If you're following me on X / Twitter (@memory_fallen) for my posts about reverse engineering retro games, check out RINGS OF SATURN, my Substack blog. Each week I take apart different games and report my findings.
Last week, the Genesis version of Shaq Fu went under the microscope. This week, it's the Super Nintendo version's turn. That's right - it has an equivalent to the Genesis version's "instant win" cheat code that hasn't been documented.
Details on how this new cheat works are on Substack!
The original artwork for the Hewson Consultants game Stormlord has nudity. It's somewhat tasteful, artistic nudity, but it was censored in the 1991 Genesis port from RazorSoft and Punk Development.
Or was it? In a 2019 interview, the programmer behind the port mentioned that at one point there was a cheat code that re-enabled the original art. He wasn't sure whether it stayed in the game, however.
It did stay in the game - I found it hiding out in the pause menu code. Details on how it works are on Substack!
Time Bokan Series: Bokan to Ippatsu! Doronboo Kanpekiban, the 1997 shoot-em-up for Saturn from Eleven and Banpresto, has a cheat code that enables its unlockable features.
You won't find it on cheat sites or in magazine archives - it seems to have gone unnoticed these last 29 years. I found it hiding in the game data.
Details on how it works are in the Substack post.