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Cryptic Continues? Games that do not have an obvious continue option.

Aug 10 at 4:21:07 PM

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Does anyone know of any games besides the few below that have a cryptic continue system? Hudson Soft seemed to be a fan of this practice but I am sure there are many other games. Please let me know any games I have not listed below. Any game or system just curious how many we can come up with. Thanks.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS) - If you lose all your lives, have over $800, and wish to continue, hold Up on the D-Pad, and press Button 2 8 times.
JJ & Jeff (TG16) - hold buttons I & II and hit start at game over screen to continue.
Milon's Secret Castle (NES) - Hold down left and press start when you die after getting the first crystal.

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Aug 10 at 4:27:22 PM

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Gradius (NES) - On game over, press down, up, B, A, B, A, B, A, start to continue.

Aug 10 at 4:50:55 PM

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Bump n Jump (NES) - There's some convoluted continue code involving two controllers.

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Aug 10 at 4:56:46 PM

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Very interesting. If you are able please elaborate on what the code is. From what I see it is the following.

Controller #1:
Hold down Select

Controller #2:
Hold A + B (while still holding Select on Controller #1)

Controller #1:
Press the Start button 2x.

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Aug 10 at 5:02:19 PM

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Ikari warriors nes. Hit abba at game over screen

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Aug 10 at 5:12:42 PM

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SMB, when you loose your last life, press a+start on the main title screen and you'll continue where you left off. (Edit: Last world you left off at least)

Not really cryptic, but not a lot of people know you can continue on SMB.

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Aug 10 at 5:33:00 PM

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Originally posted by: BouncekDeLemos

SMB, when you loose your last life, press a+start on the main title screen and you'll continue where you left off. (Edit: Last world you left off at least)

Not really cryptic, but not a lot of people know you can continue on SMB.

This is actually a great example. It is cryptic if there is no continue screen after you lose all your lives as far as I am concerned.

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Aug 10 at 6:47:11 PM

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I think Robo Aleste has a cryptic one iirc. Couldn't tell you what it is though

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Aug 10 at 7:02:42 PM

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I wonder how many of these continue codes were just debug codes that were accidentally left into the game lol.

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Aug 10 at 7:10:33 PM

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Originally posted by: Disk Joshy

I wonder how many of these continue codes were just debug codes that were accidentally left into the game lol.

Gradius's Konami code to get full powerups was exactly that.

Aug 10 at 7:30:57 PM

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Some codes were left in games on purpose as removing them would cause problems.

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Aug 10 at 11:09:10 PM

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Hudson's Adventure Island, you must get the hidden continue bee in the first level. Then that allows you to press ➡️ + start to continue.

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Aug 11 at 4:01:55 AM

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Originally posted by: 8bitdontquit

Ikari warriors nes. Hit abba at game over screen

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Aug 11 at 9:51:01 AM

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Double Dragon 2 has three different continue codes, depending on which mission you're continuing from (1-3, 4-6, 7-9).

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Aug 11 at 10:08:12 AM

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Interesting thread. I had no idea of some of these.

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Aug 11 at 11:06:57 AM

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Some early Genesis games really liked to have you input a code (usually Start+A) to access the options menu. It wasn't a "secret" code, since it was listed in the manual, but it was a bizarre choice from a UI perspective.

I'm trying to remember if any of those had the continue option accessed in that way. Can't remember.

I was shocked to discover that the Solomon's Key continue code is on the poster that came with the game. That changes everything.

Aug 11 at 12:06:58 PM

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Arkanoid. Hold a and b and press select 5 times.

Aug 11 at 1:47:27 PM

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Kung Fu Heroes and Rad Racer are two other ones where you hold A and press start to continue.

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Aug 11 at 8:04:50 PM

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I think Rygar is a bit weird also.

Aug 11 at 8:21:41 PM

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Originally posted by: 8bitdontquit

Arkanoid. Hold a and b and press select 5 times.

i assume it still works if the taito controller is in port 2?

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Aug 11 at 9:08:10 PM

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Good question, wish i had one too verify

Aug 11 at 9:09:47 PM

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Originally posted by: mbd39

Kung Fu Heroes and Rad Racer are two other ones where you hold A and press start to continue.

And Rad Racer has it in the manual! I wonder if it's in the Famicom manual too?

I wonder that about a lot of these codes -- how many codes that were "secret" in the US show up in some form in the Japanese manuals -- or, if we have them in the English-language manuals, how many don't show up in the Japanese manuals.

Aug 12 at 6:39:08 PM

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You reckon when using the ABBA code in Ikari Warriors, are you basically saying, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie some more lives after dying! Won't this code help me chase the Game Over away?

Aug 22 at 12:04:38 AM

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Originally posted by: KWKBOX

JJ & Jeff (TG16) - hold buttons I & II and hit start at game over screen to continue.

It's like this with every TG16 game

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Aug 22 at 9:05:37 AM

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Originally posted by: KWKBOX

This is actually a great example. It is cryptic if there is no continue screen after you lose all your lives as far as I am concerned.

For some reason, I thought that a lot of older NES games had that feature to continue. However, Rad Racer and SMB are the only ones I know of for sure that had it.

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