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You know that goofy golf game that came out for GameCube in October of 2002? No, not Outlaw Golf – the other one.
I found a cheat code for Swingerz Golf that seems to have stayed hidden for almost 24 years. It unlocks everything: characters, courses, clubs, and more. You'll be able to have a robot caddy for you without grinding through all sorts of missions.
Details on the reverse engineering are in the Substack article.
There's a Japanese demo disc with an early preview of Layer Section II for Saturn. Normally it just lets you play a little bit, but it's a full build.
I patched out the restrictions, and there are some surprises - including a debug menu with a 3D model viewer!
For more:
Get the patch from SegaXtreme
See the writeup on Substack
What's the cheat password for the "Immortality" effect in Medal of Honor: Rising Sun? For GameCube, it's BENGAL. For Xbox, it's BANNER. For PlayStation 2... nobody knows!
I reverse engineered the game's hashing system to determine the passwords that have remained elusive for the last 20 years. This required doing knowing some math, but also – unexpectedly – some biology.
Get the details on what C. Auriga and N. Brichardi have to do with Medal of Honor on Substack.