Did anyone waste their time trying to make the Konami code work on Jackal?

[Xian042]

I was sure it would work, it worked on other 2 player Konami games, why wouldnt it work on this one? I must have spent a good half hour trying to get it to work.

Don't know what made me think of that.

[bangtango]

Well at least you didn't waste your time trying it on Double Dribble or Blades of Steel.

[Neil Koch]

I used to try the code on every NES Konami game.

Wasn't there a game put out by another company that had a message "I Am Not Konami" come up when you tried putting in the code?

[Draven]

You can get a bunch of lives by pressing A and B at the same time when your partner dies, but you have to time it just right (I think...been a long time!). I never got it to work. Anyone have any luck with that? And I try the Konami code on all Konami games too.

[Dire 51]

Wasn't there a game put out by another company that had a message "I Am Not Konami" come up when you tried putting in the code?
That would be Cosmic Epsilon for the Famicom. On a side note, if you've never played it, find a way and give it a shot - especially if you're a fan of Space Harrier.

[Tempest]

BTW here's a list of games that work with the Konami Code and what they do:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Konami_code_games

Tempest

[Greg2600]

It doesn't work on Super C (Contra sequel), maybe the hardest NES game Konami ever made.

[bangtango]

It doesn't work on Super C (Contra sequel), maybe the hardest NES game Konami ever made.

Huh? I can beat Super C without losing a single man. I found it to be much easier than Contra, which I still can't beat without the Konami code.

Gradius is much tougher than any NES Contra game. At least the NES Contra's let you pick up where your last guy perished instead of sending you back half of a level.

[Gameguy]

I used to try the code on every NES Konami game.

Wasn't there a game put out by another company that had a message "I Am Not Konami" come up when you tried putting in the code?
I think it's 3-D World Runner.

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8413/20060517zi8.png

[Dire 51]

I think it's 3-D World Runner.
Nope, Cosmic Epsilon:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/dire51/cos_ep.png

[Gameguy]

Nope, Cosmic Epsilon
A couple of games must have done that then, several web pages list 3-D World Runner. I haven't tried it on a copy myself because I don't own the game. Could someone please try this out to confirm or disprove this?

I'm pretty sure I saw this also on Wikipedia, but it seems to have just been edited recently. It's still viewable on the internet archive, complete with the spelling mistake of "Konani". Someone just changed the name of the game(I just read it after this thread was made).
http://web.archive.org/web/20071016061516/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Konami_code_games

3-D World Runner (DOG, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Pausing the game and entering Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A will cause a message to come up saying "I AM NOT KONANI"

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200901/N09.0107.1406.58413.htm?Page=2

...or in the Dog-developed NES title 3-D World Runner, a message pops up that exclaims, “I AM NOT KONAMI.”

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/1764.html

#10: 3-D WorldRunner (NES)
Pause the game. Enter the code, and the game will tell you, "I AM NOT KONAMI." This is one of the first silly uses of the code that didn't affect game play.

[Rob2600]

It doesn't work on Super C (Contra sequel), maybe the hardest NES game Konami ever made.

Yeah, Super C has a different code:

At the title screen press Right, Left, Down, Up, A, B, Start for a one-player game or Select, Start for a two-player game.

[Famidrive-16]

Wasn't the Sonic level select code a variation of the Konami Code?

[RASK1904]

That sit don't work on my 3d world runner?
Thanx RASK1904:rockets:

[Xian042]

Yeah, Super C has a different code:

At the title screen press Right, Left, Down, Up, A, B, Start for a one-player game or Select, Start for a two-player game.


Also, didn't Super C only give you 10 extra lives instead of 30?

[kupomogli]

I can beat the original Contra without the code.

Contra Hard Corps needs a code. I've only once gotten past the first stage. I hate the game due to it's extremely hard difficulty. It makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look like a cake walk.

[Garry Silljo]

Huh? I can beat Super C without losing a single man. I found it to be much easier than Contra, which I still can't beat without the Konami code.


I thought the first Contra was the easier one, but I've played both so many times I can 1 life clear both of them and they are both equally easy now. I have no idea why people find these 2 so hard.

[Kitsune Sniper]

It doesn't work on Super C (Contra sequel), maybe the hardest NES game Konami ever made.

You've obviously NEVER played The Adventures of Bayou Billy.

[FrakAttack]

I was sure it would work, it worked on other 2 player Konami games, why wouldnt it work on this one? I must have spent a good half hour trying to get it to work.

I swear it worked back in the day (for 30 lives,) but don't remember the specifics. Maybe you have to enter it on controller 2?

Great, know I'm gonna have to drag out an NES and find that cart, or it'll bug me to death.

[rbudrick]

I haven't got the extra lives trick in Jackal to work either.


I can beat the original Contra without the code.

Contra Hard Corps needs a code. I've only once gotten past the first stage. I hate the game due to it's extremely hard difficulty. It makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look like a cake walk.

Hmmm, I beat that game in a few hours...on NGIII I died on stage 7 every time! Never did beat NGIII.

-Rob

[bangtango]

I thought the first Contra was the easier one, but I've played both so many times I can 1 life clear both of them and they are both equally easy now. I have no idea why people find these 2 so hard.

Neither of the first two NES Contra's are all that difficult. I've beat Super C with one life a bunch of times. The trouble I run into with Contra is in the Energy Zone (Stage 6?). For whatever reason, I can never get through the beams consistently.

That single stage wipes out half a dozen of my men (give or take), which means I generally have to use the 30-lives code on account of one friggin' level. Other than that minor setback, I have the first Contra down pat and don't lose a single life in any of the other stages.

[kainemaxwell]

Also, didn't Super C only give you 10 extra lives instead of 30?
Yup. I always found Super C easier then Contra also. On a good run I can make it up to Stage 3 without loosing a single life or two.

Fact the code is valid and does stuff in the DDR and Metal Gear Solid titles is cool.

[jupitersj]

You've obviously NEVER played The Adventures of Bayou Billy.

I can't believe I beat that game...I guess it's easier to waste time and be persistent as a kid :)

[bangtango]

I can't believe I beat that game...I guess it's easier to waste time and be persistent as a kid :)

Bayou Billy is on the list of games that I was never able to beat without the NES Game Genie.

I'd be stockpiled with extra men, because I could breeze through the sidescrolling and light gun levels, only to lose my entire arsenal of men on the driving stages.

[Garry Silljo]

Bayou Billy is on the list of games that I was never able to beat without the NES Game Genie.

I'd be stockpiled with extra men, because I could breeze through the sidescrolling and light gun levels, only to lose my entire arsenal of men on the driving stages.

I had to do it the hard way since as a kid ... and now, I am adamantly against game genies or any cheat devices. For me the driving stages were doable but absolutely not at top speed. Slow and steady was the only way to survive them. I thought the fighting stages were worse. I love beat'em upsbut the enemies appear totally unphazed when you hit them. It's annoying.

[Draven]

Ah...Bayou Billy. Never managed to get through it without the Game Genie, personally. Driving and shooting were easy, but man, just getting through the first level without dying was a challenge! Those enemies were tough, and as Garry put it, unphazed when hit. Great graphics, but almost unplayable through the fighting levels.

[RASK1904]

I have a friend who used to come over and play Bayou Billy all the time. He would beat it every time he came over so that game is banned at my house! Seriously. He would play it all the time. He Could beat Contra(who cant) and Ninja Gaiden I & II but not III. It's just weird that evreyone talks about these games.

With Bayou it's just a beat em up. If your super good at them there you go. When fighting go up and down. Goood dodge.

Ninja Gaiden is memorising paterns. Kinda like the original Castlevania. Which me and him beat together. I killed Dracula though. He killed Death.

Oh Dave, hope "The Team" didn' get ya! Lol

Thanks RASK1904:rockets:

[rbudrick]

With all this talk about Bayou Billy it reminds me that I couldn't get through the first level for the longest time. Turns out, it's the hardest level! Once I got past that I think another week's practice had me through the game. The tough part was nailing those driving scenes (driving games were never my forte, always a weakness). The gun scenes weren't too tough. But seriously, if you can make it past stage 1, you'll go far.

Konami does that with games every now and then...take Gradius 2 for FC for example. The first stage is nearly impossible, but when you make it through, there's a good chance you'll beat the game in the same sitting!

-Rob