Cheating the System
Recently I came across a copy of Pacman collection for gba, and one of the games included was Pac Attack. This game has a three letter password system without vowels included, which
has a total of 9261 possible combinations. The game consists of 100 levels with their own passwords along with a password to go straight to the end screen. I tried for
a while with a bunch of of random combinations by spamming the A button, and I just so happened to get the end screen password . Like I said I was spamming the A button so the combination wasn't written down, but still what are the odds? So here's my question, have any of you gotten around the password system in any game, or at least tried? Another example I kan think of is Yu-Gi-Oh The Eternal Duelist Soul for gba, where you can put in the code from the actual cards to get them in game, but now you can just google image search most of the nice cards to do that.
Also, quick edit, it turns out it was FFF, so I guess I was just rocking it back and forth onto F a bunch.
has a total of 9261 possible combinations. The game consists of 100 levels with their own passwords along with a password to go straight to the end screen. I tried for
a while with a bunch of of random combinations by spamming the A button, and I just so happened to get the end screen password . Like I said I was spamming the A button so the combination wasn't written down, but still what are the odds? So here's my question, have any of you gotten around the password system in any game, or at least tried? Another example I kan think of is Yu-Gi-Oh The Eternal Duelist Soul for gba, where you can put in the code from the actual cards to get them in game, but now you can just google image search most of the nice cards to do that.
Also, quick edit, it turns out it was FFF, so I guess I was just rocking it back and forth onto F a bunch.
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Does that count?
what are the odd?
n = number of not vowels letters
chance = 1 / ( n * n * n )
in %: you multiply the result x 100.
Hope this helps.
what are the odd?
n = number of not vowels letters
chance = 1 / ( n * n * n )
in %: you multiply the result x 100.
Hope this helps.
Love it when people take stuff like this seriously, but if you look up there I already said 9261
I love randomly getting the 'Unlimited Turbo' cheat. The 'Big Head' cheat is fun too.
Oh, and 'Late Hits' (on Blitz).
Love it when people take stuff like this seriously, but if you look up there I already said 9261
Ah, ok. About 0.01%.
When Nintendo Power published the Super Game Boy credits warp code, I started spamming the L & R buttons for more cheats. I found an unpublished code that starts the screen saver right away. It took me a little while to figure out what it did because I'd hear the chime and nothing would happen. The default background for a non-SGB game has no screen saver even though all the other built-in backgrounds do have a screen saver. Also, spamming buttons cancels it. It was unpublished last I checked.
In Killer Instinct I realized that Left + Select jumps to the high scores right away. Normally waiting on the title screen will take you there but it alternates between character bios and the high scores, returning to the title between each and often forcing you to wait twice if you don't know the cheat. It was also unpublished but I shared it with someone here (last year I think) and he said he was putting it on his Killer Instinct website.
For some reason I was holding down the C button (which activates the first part of the code), and must have just whimsically pushed B and level skipped, lol.
I tried the Japanese version of Turok II ("Violence Killer") and found the chests menu. I just happened to try the American subtitle ("Seeds of Evil") and it worked! I don't remember what the cheat actually did though. I think it was some kind of master cheat.
I seem to remember it being the Japanese version of the original Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter using the subtitle from the English sequel as the Master Cheat. I may be wrong about some of that but I do remember that it was the Master Cheat
Actually, I remember one time when I accidentally figured out a cheat code for Sonic 3D Blast on the Saturn.
For some reason I was holding down the C button (which activates the first part of the code), and must have just whimsically pushed B and level skipped, lol.
LOL! This reminds me of when I thought I was on to something in Yoshi's Island because every button would give me a "buzz buzz" error sound if I held Select on the map screen except X. After trying every button after X and still getting the sound, I realized that holding select and pressing X twice did not give me the sound but it would on the third press. I soon realized that Select followed by X, X, Y did not product the error sound. I continued feeling my way through button combinations until I came up with: hold Select and press X, X, Y, B, A. After a little fanfare, I realized that it was the same cheat I already knew (hidden dialog box in game gives it to you)! *facepalm* I thought I was on to something because I had never mis-entered that cheat before and never heard the buzz/error sound.
I was able to figure out a password to go straight to the final stage in CV3 with just two chain whip icons and a cross or something. I don't remember finding anything too significant in Mega Man 2.
Actually, I remember one time when I accidentally figured out a cheat code for Sonic 3D Blast on the Saturn.
For some reason I was holding down the C button (which activates the first part of the code), and must have just whimsically pushed B and level skipped, lol.
LOL! This reminds me of when I thought I was on to something in Yoshi's Island because every button would give me a "buzz buzz" error sound if I held Select on the map screen except X. After trying every button after X and still getting the sound, I realized that holding select and pressing X twice did not give me the sound but it would on the third press. I soon realized that Select followed by X, X, Y did not product the error sound. I continued feeling my way through button combinations until I came up with: hold Select and press X, X, Y, B, A. After a little fanfare, I realized that it was the same cheat I already knew (hidden dialog box in game gives it to you)! *facepalm* I thought I was on to something because I had never mis-entered that cheat before and never heard the buzz/error sound.
Yes lol! I felt like the man for about a week, until I saw a copy of GAMEPRO with the cheat in the back while grocery shopping lmao.
Ah, the late 90's
Not gonna lie, at first I kinda thought this topic and it's subtitle was a way to hack in NintendoAge or something. lol
Shhhhh!
*in non suspicious voice* Look, Mr, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you talk about these "hidden messages" in my original post, and the fact that I'm "brainwashing" people to do my hacking.. I mean, uh, to do any hacking, and it's completely unrealistic. I can assure you there definately isn't anything hidden in the first post.
Not gonna lie, at first I kinda thought this topic and it's subtitle was a way to hack in NintendoAge or something. lol
Shhhhh!
*in non suspicious voice* Look, Mr, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you talk about these "hidden messages" in my original post, and the fact that I'm "brainwashing" people to do my hacking.. I mean, uh, to do any hacking, and it's completely unrealistic. I can assure you there definately isn't anything hidden in the first post.
Well, let's see...
You said "Password" 6 times:
And "FFF" has the letter "F" in sequence 3 times:
6 - 3 = 3. And there 3 points to a triangle... wait... OMG...
This confirms everything, including Half Life 3.
Not gonna lie, at first I kinda thought this topic and it's subtitle was a way to hack in NintendoAge or something. lol
Shhhhh!
*in non suspicious voice* Look, Mr, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you talk about these "hidden messages" in my original post, and the fact that I'm "brainwashing" people to do my hacking.. I mean, uh, to do any hacking, and it's completely unrealistic. I can assure you there definately isn't anything hidden in the first post.
Well, let's see...
You said "Password" 6 times:
And "FFF" has the letter "F" in sequence 3 times:
6 - 3 = 3. And there 3 points to a triangle... wait... OMG...
This confirms everything, including Half Life 3.
Or you can just maximize the window and read the 1st letter in every line
Half life 3 would be better, though.
Not gonna lie, at first I kinda thought this topic and it's subtitle was a way to hack in NintendoAge or something. lol
Shhhhh!
*in non suspicious voice* Look, Mr, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you talk about these "hidden messages" in my original post, and the fact that I'm "brainwashing" people to do my hacking.. I mean, uh, to do any hacking, and it's completely unrealistic. I can assure you there definately isn't anything hidden in the first post.
Or you can just maximize the window and read the 1st letter in every line
Half life 3 would be better, though.
lol conspiracy theories are fun.
Take "GoldeneyeGamer"
Golden: Color of the pyrimids
Eye: Eye in the middle
Gamer: Half Life 3 is, like Goldeneye, a fps game gamers play so... Half Life 3 confirmed. hahaha
I'm on to your schemes...
Not gonna lie, at first I kinda thought this topic and it's subtitle was a way to hack in NintendoAge or something. lol
Shhhhh!
*in non suspicious voice* Look, Mr, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you talk about these "hidden messages" in my original post, and the fact that I'm "brainwashing" people to do my hacking.. I mean, uh, to do any hacking, and it's completely unrealistic. I can assure you there definately isn't anything hidden in the first post.
Well, let's see...
You said "Password" 6 times:
And "FFF" has the letter "F" in sequence 3 times:
6 - 3 = 3. And there 3 points to a triangle... wait... OMG...
This confirms everything, including Half Life 3.
Or you can just maximize the window and read the 1st letter in every line
Half life 3 would be better, though.
Sweet lawd, that's too much for my pre-caffeinated mind to take in right now, lmao
Back in the day, I figured out you could place one blue dot in the E6 square of the Mega Man 3 password system and start the game with an E-can. I've been doing that every time I play since then.
I never knew this. Duly noted. Thank you.
I also had many Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine passwords I randomly figured out because it was only 4 characters long. However, the password drops you into a random difficulty level so that wasn't as fun.