Gunstar Heroes/Hidden content

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Mega Drive version

Rotate the title

When the title screen appears, the rotation of the game's title can be reversed by pressing , even after pressing  START , so long as it doesn't stop rotating.

Timeron gives up / hidden credit

In Stage 6, the player is challenged by Timeron (a mini-boss from Black's stage) to see how long they can last against a seemingly-endless shower of homing bullets with a timer displayed on-screen. This challenge is completely optional and can be stopped at any time by shooting Timeron. However, if the player were to somehow survive for 100 in-game minutes, Timeron will give up and self-destruct, and a hidden message will be displayed on-screen. Afterwards, the player is awarded a Soul Bonus of 930,410 points.

"NAMI" refers to Hideyuki Suganami, the game's designer and enemy programmer.

Game Gear version

Sega logo

Although the Game Gear version of Gunstar Heroes was not released in USA and Europe, there is programming to display the Sega logo before the title screen if the game detects it is being played on a Japanese system.