Special Passwords

2006-07-16 08:02:33 am

I seem to have forgotten the cheat to active the debug mode. Could someone tell me?

Also, I know a debug mode is when a game still hasn't been checked for glitches and stuff like that. However, what does the debug mode look like in Metroid?

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BioSpark

2006-07-16 12:58:15 pm

Debug mode is:

BOMBS MISSLE
SCREW ATACK

Make sure to put a space after bombs and screw and make sure that atack only has one "t".

And also invincibility:

NARPAS SWORD0
000000 000000

RT-55J

2006-07-17 04:14:41 pm

Armor Guardian

Actually, NARPAS SWORD0 000000 000000 is the debug password. The BOMBS_ MISSLE SCREW_ ATACK_ password is just a password that does crazy stuff and coincidentally spells some words.

Raccoon Sam

2007-01-14 11:30:50 am

Quote from RT-55J:

Actually, NARPAS SWORD0 000000 000000 is the debug password.

I still don't know whether the NAR stands for North American Release, or the Password System manager, who's last name was Narihiro?

arkarian

2007-01-14 11:45:11 am

red chamber dream

No, see, it really means just what it says: the Narpas Sword. If you haven't gotten it yet, just use that password and you'll get the weapon eventually.

It rocks.

Yoshi348

2007-01-14 10:04:40 pm

PAGE BREAKER

Ready and willing.

Har har.

Raccoon Sam

2007-01-15 12:40:51 am

Is it better than the Wood Beam?

WhiteStar47

2007-01-15 11:09:37 am

Probably, since you don't need the pipe boots to get it.

Raccoon Sam

2007-01-15 01:20:03 pm

Nevermind I found it.
After I completed Warfair, I saw the Green Chozo was holding it.

ING-X

2007-09-29 04:47:38 pm

yeah

I'm not sure if this counts as a "special password", or if it's already been discovered, but if you input the password

000000 00000_ 000000 00000_

It will cause the game to crash violently, and might erase your saved data (on MZM, haven't nor will try with MP). I learned that the hard way (now I gotta get all those endings back! :( ).

JaggerG

2007-09-30 03:06:07 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

You sure it isn't a battery issue?

And by battery, I don't just mean for the system.

ING-X

2007-10-01 03:00:39 pm

yeah

No, because when I started a new file and saved, the save data stayed and didn't erase.

rednavi

2007-11-22 03:47:04 pm

isn't this a special password too?:

SAMUS8 RIDLEY
444444 444444

Gives samus a new colour to her hair...

Edward_Tohr

2007-11-22 05:23:35 pm

Stuffs. Yar.

No... that one's just a coincidence. The only "special" (i.e. hard-coded into the game) one is NARPASSWORD00000. Other funny coincidence passwords include:

some-1 set-up
us-the B0MB11

999999 999999
KKKKKK KKKKKK

gunpei yokoi?
X11111 XXXXXX

(taken from the MDB)

Of course, there're many others, this is just a short list.

enigma_0Z

2007-11-22 06:11:04 pm

Quote from Edward_Tohr:

No... that one's just a coincidence. The only "special" (i.e. hard-coded into the game) one is NARPASSWORD00000. Other funny coincidence passwords include:

some-1 set-up
us-the B0MB11

999999 999999
KKKKKK KKKKKK

gunpei yokoi?
X11111 XXXXXX

(taken from the MDB)

Of course, there're many others, this is just a short list.

Hrm. I just find it hard to believe that those are coincidence... Perhaps the programmers made the password system generate those as valid proper passwords as part of the password engine (meaning that a particular spelling (gunpei yokoi? , etc) contains the proper parameters for a password)...

Azure

2007-11-22 06:17:54 pm

Pi-Face

The password system in Metroid is very loose, as in almost anything can become a working password with a little tweaking. I don't even think there's a checksum.

ING-X

2007-11-22 06:39:07 pm

yeah

Code:

some-1 set-up
us-the B0MB11

Hmmm, never heard of that one. Of course, I did experiment with the password generator by typing in naughty words as passwords and most of them were valid, but didn't work when I put them in the game. Also, what weird things does BOMBS_ MISSLE SCREW_ ATACK_ do?

Edward_Tohr

2007-11-22 07:00:42 pm

Stuffs. Yar.

Quote from Azure:

I don't even think there's a checksum.

Oh, there is a checksum... It's just the last two digits of the password. Given how many variables the passwords have to keep track of, however (i.e. current/max missiles, max energy, which items you have, which items are there, whether or not you've killed Ridley/Kraid, whether or not you've raised Ridley/Kraid's statue, which doors you've opened, game time, where you start, etc.) the odds of hitting a valid one are pretty good. (1/256, IIRC) (of course, by "valid" I mean "having the proper checksum"... many "valid" passwords still reset or crash the game...)

ING-X

2007-11-23 10:04:15 am

yeah

Quote from Edward_Tohr:

Quote from Azure:

I don't even think there's a checksum.

Oh, there is a checksum... It's just the last two digits of the password. Given how many variables the passwords have to keep track of, however (i.e. current/max missiles, max energy, which items you have, which items are there, whether or not you've killed Ridley/Kraid, whether or not you've raised Ridley/Kraid's statue, which doors you've opened, game time, where you start, etc.) the odds of hitting a valid one are pretty good. (1/256, IIRC) (of course, by "valid" I mean "having the proper checksum"... many "valid" passwords still reset or crash the game...)

Like I said, the dirty words I put in the password generator turned out to be valid, but they crashed the game when I entered them in.

rednavi

2007-11-24 12:50:46 am

however, the "samus4 ridley" code gives you a new colour to your hair, something that doesn't happen anywhere on the entire game O_0. I'm not saying this one is hardcoded, however, it may be on purpose anyways, I mean, the colour! THE HAIR! OMG! Shocked

ING-X

2007-11-24 12:53:39 pm

yeah

Quote from rednavi:

however, the "samus4 ridley" code gives you a new colour to your hair, something that doesn't happen anywhere on the entire game O_0. I'm not saying this one is hardcoded, however, it may be on purpose anyways, I mean, the colour! THE HAIR! OMG! Shocked

Actually, Samus's hair color is red when she has the Power Suit and green when she has Varia. I know. I tested it.

rednavi

2007-11-25 04:52:36 am

:X, you solved the mistery, congratulations :D

ING-X

2007-11-25 08:40:30 am

yeah

Quote from rednavi:

:X, you solved the mistery, congratulations :D

I actually solved it a while ago. I was playing with Samus with her red hair and got the Varia, and her hair turned green. I also entered the 000000 000020 000000 000020 code and she had red hair, then tweaked the password to give her varia. Voila, green hair. So yeah. Varia = Green hair, no Varia = red hair.

enigma_0Z

2007-11-25 04:18:18 pm

Really, all it is is because the varia suit is a pallette swap.

Skullboy84

2007-11-25 09:24:57 pm

It also decreases the amount of damage given to the user....i think.