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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 3h

Some cheat sites list bogus codes for *Big Air Freestyle* on GameCube - it turns out they're for a different game called *Freekstyle*.

I took a look at *Big Air Freestyle* to find its _real_ cheats.

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Under the microscope: Big Air Freestyle (GameCube)

Also: MX Rider (PlayStation 2)

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 2d

I found cheat codes that clear all stages in the PlayStation and Dreamcast versions of *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command*.

On PSX you can also use button combinations to enable cheat effects during gameplay, but due to a lack of buttons, they don't work on DC.

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Under the microscope: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (PlayStation, Dreamcast)

Not enough buttons

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SEGA City @segacity.bsky.social · 3d

Robots In Disguise
'Clockwork Knight'
SEGA Saturn

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 4d

Previews of Virtua Fighter Kids on #Sega #Saturn demo discs are based on prototype builds of the game. @bbayles.bsky.social patched out the demo restrictions and found some cool differences with the final — see what they are in his latest Under the Microscope:
www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/10/07/u...

Under the Microscope: Virtua Fighter Kids

In this edition: There’s a demo of Virtua Fighter Kids that lets you play a limited subset of the game. I patched out the limits. The demo is based on a build from a month before the final one, and…

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 4d

*Java Tea Original Virtua Fighter Kids* is a demo disc for *Virtua Fighter Kids*. Although it only lets you play a limited subset of the game, it's based on a full build.

I patched out the demo limits and found several interesting differences with the final:
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Extending the demos: Virtua Fighter Kids (Saturn)

A Java Tea Original

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 7d

Here are some long-unknown cheat codes for Aqua GT on Dreamcast and PlayStation. They unlock all of the extra boats and courses.
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Under the microscope: Aqua GT (Dreamcast, PlayStation)

Do you have what it takes to be a winner or will you be left drowning?!!!

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 8d

@playstationpark.bsky.social , you may enjoy...

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 9d

I looked at *Nicktoons Racing* for Playstation and found three cheat codes that I don't think have been documented befor:
* Unlock everything
* Throw Gak at the menu
* Show build information

Details on the reverse engineering: 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Under the microscope: Nicktoons Racing (PlayStation)

The Mystery Rider is not Doug

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 9d

I looked at *Nicktoons Racing* for Playstation and found three cheat codes that I don't think have been documented befor:
* Unlock everything
* Throw Gak at the menu
* Show build information

Details on the reverse engineering: 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Under the microscope: Nicktoons Racing (PlayStation)

The Mystery Rider is not Doug

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 11d

The PlayStation version of Tennis Arena has a cheat code for it, but does the Japan-only Saturn version? Wait, it has *two?* @bbayles.bsky.social has the answers in today's Under the Microscope:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/30/u...

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #tennis

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 14d

I came up with a batch of previously unreported cheat codes for the France-exclusive Dreamcast game *Taxi 2* - details are in my article.

I also found an "unlock everything" cheat for the PSX version.
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Under the microscope: Taxi 2 (Dreamcast, PlayStation)

The second best "Taxi 2" game for Dreamcast

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 16d

I found a hidden feature in *PaRappa the Rapper*: hold L1+L2+R1+R2+Select+Triangle as the Masaya screen fades out.

You can then win by repeatedly pressing Select!

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Under the microscope: PaRappa the Rapper (PlayStation)

Get you out of this and now push the button

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 18d

Instead of discovering new cheat codes this week, Bo found new *extensions* of cheat codes to two shooters: Cotton Boomerang and Terra Cresta 3D! See what these augmented codes do in the latest Under the Microscope:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/23/u...

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming

Under the Microscope: Cotton Boomerang & Terra Cresta 3D

In this edition: Cotton Boomerang has a well-known cheat code that grants you extra options. I found that adding a couple of buttons to it unlocks more bonus items. Terra Cresta 3D also has a well-…

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 18d

I found some extra cheat effects in the Saturn games *Cotton Boomerang* and *Terra Cresta 3D*.

For Cotton, you get additional images in the gallery. For Terra Cresta, you get a stage select menu.

Details are in the blog post!

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Under the microscope: Cotton Boomerang & Terra Cresta 3D (Saturn)

Getting more from your cheat codes

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 19d

The best thing you can do in these situations is to continue with your life and treat the experience as a lesson.

Maybe there's probably a snappier way to say that?

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 21d

Many cheat sites list a bogus code to unlock everything in *Championship Surfer*. I went on a quest to find the real one, and after many hours of wrestling with Windows CE, I figured it out:
Up, Right, A, B, A, Down, B, A, B, Y

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Under the microscope: Championship Surfer (Dreamcast)

Polarman: does everything a polar can

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 21d

Nice find!

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 23d

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 23d

I reverse engineered the password system for *Disney's Hercules* for PlayStation and found three previously unreported cheat effects:
* One activates a cheat menu
* Another enables a level select function.
* A third lets you skip cutscenes.
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Under the microscope: Disney's Hercules (PlayStation)

Action Game

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 25d

If you've never heard of Chill for the Sega Saturn, that's understandable — it was never released! But a prototype leaked years ago, and @bbayles.bsky.social found a cheat code to unlock its tracks and hidden character:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/16/u...

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming

Under the Microscope: Chill

Eidos planned to publish Chill, a snowboarding / cryptid hunting game, for both PlayStation and Saturn in 1998. But the Saturn version never materialized, leaving Swagman as the Eidos’s final Satur…

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 25d

The snowboarding game *Chill* was never released for Saturn, but there's a prototype version available.

It's got an a cheat code! Enter A, B, A, C, A, B, A at the title screen to bring up a hidden menu that can unlock the bonus tracks and Yeti character.

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Under the microscope: Chill (Saturn, PlayStation)

Unreleased games can have cheat codes, too

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · 28d

I found a bunch of cheat codes and goofy Easter eggs in the n-Space PlayStation game *Bugriders*

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Under the microscope: Bugriders (PlayStation)

THE RACE OF KINGS

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · Sep 11

If Hyper 3-D Pinball for the Sega Saturn gets a little frustrating, @bbayles.bsky.social has a solution — two new cheat codes! Discover the secrets of pinball chicanery in the latest Under the Microscope:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/11/u...

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames

Under the Microscope: Hyper 3-D Pinball

The manual for Hyper 3-D Pinball doesn’t hold back: it declares pinball to be the ultimate form of gaming: So you think you’re a hardened gamer? Think again. All those years that you’ve…

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy Dreamcast day! Here are some new cheat codes for one of the North American launch titles, plus more for other games in the AeroWings series.
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Under the microscope: The AeroWings series (Dreamcast)

CRI, CRI again

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Bo @bbayles.bsky.social · Sep 6

I found a batch of new cheat codes for *Jersey Devil* on PlayStation. See the codes and the details on the reverse engineering involved with locating them at my site: 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Under the microscope: Jersey Devil (PlayStation)

Big trouble in Jersey City

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today, @bbayles.bsky.social finds new cheat codes in a pair of Saturn-exclusive games based on anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion 2nd Impression and Revolutionary Girl Utena! See what he's discovered in this week's Under the Microscope:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/03/u...

#sega #saturn #segasaturn

Under the Microscope: Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2nd Impression & Revolutionary Girl Utena

Sega developed and published games for several anime series in the ’90s. In this edition I’m looking at two of them that have heretofore-unreported cheat codes: Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2nd I…

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