Special opponents: A special birthday mode, with cows, monkeys and other
animals, may be enabled by setting the system date to make one
of the following programmer birthdays: March 12, May 16, August
28, or October 2. This mode may also be enabled by activating
all the switches at the bottom of the episode selection screen
and darkening the button.
Cheat mode: Pause game play and enter one of the following codes
to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Some codes
can only be enabled in the v1.1 patch.
Effect
Code
Full armor, shields, energy, weapons, plasma bombs and ammo
nsopta
Toggle ultra-shields until end of level.
nsbagwan
Full energy
nse
Toggle maneuvering jets
nsbjipp
Illuminate surfaces
nsoptl
Toggle rapid shield regeneration
nsblaster
Toggle rapid energy regeneration
nshorsley
Faster weapons firing
nsdiebesterds
Valid code that has no effect
nsopts
Toggle air friction
nsfricoff
Death skill level
nsdeath
Hover at minimum throttle
nshalt
Full map
nsoptm
Level select
nswarp<episode><level>
Debug mode
nsdebug
Command line parameters: Start the game with the one of the following command
line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Effect
Command line parameter
Debug mode
-debug
Disable sounds
-nosound
Load external resource file
-file<filename>
Level select
-warp<episode,level number>
Skill level select
-skill <skill level 0-3>
Record a demo
-record<filename>
Play a recorded demo
-play <filename>
Network mode cheats: Start the game with the -boom<number
of players> command line parameter to initiate a network
game. Use one of the following additional command line parameters
to activate the corresponding network cheat.
