Nintendo GameBoy FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Maintained by Marat Fayzullin [FMS] EMAIL: fms@wam.umd.edu IRC: RST38h version 2.0 4/13/1994 I. GameBoy: General Description II. Cheats, Passwords, Strategies, etc. III. List of the best games IV. GameGenie Questions V. Programming, Hardware, etc. *** Unanswered Questions UPDATES: 1. GameBoy mail-server and mailing list! <--*YEAH* 2. Mortal Kombat cheats 3. Yet more cheats, codes and passwords I finally found some time to update the FAQ. Sorry for the huge delay, this semester was a busy one for me. Anyway, here is a new v.2.0 of the FAQ. People, could somebody subscribing for "Electronic Gaming World" and other similar magazines go through the "S.W.A.T." sections in them and write down all GameBoy cheats/passwords/etc. not included into this file? I would appreciate your help. As always, FAQ may contain errors. Also, some information is missing. If you find an error or have a missing piece of information, email your comments to me. Notice that this file contains some data on GameBoy's internals. Any additional information in this field will also be greatly appreciated (read "Unanswered Questions" section). **************** I. GameBoy: General Description ****************** CPU: 8-bit Z80 at 2.2 MHz RAM: 16kB internal ROM: 512kBit, 1MBit, 2MBit and 4MBit cartridges are known (64kB, 128kB, 256kB and 512kB). Probably, there are smaller kinds as well (16kB and 32kB). Sound: 4 Channels (Stereo: 2L/2R) Video: Display: Reflective LCD 160x144 dots Colors: 4 shades of gray Sprites: 8 sprites 8x8 Communications: Serial port (?) Up to 4 Gameboys can be connected together using these ports Baud rate: ??? Protocol: ??? Power: 6 Volts, 0.7 Watts 4 AA Batteries - 35 hours OR Rechargable battery (NAKI) - 12 hours * What are an advantage of GB in comparison with other portable videogames? The same reflective LCD screen which is considered to be the weak point of GameBoy, is its advantage. Other systems, such as Atari Lynx or SEGA GameGear, use backlighted color screens which consume several times more power than reflective LCD of GB. Thus, these systems need 6 AA batteries instead of 4 AAs needed by GB and drain these batteries in about 6 hours. Also, dots on GB's LCD are much smaller than dots on the color screens of other portables which [given that you have a good light source nearby] means that GB's LCD looks crisper. The other advantage of GameBoy is that it is the only portable videogame you can actually PUT INTO YOUR POCKET. Both Lynx and GameGear are too big for it. Speaking about variety of games available for GB, I would *NOT* consider it an advantage of GB if we are talking solely about its technical characteristics. Amount of software written for the system has nothing to do with the system's hardware architecture. It is rather determined by commercial success of the system and [in fact] by how it is marketed. There are many technologically superior systems which just didn't make it because of poor marketing [TurboGrafx is an example]. **************** II. Cheats, Passwords, Strategies, etc. **************** 1. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge passwords H - Heart C - Candle B - Ball . - Space Central Castle: HBC. Hard Mode (like Castlevania I): .B.B Belmont's son's realm: HCBB Music Test: HHHH Count Dracula: BHCH Easy Mode (9 lives): CCHH 2. Nemesis cheats Pause the game and press these buttons: To get SPEED and SHIELD: BBBBBAAAAA To get SHADOWFIGHTERS,SHIELD,LASER,MISSILES: UUDDLRLRBA ( U-[UP] D-[DOWN] L-[LEFT] R-[RIGHT] A-[A] B-[B] ) 3. Fortified Zone passwords: 1111,3375,1681,1122 4. Pipe Dream passwords: 5:HAHA 9:GRIN 13:REAP 17:SEED 21:GROW 25:TALL 29:YALI 5. Last password in Dr.Franken: JHT87 [HEART]V7VN VG20Z 6. How to get to Medusa Cave in Final Fantasy Adventure? Find an oasis with two palm trees and walk in 8-like manner around them: +->>-+ <<-+ | PP | PP | +-<< +->>-+ 7. Faceball 2000 Start on level one. Find an exit. Shoot it five times, then explore the level some more. You will find extra lives and speed-up power-ups. You will also have five exits to choose from, each of which takes you to a different level (level select). Contributed by Mark Kaufman. 8. Zen the Intergalactic Ninja passwords: C - Can B - Bottle T - Tire A - cArdboard box . - Space Passwords: [.CBB] [T.AT] [CBAB] ...and the final one: [BTCC] 9. Possible cheat in Final Fantasy Legend II: On some stage of the game double-clicking on the Trashcan [or, maybe, trying to "move" Trashcan to the different position in the list] will allow to increase Agility or Strength of the party members. This trick appeared only once and I couldn't repeat it. I also got responses from two people who encountered similar effect. Everybody who has more info on this trick, send email to me. 10. Tecmo Bowl codes [contributed by Kelly Gillilan]: Invisible Team: 397BFFA5 Mirror Matches: Washington 5B7FBFA3 Denver CFBFF7A0 Indianapolis 43AFFEAC Miami 46AFFDAB Cleveland 49AFFBA9 L.A. 969FDFA5 San Francisco 9C3F7FA5 Dallas 63AEFFA5 New York 269DFFA1 Chicago 697BFFA5 Minnesota AC37FFA9 11. Stage select in Penguin Wars: At the character select screen, pick the character, then press L+B, then press A and [START]. 12. Some interesting passwords for QBillion: WALL,IDEA,NOON 13. Some interesting codes in Shanghai: MAN - tough level REV - reversed tiles STF - credits 14. Invisible opponents in SoccerMania: At the title screen, press UUDDLRLRBA, then press [START] 15. Passwords for Korodice: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] EASY 94347 68890 24486 49320 28076 96545 83193 AVERAGE 22307 64422 43059 46403 50136 17443 99007 16. Selected passwords for Mickey Mouse/Bugs Bunny: 10:WZFS 20:ZTPZ 30:WYCZ 40:TX9W 50:2TWX 60:YTKX 70:SHE2 80:XHO2 17. Snoopy's Magic Show passwords: 1N1B XZ10 V5K2 CA1H 424V VS10 C417 CS1V VUY0 12ET 2UV4 VU12 Z2JH 2207 C21I ZUUV 7UBB BE10 CE1Q HEO4 CEIB VHNX 1H11 B6N0 CD1T CD1D 18. Fish Killer passwords: 21:UIRE 22:CXMT 23:HOBL 31:KAPG 32:SNWD 33:FQJV A1:PAHN A2:ESZC 19. Battle Ping Pong codes: 7822 6524 1604 0781 5802 8731 0511 1199 20. Burai Fighter Deluxe passwords: HGKM GBAL IDCP CPFJ MHCB LEOJ JJOE ODEN COHL DKLF KDPI AFKP 21. Migrain Acclaim passwords: L2:0742 L3:X480 L4:586Y L5:3081 22. Blodia passwords: AIJD DIFP DJGN BKQF ANPD CNGL APQD DQMQ BNCE CPHI 23. Solomon's Club passwords: GZ3ZNN 2Z3NND CZ3DND 24. Awesome Klax pattern: last brick --->4 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 25. Mega Man games: Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3 1234 1234 1234 1234 A ** A *** A * * A * B * B * B ** B * * C ** C *** C ** C ** D D * D ** D 26. Roland's Curse: QKMTTQHP (fire wand/magic axe) FRTTTGTP (sword/power crystal) at maximum power, only 25 sword hits to kill Barius. 27. Selected paswords for Navy Blue: 65:MVCROEOX (CRUISER) 89:YLNFEMHQ (TARTAN) ??:KAFSKYLG (TOMCAT) 73:MBZRLYOC (SEA SPARROW) ??:YLNYDMIS (CARRIER) ??:FLTHVMXP (TRIDENT) 81:MUDLTEOH (TOMAHAWK) ??:FKMWCMHK (FANTOM) ??:FLTCWMHN (FINALE) 28. Final boss in Bionic Commando: S - Square T - Triangle C - Circle ABCDEF 1 SCSSCC 2 TS TSC 3 TSC TC 4 CT CCT 29. Mortal Kombat: In order to play as Goro, 1. Beat the game normally. 2. Wait for credits to scroll by. 3. When "The End" appears, hold UP+LEFT+SELECT+A 4. Enter initials and press A 5. Play as Goro! Playing as Goro, hold A+B and then press DOWN. Goro [you] will disappear and the time will go much faster. Your opponent will be constantly repeating same move and won't be able to hit you. These cheats were contributed by Jim Hsu and Timothy A. Meushaw 30. Bill and Ted's level passwords: 2: 555-4239 3: 555-8942 5: 555-4118 6: 555-8471 7: 555-2989 8: 555-6737 9: 555-6429 10: 555-1881 *********************** Other cheats, passwords, etc. ******************** Adventure Island : Stage Select : RLRLABAB at the title screen Adventure Island 2 : Power Up : 0894 Amazing Penguin : Level 37 : 916328 Amazing Tater : Floor 3 : YBTF5ZZFT2 Amida : Passwords : TLKSS, LEIQX, VOTAJ Atomic Punk : Level 50 : B0MNDPBL3NCB3L2H2DJJ Avenging Spirit : Expert mode : U+A+B at the title screen Batman : Sound Test : U+R+START at the title screen Battle Bull : Level 48 : $F** BattleToads 2 : 5 toads : Holding D+A+B press [START] Boomer's Adventure : Level 55 : ANCIENT Boxxle : Lvl 11, Rm 8 : Q*HT * = Spade Boxxle 2 : Le...
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