CRACKdown's Retro Codes

[CRACKdown]

Genesis - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

Walk Through Enemies
FFA603:20

Float Jump (Press A to descend, may not work on all levels)
FFE067:80

Area Modifier (00, 02, 04, 06...)
FFE03D:??

This area modifier works up to the Level 1 Boss, I can't figure out how to even fight this boss so I can't get to the next level, if any one can help I'll take another look at it.

[silentkiller]

Reuesting codes for McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (Sega Genesis Version)
1)Boss's HP Modifier
2)Starting Stage Modifier

[ReyVGM]

I know the music was one of the few titles with a famous German (?) composer/DJ who was brought in to make the music specifically for Batman & Robin. It may have been left uncompressed.

That's probably it.

I would presume that the art assets took a lot of space in the Punisher cartridge but the music quality doesn't seem all that great.

Since it's an arcade port, I assume they didn't bother too much repeating graphic titles to save space and instead ported everything directly.

[Rune]

He probably means the cart size.

Game length has nothing to do with how big a cart is. Lots of things contribute to a game's size: Lots of high quality music, voice samples, multitude of art assets. And yes, poor programming can contribute to the waste of memory space. Good programmers know how to cram and compress lots of things into tiny spaces.

However, unlike CDs, you can't just program a game poorly and then ask the company for a bigger cart size. It's usually the other way around, you have a cart size and you program the game around that size.

If those Genesis games are so big, then they either have a shit ton of art assets that could not be compressed further, or they just didn't bother with compression at all.

I know the music was one of the few titles with a famous German (?) composer/DJ who was brought in to make the music specifically for Batman & Robin. It may have been left uncompressed. I would presume that the art assets took a lot of space in the Punisher cartridge but the music quality doesn't seem all that great.

Either way, it seems both games are some of the hardest SEGA Genesis titles to hack. ;-)

[ReyVGM]

He probably means the cart size.

Game length has nothing to do with how big a cart is. Lots of things contribute to a game's size: Lots of high quality music, voice samples, multitude of art assets. And yes, poor programming can contribute to the waste of memory space. Good programmers know how to cram and compress lots of things into tiny spaces.

However, unlike CDs, you can't just program a game poorly and then ask the company for a bigger cart size. It's usually the other way around, you have a cart size and you program the game around that size.

If those Genesis games are so big, then they either have a shit ton of art assets that could not be compressed further, or they just didn't bother with compression at all.

[OldSchoolGamer]

I noticed a while ago that you hacked the Adventures of Batman & Robin. I managed to find a lot of hacks for the game but it is one of the largest SEGA Genesis cartridges ever made alongside The Punisher video game.

What do you mean by the largest Sega Genesis cartridges? Do you mean the amount of information? or the amount of space that is capable of holding information? Assuming you don't mean the latter, why do these games have so much information? It's not like they are games like the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that has so much stuff and elements in the game and I can understand if that game had a lot of code/information to it. But the Punisher and AoB&R are simple beatem up and adventure/shooter games. So why do you think they were coded that way? Was it just poor programming?

[CRACKdown]

Nice codes there. I noticed a while ago that you hacked the Adventures of Batman & Robin. I managed to find a lot of hacks for the game but it is one of the largest SEGA Genesis cartridges ever made alongside The Punisher videogame.

Did you try hacking a level modifier or character modifier for Adv. of Batman & Robin? I managed to get almost everything else but not those.

Got a highlighter code for The Punisher but no character or level modifier. One of the rare few codes that has eluded me over the years and would be curious to see if you would have better luck with them!

Took a quick look at Batman and found that FFF603:01, 02, 03... will get you to the beginning of each level but after you play through the first scene it goes straight to the ending, so there must be another address keeping tabs on where your at. That Character Modifier is still a mystery to me, it might be each level has a different address for your character like that Multiple Jump Kicks code I tried to make.

[CRACKdown]

@Rune Will keep that in mind. I believe I tried to do those for Batman & Robin but without much success, will probably try again sometime.

I Realized after the fact that some of these already have GG equivalents, but oh well.

SNES - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (U)

Always have Bomb after Morphing
7E04F401

Can't Be Hit (Except Bosses)
7E0CC201
7E0CC410

Infinite Lives
7E0F4209

Walk Underwater
7E01EE00

Level Modifier ($01 - $16, Levels Start at 01, 04, 08, 0C, 10 with areas between, 14, 15 are Zord fights, 16 is the ending, turn off after using)
7E0260:??

1 Hit Kills
7E1A3600
7E1A3A00
7E1A3E00
7E1A4200
7E1A4600
7E1A4A00
7E1A4E00
7E1A5200
7E1A5600

[Rune]

Nice codes there. I noticed a while ago that you hacked the Adventures of Batman & Robin. I managed to find a lot of hacks for the game but it is one of the largest SEGA Genesis cartridges ever made alongside The Punisher videogame.

Did you try hacking a level modifier or character modifier for Adv. of Batman & Robin? I managed to get almost everything else but not those.

Got a highlighter code for The Punisher but no character or level modifier. One of the rare few codes that has eluded me over the years and would be curious to see if you would have better luck with them!

[CRACKdown]

SNES - Popeye: Ijiwaru Majo Seahug no Maki (J)

Can't Be Hit in Duels
7E020A10

Can't Be Hit in Levels
7E02CA10

Walk Through Enemies on Map (Must turn off to enter levels)
7E0E8210

[CRACKdown]

Genesis - Double Dragon V - The Shadow Falls (U)

Never Stunned
FF024F:00

Opponent Always Stunned
FF0569:15

Location Modifier
FFE08F:??

00 = Dragon Dojo Interior
01 = Dragon Dojo Exterior
02 = Cody's Nurtron Grill
03 = Chemical Factory
04 = Dusty's Garage
05 = Metro City Sewer System
06 = Fusion Plant Exterior
07 = Fusion Plant Interior
08 = Shadow Dojo Exterior
09 = Shadow Dojo Interior
0A = Shadow Dungeon
0C = Metro City Hotel

Bosses Selectable in Vs. Mode
FFF0BE:FF

[CRACKdown]

Genesis - Double Dragon 2 (U)

Weapon Modifier
FF6039:??

01 = Chain Whip
02 = Axe

Found enemy's health codes for FF6081:00, FF60C1:00, and FF6101:00. Problem is with these enabled the next set of enemies won't show up, maybe someone can make GG codes from these.

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Genesis - Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (U)

Alternate Untouchable
FF23A3:7C

Open Doors / Complete Levels (This one may cause problems when bosses appear, shouldn't have a problem until Japan but use with discretion)
FF00C0:FF

One Knockdown Kills
FF2909:00
FF29C3:00
FF2A7D:00
FF2B37:00
FF2BF1:00

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Enemy Modifiers would be difficult for me find with these types of games, but I might try again some other time.

[CRACKdown]

NES - James Bond Jr. (U) FCEUX

Walk Through Enemies (Will sometimes cause you to be all white, turn off then on again to fix)
05C0:05

Super Jump
0631:00

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NES - Jetsons, The: Cogswell's Caper! (U) FCEUX

Level Modifier
00D0:??

01 = Packing Factory
02 = Botanical Garden
03 = Sports Gym
04 = Gear Factory
05 = Dream Land
06 = Space Ball Stadium
07 = Blast Furnace
08 = Judy is not home
09 = Cosmo World
0A = Rock Concert Hall
0B = Cogswell's Office
0C = Home
0D = Mining Factory
0E = M38 Cutscene

Can Always Throw Boxes (Must disable to use switches, etc.)
012C:01

Super Jump (Can decrease a bit to go higher)
013B:03

Item Modifier (01-05, May have to pause to use some items, and some will not work on certain levels)
0166:??

[Rune]

There isn't a whole thread dedicated to Power Rangers like the Gemfire madness so here are my hacks:

Power Rangers II (J) Unl)

C:Level Modifier|0083::XX|Rune|004F:XX does something to the stage but I am not sure what exactly. The GFX are glitched and your ranger falls to their doom. 00BD:XX seems to make the backgrounds 'shine'. I used a value of 02 with that address.<br><br>00 - Yellow Ranger Stage<br>01 - Pink Ranger Stage<br>02 - Blue Ranger Stage<br>03 - Black Ranger Stage<br>04 - Red Ranger Stage<br><br>The rest of the values give a grey screen.

Power Rangers III (Unl)
C:Character Highlighter At Character Select|0059:XX|Rune|00 - Trini<br>01 - Billy<br>02 - Jason<br>03 - "Kinbealy"<br>04 - Zach
C:Never Take Damage After The First Hit P1|00B6:00|Rune|

Power Rangers IV (Unl)
C:Character Highlighter At Character Select|0059:XX|Rune|00 - Trini<br>01 - Billy<br>02 - Jason<br>03 - "Kinbealy"<br>04 - Zach
C:Never Take Damage After The First Hit P1|00B6:00|Rune|

Didn't do a boss health or level modifier. These games are pretty bad after playing PR1.

[silentkiller]

Requesting codes for double dragon 2 & double dragon 3 (Sega Genesis version)
1)Enemy HP modifier
2)Enemy character Modifier