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Stage select

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On the title screen, press Left Right A B C Left Right A B C Left Right A B C on Controller 2. A digitised "Yeah!" will confirm correct entry, and the stage select screen will appear after selecting a character and starting the game. Works in the Japanese version only.

70 lives

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On the title screen, press C B A Right Left C B A Right Left C B A Right Left on Controller 2. A digitised female screech will confirm correct entry. The lives setting in the options screen will now display 70 lives, but attempting to change the lives setting will lock the maximum lives back to 3, requiring the player to enter the code again. Works in the Japanese version only.

Debug mode

On the title screen, press Left Right Left Right A B C B A Up Down on Controller 2. A digitised voice clip will confirm correct entry. While the game is paused, press Up to advance the game by one frame. Works in the Japanese version only.

All weapons

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Pause the game and press Up Up Down Down A Up Up Down Down B Up Up Down Down C on Controller 1[1]. A digitised screech will confirm correct entry, and both players will be given all weapons. Works in the Japanese version only.

Control the stars on the game over screen

On the game over screen there is a little group of yellow stars. With a second control pad, it is possible to move them:

  • Left, Up and Right rotates around the three axes.
  • A zooms in while B zooms out.
  • C sets it back to the default pattern.
  • Down stops the movement entirely.

Unused content

Debug level

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A debug level is is hidden within the game and cannot be accessed during normal play. To access it, use patch code FFFA48:0001 in any version of the game and start the game as normal[2].

The debug level is a short, simple test level with platforms that the player can jump onto and hang from, ending in a bottomless pit that is impossible to pass. Pressing B at any point will cycle through the dialogue script, though doing this will overwrite the level's graphics and cause severe graphical glitches.

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