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    Quote Originally Posted by gadz
    For all those wondering about the metroid code, it's :


    NARPAS SWORD0
    000000 000000


    and thats for infinite life and missiles.


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    Umm, I beat you to it a few posts up

    Speaking of a secret that has never been found (to my knowledge):

    Run Saber (SNES)

    There is a Game Genie code which unlocks an extra options menu. I'm thinking there has to be a button press to unlock it. Maybe the same one as Super Valis IV (or another Atlus published game)?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by stonic
    KLOV mentions 2 secret codes for arcade NBA Jam that have yet to be revealed: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?...N&game_id=8813

    • The original NBA Jam machines (with version 1.0 of the code) contain a secret Battlezone-style mini-game that can be played without using money! This secret was deemed unethical by many of the video game magazines of the time, and magazines like EGM and Gamepro were specifically asked not to publish the code. Both magazines agreed, and to this date it is the only video game code that is considered "taboo" by the press. This mini-game was removed in the next update of the machine code.

    • It’s possible to enter a code that allows the cheerleaders to be playable characters, but the codes were intentionally made complex since their existence did not please the NBA. As a result, the information has never been released, and to date none have been found.
    If these codes came out, it would be the coolest thing ever. Has anybody hacked the rom to look for it? I know thats how a lot of the more obscure codes are unearthed.

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    I had no idea so many codes had yet to be found...

    And thanks for that Zelda link, but I think I remember hearing about it a long time ago, before 2003... but where did I hear it? Was it in my Zelda LTP guide?

    No... it's not there...

    Also must try metal Gear code. Funny bastards at Konami!

    And yes, the Contra: Hard Corps secret is true. IT HAS BEEN FOR AGES. But you forgot to mention it plays Vampire Killer!

    Still cool stuff, though. I like what you guys have shown me.
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    It took awhile for the Pokemon community to learn about the legit glitch in Pokemon R/B/Y to get Mew. That didn't involve the truck.

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    When I was much younger, I found out that if you put in the password "earlfartfart" on Toejam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron on the Genesis, the credits would play, before giving you the "bogus password" message usually associated with an incorrect password. I thought that was hilarious, until I later discovered that if you have either "tj" or "earl" at the beginning of a password, and then anything at all filling up the rest of the space, the credits would roll. Too bad it didn't require the "fartfart" part; that was my favorite.

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    The one which took the longest is the code to unlock the four bosses in the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II. The game's been out since '92, and no one's discovered it yet.

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    You can put strings of gibberish into the Metroid password screen, and you've got like a 50% chance of it doing something. "Justin Bailey" was a coincidence.
    50%...you are exaggerating, right? I know Metal Gear had some issues, but I have never gotten a Metroid code to accidentally work.

    And the Justin Bailey code is no coincidence, iirc. I think IO remember reading that there is a crapload of codes that are "exceptions" to the checksum routines for valid passwords. I believe this is one of them.

    Also, it has been said that the programmer put this in to mean "Just in bailey," meaning, "Just in bathing suit." Bailey is an oooold word for a bathing suit. A bit much for a coincidence. Of course, it can be argued that's a bunch of bull...I just think it's unlikely. I'm pretty sure I remember reading once that particular code was intentional, but I could be wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by White Knight
    The one which took the longest is the code to unlock the four bosses in the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II. The game's been out since '92, and no one's discovered it yet.
    Probably because it doesn't exist. There was a Game Genie code from a long time ago that allowed you to play as the bosses, but it didn't work right (i.e., the boss move sets were of whatever character you picked, not what they were in SF2CE).

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    I suppose if you linked about 1000 game genies together, you could "unlock" those bosses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Morbis
    The secret I discovered years ago on how to get 28 P-wings in SMB3 without having to beat the game first, has got to be the record. And no, I'm not telling anyone (and I hope no one else has discovered it and posted it on the net or else my harbouring of this secret for all these years will have been moot).

    P.S.-here's one hint: you get the 28 P-wings (well it's technically 27 and a whistle) in the hidden mushroom house at the end of 1-3, IF you do all the right things leading up to that point.

    ...And for the record, no I don't care if nobody believes me. I just think that it's beyond cool that I discovered a secret (glitch?) in an incredibly popular game that I have never read about or seen mention of in the 15 years since the game was released.
    Okay... I need a few answers: Are you lying? Which versions does the secret work on? Are you lying?

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    <coaxing to spill the beans>He's definitely lying.</coaxing to spill the beans>

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    Getting Mew legititamitlly in Pokemon Red and Blue remained hidden for seven years. But then again that's more of a glitch then an easter egg.
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    Quote Originally Posted by § Gideon §
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Morbis
    The secret I discovered years ago on how to get 28 P-wings in SMB3 without having to beat the game first, has got to be the record. And no, I'm not telling anyone (and I hope no one else has discovered it and posted it on the net or else my harbouring of this secret for all these years will have been moot).

    P.S.-here's one hint: you get the 28 P-wings (well it's technically 27 and a whistle) in the hidden mushroom house at the end of 1-3, IF you do all the right things leading up to that point.

    ...And for the record, no I don't care if nobody believes me. I just think that it's beyond cool that I discovered a secret (glitch?) in an incredibly popular game that I have never read about or seen mention of in the 15 years since the game was released.
    Okay... I need a few answers: Are you lying? Which versions does the secret work on? Are you lying?
    It works on all US versions. I've never tried the jap version. Coincidentally, some guy on the NES boards at Gamefaqs just recently stumbled upon it by accident but he couldn't duplicate it. He did however try and describe exactly what he did leading up to it *hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge*.

    It's easy to replicate every time if you know how, but it's HELLA HARD figuring it out. When I initially stumbled upon it in my youth, it took hours and hours of replaying the game up to 1-3 over and over again just to make it happen a second time to convince myself it wasn't a one in a million glitch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dbiersdorf
    Getting Mew legititamitlly in Pokemon Red and Blue remained hidden for seven years. But then again that's more of a glitch then an easter egg.
    True, but it was a secret that Nintendo knew about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Morbis
    It works on all US versions.
    Even the All-Stars versions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by § Gideon §
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Morbis
    It works on all US versions.
    Even the All-Stars versions?
    I don't know, but I doubt it. I'm talking about the NES game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Putney
    Quote Originally Posted by White Knight
    The one which took the longest is the code to unlock the four bosses in the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II. The game's been out since '92, and no one's discovered it yet.
    Probably because it doesn't exist. There was a Game Genie code from a long time ago that allowed you to play as the bosses, but it didn't work right (i.e., the boss move sets were of whatever character you picked, not what they were in SF2CE).
    I dunno about that. To many it looks like the Game Genie partially unlocked the secret. Think about it, is there any other game ever where the Game Genie let you play as someone whom you couldn't normally choose from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by White Knight
    Quote Originally Posted by Putney

    Probably because it doesn't exist. There was a Game Genie code from a long time ago that allowed you to play as the bosses, but it didn't work right (i.e., the boss move sets were of whatever character you picked, not what they were in SF2CE).
    I dunno about that. To many it looks like the Game Genie partially unlocked the secret. Think about it, is there any other game ever where the Game Genie let you play as
    someone whom you couldn't normally choose from?
    I haven't tried it in a very, very long time, but I remember the colors were off, the animation was glitchy, etc. It struck me that the code simply replaced the sprites of the character you chose with the boss character you picked. If I remember correctly, there was a code for each character to use. I'm sure there would be codes out there to, say, swap Mario with Luigi, but no one would have really cared about that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by White Knight
    Quote Originally Posted by Putney
    Quote Originally Posted by White Knight
    The one which took the longest is the code to unlock the four bosses in the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II. The game's been out since '92, and no one's discovered it yet.
    Probably because it doesn't exist. There was a Game Genie code from a long time ago that allowed you to play as the bosses, but it didn't work right (i.e., the boss move sets were of whatever character you picked, not what they were in SF2CE).
    I dunno about that. To many it looks like the Game Genie partially unlocked the secret. Think about it, is there any other game ever where the Game Genie let you play as someone whom you couldn't normally choose from?
    All game genie really did was replace the character sprite. SF2 bosses weren't playable, period, until CE.
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