it appears in the game appeared to be referenced in a post presumably by a Remedy Entertainment staff member or moderator, who quoted the first two lines in the dialogue.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - What About Moving? line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fVFeuyrVUY
Max Payne 2 announcement thread containing developer Q&A reference:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-341.html
Reference to the Easter egg version of the line days before Max Payne 2's release:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-6002.html
Favorite quotes thread in which this Easter egg is mentioned:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-7045.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fVFeuyrVUY
Max Payne 2 announcement thread containing developer Q&A reference:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-341.html
Reference to the Easter egg version of the line days before Max Payne 2's release:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-6002.html
Favorite quotes thread in which this Easter egg is mentioned:
https://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-7045.html