HINTS & TIPS FOR SOME OLDIES!! Typed in by PAUL B. Edited by PARASITE. ARKANOID II On the high score screen, type in the name DEBBIE S (with the space), and you'll have infinite lives. BARBARIAN Boot and run the game as usual, but at some point after the game has started, type in: 04-08-59 ...It will make the Barbarian character almost invincible, but he can still be killed by very high falls, and by the flame-hurling horned demon in the dungeon deep, pictured on the cover. After you type 04-08-59 the screen will turn gray, telling you that you're invincible. Once you make it to Necron, you must have a shield. Face Necron when he turns to face you. When he throws a fireball at you, press the defense button as it hits your shield. BARD'S TALE How to hoard millions in gold without trying: Load your party, go to the stats screen for the first player. Pool all of the party's gold to the first player, then remove him from the party, then load him back in. Then pool the gold to another player. Repeat this for each player. Then turn off the computer without saving the game. Reboot and ezch player will have gold equal to the TOTAL the party had before. Repeat if you're really greedy ! BETTER DEAD THAN ALIEN If you are just about to be hit by an alien or a bomb, press the ESC key to pause, move your ship out of the way, then press N to resume the action. Type CHAMP on the options screen, then press the HELP key. You'll be shown a list of cheat keys. DEFENDER OF THE CROWN To get 1,024 Knights: After conquering a territory, press these four keys at the same time, while the drive is still running: H J K L ... If you do it just right, you'll have 1,024 knights both in your home and in your army. Hey, this is good stuff! Another way was reported in which to get 1,024 Knights, but it doesn't seem to work: After first picking the knight, when Robin Hood appears, type PATTERSON over and over until the map of England appears. Don't press the Return key. If this trick doesn't work the first time, try again. I was only able to get this to work most of the time if, before typing PATTERSON over and over, I first typed in my name with no spaces: GEORGEKNOCHEL Yep, Twilight Zone! DUNGEON MASTER To advance Ninjas a level, stand in a hall and throw all your weapons, then get them and repeat. This also works with magic and Fighter levels: cast a spell at the air, or slash and bash until you gain a level. F/A-18 INTERCEPTOR Select option "2 Free Flight, no enemy confrontation" from the main menu. Then select zero instead of 1 to 4. The screen will go into a spiral and scroll way south to 34 by 117 degrees, placing your plane somewhere without a runway. To take off you have to use the afterburners. 117 degrees is the furthest south you'll be able to fly, but you can go in other directions. (Is there more to this back door? hmm) LEISURE SUIT LARRY Press ALT and X at the same time to bypass the proof-of-age questions. STARGLIDER 1 Boot and play as usual until launched and ready to do battle. Then slow down until completely stopped in space. Press the F1 key to turn on the fixed sight, and press the backspace key to pause the game. Now type: js[space]arg[space]s You should now be invincible! You'll know you're in invincible mode when you can repeatedly press the P key and get additional missiles (up to 9). If the password didn't take the first time, try again. To may have to dock and re-exit for it to work. Once invincible, your fuel will remain constant and shields will never be depleted. Also, a secret built-in 3D object viewer running in the background is available by pressing the z key once you've entered the invincible mode. Use the keyboard to pause [p], select [, and .] and manipulate objects - use all keys except q and ESC. Use the mouse to change point of view and magnification and hold down the right button. .... TEST DRIVE Holding down the joystick button while going around curves prevents you from hitting the wall or going off the cliff. XENON Let yourself be killed off at the beginning of the 2nd stage of the 2nd level, and all aliens in the round are destroyed. AFTERBURNER- Pause the game and type in "THUNDERBLADE". Use the following keys: G - Extra missiles. T - Reduces your missile supply. < - Jumps to next stage. > - Returns to previous stage. N - Gives extra lives. ARCHIPELAGOS- Select archipelago 8421 and press RETURN twice. You now have the choice of which archipelago to play. ARKANOID 2- Type "DALEY 88" on the title screen and you will go straight back to the level you were last playing. DOUBLE DRAGON- Start a 2 player game and hold the fire button on both joysticks and the down key. Press ESC until the credits go haywire. You now have infinite credits. Type "NEIL HARDING" on the high score table for an interesting effect. Type the following on the high score table: LEVEL ONE PLEASE LEVEL TWO PLEASE LEVEL THREE PLEASE LEVEL FOUR PLEASE LAST LEVEL PLEASE I DO NOT WANT TO DIE GIVE ME MORE HEALTH PLEASE GIVE ME LOADS OF TIME PLEASE DRAGONSCAPE- Load the game as normal and begin playing. Press TAB and 2 and you're transported to Technocity. Repeat the process and you'll end up in Iceland. FALCON- Press CTRL-X to get 8 Sidewinder missiles and 5000 rounds of ammunition. FORGOTTEN WORLDS- When the game has loaded and the title screen appears, hold down the SHIFT key and type "ARC". Release the SHIFT key and press HELP to start the game. From now on S will advance you to the shop and N takes you to the next level. GIGANOID- Press CAPSLOCK on the player select screen and you will begin the game with lots of lives. IKARI WARRIORS- Type "FREE RIDE" on the high score table for invincibility. LED STORM- Type "DAVID BROADHURST WANTS TO CHEAT". MARIA'S CHRISTMAS BOX- On a backup of the game disk, rename the file MARIA8 to MARIA8.BAK and MARIA1 to MARIA8. Maria will then start the game in the nude. MICKEY MOUSE- When playing, press the INSERT key and type 61315688 and then press INSERT again. You can now complete a tower by pressing F3. NEW ZEALAND STORY- Type "FLUFFY KIWIS" on the title screen and press the left arrow to advance to the next screen. OUTRUN- Type "STARION" whilst playing the game. Now use the following keys: B - Extended play. S - Next screen. T - Extra 10 seconds. X - Quit. D - Save screen in Degas format. Q - Program info. PLATOON- Type "HAMBURGER - HILL" (include hyphen and spaces) on the title screen. You can now get to the TNT by pressing F2, the bridge with F3 and the village with F4. R-TYPE- When prompted to insert disk B, press the HELP key and then type "ME". Then press the up arrow. Insert disk B and press space to begin. Start the game and use the following cheats: F5 - Invulnerability from walls and aliens. F6 - Invulnerability from alien fire. F7 - Infinite credits. F8 - A partner can control the orb, using the mouse. RAMBO 3- Type "RENEGADE" on the high score table, allowing you to press 1-3 to select the level. RETURN OF THE JEDI- Type "DARTH VADER" on the high score table. When you play again, you will be able to skip to the enxt level by pressing F2. RETURN TO GENESIS- Type "WASP.ASM" at any time and you can have invulnerability from then onwards by pressing F4. RICK DANGEROUS- After completing the first level, type "POOKY" on the high score table and you can continue to play from the furthest level you reached. ROADBLASTERS- Type "LAVILLASTRANGIATO". When playing the game, press those keys again to advance to the next level. ROBOCOP- Pause the game and hold down the SHIFT key. Type "ALEX MURPHY" and you can now recharge your energy by holding down the left mouse button. ROLLING THUNDER- As soon as the digitised laugh has played, type "JIMBBBY" and a message saying the cheat mode is on will appear. You now have infinite lives and can skip levels by pressing 1. SDI- Play the high score game until you have destroyed all of the asteroids and then type "ALERIC" into the high score table. Pressing F will now take you to the next level. SHACKLED- Press the "+" key to advance to the next level. STARGLIDER II- Stop the Starglider, then press the F5 and DELETE keys. Now type "WERE ON A MISSION FROM GOD1". You now have infinite energy. Pressing K will give you all the weapons you can carry. STARGOOSE- Hold down keys F1 to F6 when the game begins for infinite shield. STREET FIGHTER- Type "STREET CHEAT" when the title screen appears. Now press HELP to go to the next level. THUNDERBIRDS- Passwords for level 2 and 3 are "RECOVERY" and "ALOYSIUS". WORLD GAMES- To qualify in those games that are played against the clock, keep the fire button pressed during disk accesses. When the event appears, you will have completed it in less than a second.