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Nintendo GameBoy
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Maintained by Marat Fayzullin [FMS]
EMAIL: fms@wam.umd.edu
IRC: RST38h
version 2.0
4/13/1994
I. GameBoy: General Description
II. Cheats, Passwords, Strategies, etc.
III. List of the best games
IV. GameGenie Questions
V. Programming, Hardware, etc.
*** Unanswered Questions
UPDATES: 1. GameBoy mail-server and mailing list! <--*YEAH*
2. Mortal Kombat cheats
3. Yet more cheats, codes and passwords
I finally found some time to update the FAQ. Sorry for the huge
delay, this semester was a busy one for me. Anyway, here is a
new v.2.0 of the FAQ.
People, could somebody subscribing for "Electronic Gaming World"
and other similar magazines go through the "S.W.A.T." sections in
them and write down all GameBoy cheats/passwords/etc. not included
into this file? I would appreciate your help.
As always, FAQ may contain errors. Also, some information is
missing. If you find an error or have a missing piece of information,
email your comments to me. Notice that this file contains some data
on GameBoy's internals. Any additional information in this field
will also be greatly appreciated (read "Unanswered Questions" section).
**************** I. GameBoy: General Description ******************
CPU: 8-bit Z80 at 2.2 MHz
RAM: 16kB internal
ROM: 512kBit, 1MBit, 2MBit and 4MBit cartridges are known
(64kB, 128kB, 256kB and 512kB). Probably, there are
smaller kinds as well (16kB and 32kB).
Sound: 4 Channels (Stereo: 2L/2R)
Video:
Display: Reflective LCD 160x144 dots
Colors: 4 shades of gray
Sprites: 8 sprites 8x8
Communications: Serial port (?)
Up to 4 Gameboys can be connected together using these ports
Baud rate: ???
Protocol: ???
Power: 6 Volts, 0.7 Watts
4 AA Batteries - 35 hours
OR
Rechargable battery (NAKI) - 12 hours
* What are an advantage of GB in comparison with other portable videogames?
The same reflective LCD screen which is considered to be the weak point
of GameBoy, is its advantage. Other systems, such as Atari Lynx or SEGA
GameGear, use backlighted color screens which consume several times more
power than reflective LCD of GB. Thus, these systems need 6 AA batteries
instead of 4 AAs needed by GB and drain these batteries in about 6 hours.
Also, dots on GB's LCD are much smaller than dots on the color screens of
other portables which [given that you have a good light source nearby]
means that GB's LCD looks crisper. The other advantage of GameBoy is that
it is the only portable videogame you can actually PUT INTO YOUR POCKET.
Both Lynx and GameGear are too big for it.
Speaking about variety of games available for GB, I would *NOT*
consider it an advantage of GB if we are talking solely about its
technical characteristics. Amount of software written for the system has
nothing to do with the system's hardware architecture. It is rather
determined by commercial success of the system and [in fact] by how it
is marketed. There are many technologically superior systems which just
didn't make it because of poor marketing [TurboGrafx is an example].
**************** II. Cheats, Passwords, Strategies, etc. ****************
1. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge passwords
H - Heart C - Candle B - Ball . - Space
Central Castle: HBC. Hard Mode (like Castlevania I): .B.B
Belmont's son's realm: HCBB Music Test: HHHH
Count Dracula: BHCH Easy Mode (9 lives): CCHH
2. Nemesis cheats
Pause the game and press these buttons:
To get SPEED and SHIELD: BBBBBAAAAA
To get SHADOWFIGHTERS,SHIELD,LASER,MISSILES: UUDDLRLRBA
( U-[UP] D-[DOWN] L-[LEFT] R-[RIGHT] A-[A] B-[B] )
3. Fortified Zone passwords: 1111,3375,1681,1122
4. Pipe Dream passwords:
5:HAHA 9:GRIN 13:REAP 17:SEED 21:GROW 25:TALL 29:YALI
5. Last password in Dr.Franken: JHT87 [HEART]V7VN VG20Z
6. How to get to Medusa Cave in Final Fantasy Adventure?
Find an oasis with two palm trees and walk in 8-like manner around
them:
+->>-+ <<-+
| PP | PP |
+-<< +->>-+
7. Faceball 2000
Start on level one. Find an exit. Shoot it five times, then explore
the level some more. You will find extra lives and speed-up power-ups.
You will also have five exits to choose from, each of which takes you
to a different level (level select).
Contributed by Mark Kaufman.
8. Zen the Intergalactic Ninja passwords:
C - Can B - Bottle T - Tire A - cArdboard box . - Space
Passwords: [.CBB] [T.AT] [CBAB] ...and the final one: [BTCC]
9. Possible cheat in Final Fantasy Legend II:
On some stage of the game double-clicking on the Trashcan [or, maybe,
trying to "move" Trashcan to the different position in the list] will
allow to increase Agility or Strength of the party members. This trick
appeared only once and I couldn't repeat it. I also got responses from
two people who encountered similar effect. Everybody who has more info
on this trick, send email to me.
10. Tecmo Bowl codes [contributed by Kelly Gillilan]:
Invisible Team: 397BFFA5
Mirror Matches:
Washington 5B7FBFA3 Denver CFBFF7A0 Indianapolis 43AFFEAC
Miami 46AFFDAB Cleveland 49AFFBA9 L.A. 969FDFA5
San Francisco 9C3F7FA5 Dallas 63AEFFA5 New York 269DFFA1
Chicago 697BFFA5 Minnesota AC37FFA9
11. Stage select in Penguin Wars:
At the character select screen, pick the character, then press L+B,
then press A and [START].
12. Some interesting passwords for QBillion: WALL,IDEA,NOON
13. Some interesting codes in Shanghai:
MAN - tough level REV - reversed tiles STF - credits
14. Invisible opponents in SoccerMania:
At the title screen, press UUDDLRLRBA, then press [START]
15. Passwords for Korodice:
[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
EASY 94347 68890 24486 49320 28076 96545 83193
AVERAGE 22307 64422 43059 46403 50136 17443 99007
16. Selected passwords for Mickey Mouse/Bugs Bunny:
10:WZFS 20:ZTPZ 30:WYCZ 40:TX9W 50:2TWX 60:YTKX 70:SHE2 80:XHO2
17. Snoopy's Magic Show passwords:
1N1B XZ10 V5K2 CA1H 424V VS10 C417 CS1V VUY0 12ET 2UV4 VU12
Z2JH 2207 C21I ZUUV 7UBB BE10 CE1Q HEO4 CEIB VHNX 1H11 B6N0
CD1T CD1D
18. Fish Killer passwords:
21:UIRE 22:CXMT 23:HOBL 31:KAPG 32:SNWD 33:FQJV A1:PAHN A2:ESZC
19. Battle Ping Pong codes:
7822 6524 1604 0781 5802 8731 0511 1199
20. Burai Fighter Deluxe passwords:
HGKM GBAL IDCP CPFJ MHCB LEOJ JJOE ODEN COHL DKLF KDPI AFKP
21. Migrain Acclaim passwords: L2:0742 L3:X480 L4:586Y L5:3081
22. Blodia passwords:
AIJD DIFP DJGN BKQF ANPD CNGL APQD DQMQ BNCE CPHI
23. Solomon's Club passwords: GZ3ZNN 2Z3NND CZ3DND
24. Awesome Klax pattern:
last brick --->4 2 1 1 2
1 4 3 2 1
3 3 4 3 3
1 1 2 1 1
1 2 1 2 1
25. Mega Man games:
Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3
1234 1234 1234 1234
A ** A *** A * * A *
B * B * B ** B * *
C ** C *** C ** C **
D D * D ** D
26. Roland's Curse:
QKMTTQHP (fire wand/magic axe) FRTTTGTP (sword/power crystal)
at maximum power, only 25 sword hits to kill Barius.
27. Selected paswords for Navy Blue:
65:MVCROEOX (CRUISER) 89:YLNFEMHQ (TARTAN) ??:KAFSKYLG (TOMCAT)
73:MBZRLYOC (SEA SPARROW) ??:YLNYDMIS (CARRIER) ??:FLTHVMXP (TR