Title : NINTENDO tricks, tips and cheats (contest entry) (text) Keywords: NINTENDO TRICKS TIPS CHEATS HELP CONTEST CART GAMES The latest tricks for the newest and hottest games for the NES. MENDAL PALACE ------------- Extra Stages: To play EXTRA MENDAL PALACE, press and hold Select and Start anywhere in the game, and press Reset. CRYSTALIS --------- Warp: You can get to almost anywhere in the game without Teleport by holding down on A and B on Controller I and pressing A on Controller II. You can use this to get special items early on in the game (the Gas Mask, certain spells, etc.), an escape from battle, or to add towns to your Teleport spell. JOURNEY TO SILIUS ----------------- Sound Test and Extra Continues: You can have up to nine continues and listen to the game's music with this simple trick. Before pressing Start on the title screen, press B 33 times. Now you can press start. A special screen will come up. Press A and B to change the numbers, and Start to listen to the music. When you're done with the music, press select. You cna choose to continue 0-9 times, and can listen to seven pieces of music. MEGA MAN III ------------ Robot Weaknesses: The following are the name of the robot, the best weapon(s) to use against him, and a semicolon (repeat). SparkMan: Shadow Blade; SnakeMan: Needle Cannon; MagnetMan: Spark Shock, Shadow Blade; HardMan: Magnet Missile; GeminiMan: Search Snake; NeedleMan: Gemini Beam; TopMan: Hard Knuckle; ShadowMan: Top Spin (Note: you can also kill each robot with seven shots of his own weapon in Dr. Wily's castle) MetalMan: Hard Knuckle, Magnet Missile; AirMan: Spark Shock, Magnet Missile; WoodMan: Search Snake, Needle Cannon; FlashMan: Needle Cannon, Gemini Beam; QuickMan: Gemini Beam, Search Snake; CrashMan: Hard Knuckle; HeatMan: Top Spin, Blade; BubbleMan: Spark Shock, Shadow Blade. Hyper Jump: This amazing technique can make MegaMan invincible. Hold down on Right on Controller II and press A on Controller I (while playing!). This will MegaMan soar higher than the Rush Coil could ever send him!!! If you fall into a bottomless pit, do this quickly to jump out. Try this: fall down a pit while holding down on Right on Controller II, and walk around on the bottom of the screen until your energy is gone. Jump out, and you'll be invincible! However, you'll lose the power of the Arm Cannon, so don't try this until the second stage. Enemy Change: On the GeminiMan Stage, proceed right from the beginning until the screen stops scrolling. Prepae for a Hyper Jump! Slide off the screen, and Hyper Jump through BreakMan's stopper. When you reach the Penquin Makers, you might notice a slight change. Early Rush Jet: Usually, you don't have the Rush Jet until you beat NeedleMan. Did you know you can beat ShadowMan and get it? When you beat ShadowMan, choose any stage. When you find a weapon Power-Up, switch to the Shadow Blade, and, while still on the Weapon screen, push right. Pick up the pellet. You'll now have access to the Rush Jet. It won't show up on the Weapon Screen until its energy is depleted, and it won't show up on your password, either. Energy Tanks: The first number symbolizes how many energy tanks, followed by a dash, followed by where you should put a Red Ball on the Password Screen. 1 - C5 1 - E6 2 - E4 3 - B4 4 - A5 make5 - C1 6 - D2 7 - C3 8 - F2 9 - A6 5 - C1 6 - D2 7 - C3 8 - F2 9 - A6 NARC ---- Extra Continues: On the title screen press and hold Select, A, Up, and B. Then press Start. This will give your tough poicemen two chances to continue and beat Mr. Big. CONQUEST OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE (again) ------------------------------ Bonus Galore: Trying to conquest a crystal palace can be hard. This will make it MUCH easier. On the title screen, press A and Select at the same time. Do it again, only substitute B for A. Repeat this until you hear a tone. During the agme (anywhere), hold down on the Select and press these buttons for the following prize (combinations are pressed at the same time, eg. Up-Right): Up: Jumping Shoes Down: Your Energy Left: Coins Right: Invincibility Up-Right: Extra Lives Up-Left: Moon Mirror Down-Right: Zap's Energy Down-Left: Weapon Strength SWORD MASTER ------------ Unlimited Continues: Continue with "Free Plays" as many times as you want by pressing and holding Down and then pressing Select at the Title Screen. Then press Start. This way, you can fight through the first stages many times and earn awesome amounts of experience points. CAPTAIN SKYHAWK --------------- Invincibility: Moments after turning on the game, you'll see information about the game falling off the screen. During this time, push Up, Right, Down, Left four times. You'll be flying the Invincible Jet. You can't even die by flying into a mountain! DIRTY HARRY ----------- Unlimited Continues: This will really make your day. Just use the password CLYDE, and you'll be able to beatup punks without ever dying. STARTROPICS ----------- Extra Treasure: Very often on this tropical adventure, you'll find that there is a Treasure Chest that you cannot leap to because it is too far away. More often than not, if you just jump for it, a Tile will appear beneath your feet at the last second and save you. Extra Hearts: The second underground battle in The Lost Ruins of Chapter Six has some mighty hard enemies. You can increase your hearts to the full 22 for this one area. In the area of maze-like land, you'll find a heart. Collect it, and enter the Battle Scene. Now leave, and get the heart again (it will be back!). You can do this many times, but your heart limit goes down to it's original after you beat the Boss. PALA MEDES ---------- Ending: To see the ending of each level of this game, press and hold Right on Controller II and the A button on Controller I. Then press Start on Controller I. The Option Screen will appear, allowing you to choose which level you want to see the ending of. SILVER SURFER ------------- Invincibility, Full Weapons and Unlimited Continues: Here are three passwords that will load Surfer with power. Push Up on both Controllers. Then put in KJTTJK for invincibility, CKWJT4 for full weapons, or SJM333 for unlimited continues. METALSTORM ---------- Self-Destruct: If you are having trouble beating the Boss of Stage One, you can move just left of the center of the screen without being hurt. After about two minutes, it will self-destruct. DRAGON WARRIOR II ----------------- Full Money: For this trick, you need all three keys. Go to the jail in Miden- hall Castle and beat the Evil Clown and claim the Staff of Thunder for your own. Sell it at the Castle gate for a big 19,500 Gold pieces. Then have the King save your progress. Press Reset, and you can do this all over again until you have the limit of 65,535 Gold pieces. CASTLEVANIA III --------------- Extra Lives: You'll need eextra lives to beat Dracula in this game. If you put in your name as HELP ME, that's just what you'll get: 10 extra lives. HEAVY SHREDDIN' --------------- Extra lives and Stage Select: On the title screen, push and hold A,B, and Left jon Controller I. Then, on the map screen, push A to choose which slope you on Controller I. Then, on the map screen, push A to choose which slope you want to lose your 99 lives! DUNGEON MAGIC ------------- Bonus Coins: During the beginning of the game, push A twice on Controller II when the picture of the village appears. You'll start off with 100 Coins to help you in the expensive shops of this game. DRAGON SPIRIT ------------- Extra Lives: This trick will work in either Blue or Gold Dragon mode. After the first battle (whether you won or lost doesn't matter), press and hold B and Controller II and press Start on Controller I. You'll start with 20 bonus Dragons. IMAGE FIGHT ----------- Stage Select: On the title screen, press and hold A and B on both Controllers and press Start on Controller I. "Start Stage 1" will appear on the screen. Press select to choose the stage and Start to start! DASH GALAXY IN THE ALIEN ASYLUM ------------------------------- Stage Select: With this trick, the Asylum is as good as conquered. At the title screen, press Left, Up, A, B, and Select all at the same time. The stage number will appear; push Up and Down to change it. Press Start to start! SKATE OR DIE 2 -------------- Stage Select: Often, you'll wnat to try stages you can't reach. On Controller II, press in this order Start, A, and Select. Then press Left to go to the beach, Right to go to the Mall, and Up to warp to the Plant. That's all the tricks I have. I hope they improve your playing performance, please don't send me any messages about all the mistakes I made (which I'm sorry for). Good Luck!