Cheats, Secrets, Tips & Tricks

Skip Introduction
Press A + B to skip the messages at the beginning of the game and immediately display the map.

Level Skip
Hold Start and press A + B during game play.

Infinite Continues
Press A at the Game Over screen.

Collecting Continues
Intercept the convoy trucks and collect the eagle icons that some enemies leave behind. Each eagle is equal to 1 Continue.

Game Genie Codes

The following are known Game Genie Codes for Bionic Commando on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

• Infinite Lives In Main Game
  SZNUIYVG
• Infinite Lives In Sub-Game
  SXUEZPVG
• Start With 1 Life
  AAUGSZZA
• Start With Double Lives
  IAUGSZZA
• Start With Triple Lives
  AAUGSZZE
• Start With 3-Way Gun
  VGKKNXUK
• Don’t Take Damage From Bullets And Collisions
  SXSTYNVK
• Don’t Take Damage From Spikes
  VTNZXVVK
• Don’t Take Damage From Bullets And Collisions In Sub-Game
  SZUOAOVK
• Autofire (Main Game)
  XYXUUOEN
• Use With BIO Code 11 For Improved Autofire With Normal Gun
  AAKUOOZA
• Start With 3 Life Energy Capsules
  LAUKOZAA
  XTUKUXVU
• Start With 6 Life Points
  TAUKOZAA
  XTUKUXVU
• Start With 8 Life Points
  AAUKOZAE
  XTUKUXVU
• Start With 13 Life Points
  IAUKOZAE
  XTUKUXVU
• Start With Rocket Launcher
  KGKKNXUK
• Start With 3-Way Fireball Gun
  NGKKNXUK
• Start With 3-Way Normal Gun
  SGKKNXUK

Preformatted .CHT File (Action Replay & Game Genie) [US]

The following is a preformatted .CHT file for Bionic Commando on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). These files have been collected from around the web and may not be all inclusive. Be sure to check the code pages and other preformatted files, if applicable, for additional codes if what you are looking for is not included.

You can also use the codes out of this file manually on the appropriate device or software.

cheats = 107

cheat0_desc = "Infinite HP (Side-Scrolling Levels)"
cheat0_code = "0779:05"
cheat0_enable = false

cheat1_desc = "Infinite Lives"
cheat1_code = "004A:03"
cheat1_enable = false

cheat2_desc = "Invincible"
cheat2_code = "07E0:64"
cheat2_enable = false

cheat3_desc = "Have Flares for Area 4"
cheat3_code = "04D9:01"
cheat3_enable = false

cheat4_desc = "Have Energy-restore pills"
cheat4_code = "04DA:01"
cheat4_enable = false

cheat5_desc = "Have Permit"
cheat5_code = "04DB:01"
cheat5_enable = false

cheat6_desc = "Have Boots"
cheat6_code = "04DC:01"
cheat6_enable = false

cheat7_desc = "Have Rapid-fire device"
cheat7_code = "04DD:01"
cheat7_enable = false

cheat8_desc = "Have Rocket launcher"
cheat8_code = "04CC:01"
cheat8_enable = false

cheat9_desc = "Have Wide cannon"
cheat9_code = "04CD:01"
cheat9_enable = false

cheat10_desc = "Have Destroyer-3's machine gun"
cheat10_code = "04CE:01"
cheat10_enable = false

cheat11_desc = "Have 3-way gun (needed to break the barrier in Area 7)"
cheat11_code = "04CF:01"
cheat11_enable = false

cheat12_desc = "Have Green communicator"
cheat12_code = "04E1:01"
cheat12_enable = false

cheat13_desc = "Have Blue com"
cheat13_code = "04E2:01"
cheat13_enable = false

cheat14_desc = "Have Brown com"
cheat14_code = "04E3:01"
cheat14_enable = false

cheat15_desc = "Have Pendant"
cheat15_code = "04D2:01"
cheat15_enable = false

cheat16_desc = "Have Helmet"
cheat16_code = "04D3:01"
cheat16_enable = false

cheat17_desc = "Have Bulletproof vest"
cheat17_code = "04D4:01"
cheat17_enable = false

cheat18_desc = "After Hitler Timer (Ten's)"
cheat18_code = "068C:00"
cheat18_enable = false

cheat19_desc = "After Hitler Timer (one's)"
cheat19_code = "069F:00"
cheat19_enable = false

cheat20_desc = "Start With 6 Life Points"
cheat20_code = "TAUKOZAA+XTUKUXVU"
cheat20_enable = false

cheat21_desc = "Start With 8 Life Points"
cheat21_code = "AAUKOZAE+XTUKUXVU"
cheat21_enable = false

cheat22_desc = "Start With 13 Life Points"
cheat22_code = "IAUKOZAE+XTUKUXVU"
cheat22_enable = false

cheat23_desc = "Start With Rocket Launcher"
cheat23_code = "KGKKNXUK"
cheat23_enable = false

cheat24_desc = "Start With 3 Way Fireball Gun"
cheat24_code = "NGKKNXUK"
cheat24_enable = false

cheat25_desc = "Start With 3 Way Normal Gun"
cheat25_code = "SGKKNXUK"
cheat25_enable = false

cheat26_desc = "Infinite lives in main game"
cheat26_code = "SZNUIYVG"
cheat26_enable = false

cheat27_desc = "Infinite lives in sub-game"
cheat27_code = "SXUEZPVG"
cheat27_enable = false

cheat28_desc = "Start with 1 life"
cheat28_code = "AAUGSZZA"
cheat28_enable = false

cheat29_desc = "Start with double lives"
cheat29_code = "IAUGSZZA"
cheat29_enable = false

cheat30_desc = "Start with triple lives"
cheat30_code = "AAUGSZZE"
cheat30_enable = false

cheat31_desc = "Start with 3-way gun"
cheat31_code = "VGKKNXUK"
cheat31_enable = false

cheat32_desc = "Don't take damage from bullets and collisions"
cheat32_code = "SXSTYNVK"
cheat32_enable = false

cheat33_desc = "Don't take damage from spikes"
cheat33_code = "VTNZXVVK"
cheat33_enable = false

cheat34_desc = "Don't take damage from bullets and collisions in sub-game"
cheat34_code = "SZUOAOVK"
cheat34_enable = false

cheat35_desc = "Autofire--main game"
cheat35_code = "XYXUUOEN"
cheat35_enable = false

cheat36_desc = "Use with BIO Code 11 for improved autofire with normal gun"
cheat36_code = "AAKUOOZA"
cheat36_enable = false

cheat37_desc = "Start with 3 life energy capsules"
cheat37_code = "LAUKOZAA+XTUKUXVU"
cheat37_enable = false

cheat38_desc = "Start with infinite lives"
cheat38_code = "EZEGNOVG"
cheat38_enable = false

cheat39_desc = "Start with infinite grenades"
cheat39_code = "XVULASXK"
cheat39_enable = false

cheat40_desc = "Both players start with 1 life"
cheat40_code = "AEKKIILA"
cheat40_enable = false

cheat41_desc = "Both players start with 6 lives"
cheat41_code = "TEKKIILA"
cheat41_enable = false

cheat42_desc = "Both players start with 9 lives"
cheat42_code = "PEKKIILE"
cheat42_enable = false

cheat43_desc = "Start with double rations of grenades"
cheat43_code = "AOSGIIIA"
cheat43_enable = false

cheat44_desc = "Invincibility"
cheat44_code = "0779:00"
cheat44_enable = false

cheat45_desc = "Infinite Lives"
cheat45_code = "ATNUIYVG"
cheat45_enable = false

cheat46_desc = "Invincibility"
cheat46_code = "AVSTYNVG"
cheat46_enable = false

cheat47_desc = "Can't Be Hit"
cheat47_code = "0536:81"
cheat47_enable = false

cheat48_desc = "Hopping Mad"
cheat48_code = "065A:05"
cheat48_enable = false

cheat49_desc = "Falling Up"
cheat49_code = "0719:FF"
cheat49_enable = false

cheat50_desc = "Gravity Modifier"
cheat50_code = "073F:09"
cheat50_enable = false

cheat51_desc = "Boss Door Open"
cheat51_code = "04BF:01"
cheat51_enable = false

cheat52_desc = "Hit Anywhere"
cheat52_code = "AVXENVSL+AVNVUKAL+AVKOPEEP+SZKTVUOO+ATOVUGAZ"
cheat52_enable = false

cheat53_desc = "Lights Stay On Underground"
cheat53_code = "068B:02+069E:00"
cheat53_enable = false

cheat54_desc = "Grip Up Anywhere"
cheat54_code = "06BF:02"
cheat54_enable = false

cheat55_desc = "One Shot Kills"
cheat55_code = "0781:FF+0782:FF+0783:FF+0784:FF+0785:FF+0786:FF+0787:FF+0788:FF+0789:FF+078A:FF+078B:FF"
cheat55_enable = false

cheat56_desc = "Have All Items V. 1"
cheat56_code = "EIXLTPEY"
cheat56_enable = false

cheat57_desc = "Have All Items V. 2"
cheat57_code = "ELKLZAEY+EIXLTPEY"
cheat57_enable = false

cheat58_desc = "Longer Grapple Line"
cheat58_code = "YIVPAXZU+AINPTZAL+TSEOGZAG"
cheat58_enable = false

cheat59_desc = "Longest Grapple Line"
cheat59_code = "EIVPPZEP+EINPYZEP+ESEOIZEP"
cheat59_enable = false

cheat60_desc = "Longer Range For Normal 3-Way Gun"
cheat60_code = "YOVUESPA"
cheat60_enable = false

cheat61_desc = "Longer Range For Fireball 3-Way Gun"
cheat61_code = "IPKLKVGA"
cheat61_enable = false

cheat62_desc = "Longer Range For Machine Gun"
cheat62_code = "PPXLXVTE"
cheat62_enable = false

cheat63_desc = "Maximum Range For All Guns"
cheat63_code = "ELELOTEY"
cheat63_enable = false

cheat64_desc = "Longer Range For Normal 3-Way Gun"
cheat64_code = "LOKAPKZA"
cheat64_enable = false

cheat65_desc = "Longer Range For Fireball 3-Way Gun"
cheat65_code = "YOVEZGAP"
cheat65_enable = false

cheat66_desc = "Longer Range For Machine Gun"
cheat66_code = "TPNAIGAP"
cheat66_enable = false

cheat67_desc = "Maximum Range For All Guns"
cheat67_code = "EOEEIGEY"
cheat67_enable = false

cheat68_desc = "One Hit Kills Enemies"
cheat68_code = "EIKTXLEY"
cheat68_enable = false

cheat69_desc = "Regular Bullets Pass Through Walls"
cheat69_code = "EUOUEIEY"
cheat69_enable = false

cheat70_desc = "Regular Bullets Become "Rockets" When Passing Through Solid Objects"
cheat70_code = "ESOUXIEZ"
cheat70_enable = false

cheat71_desc = "Dropped "L" Packets Stay Put Until You Pick Them Up or Until They Go Out Of Scope"
cheat71_code = "SUNLKOVS"
cheat71_enable = false

cheat72_desc = "Can Fire Weapons In Neutral Zones Without Being Attacked"
cheat72_code = "EONNOPEY"
cheat72_enable = false

cheat73_desc = "Never Encounter Vehicles On The Map"
cheat73_code = "EIKZXPEL"
cheat73_enable = false

cheat74_desc = "Always Have Enough Power To Transfer Between Areas"
cheat74_code = "NNSXAITE+NNNZLIGE"
cheat74_enable = false

cheat75_desc = ""Pow" Lasts Indefinitely While On Same Screen"
cheat75_code = "0697:09"
cheat75_enable = false

cheat76_desc = "Rapid Bullet Gain On Pick Up"
cheat76_code = "04E9:09"
cheat76_enable = false

cheat77_desc = "Infinite Lives"
cheat77_code = ""
cheat77_enable = false

cheat78_desc = "Infinite HP"
cheat78_code = "0779:05"
cheat78_enable = false

cheat79_desc = "Lives"
cheat79_code = "004A:03"
cheat79_enable = false

cheat80_desc = "Invincible (But Still Can Die By Falling Off Screen)"
cheat80_code = "07E0:54"
cheat80_enable = false

cheat81_desc = "Choose Your weapon"
cheat81_code = "04CA:01"
cheat81_enable = false

cheat82_desc = "Infinite HP (Green Blocks In Side-Scrolling Levels)"
cheat82_code = "0779:05"
cheat82_enable = false

cheat83_desc = "Invincible (But Still Can Die By Falling Off Screen)"
cheat83_code = "07E0:64"
cheat83_enable = false

cheat84_desc = "Infinite Hits (Top-Down Levels)"
cheat84_code = "0647:01"
cheat84_enable = false

cheat85_desc = "Level Modifier"
cheat85_code = "004D:00"
cheat85_enable = false

cheat86_desc = "Timer Modifier (Tens Digit - Do Not Set Above 6!)"
cheat86_code = "068C:00"
cheat86_enable = false

cheat87_desc = "Timer Modifier (Ones Digit)"
cheat87_code = "069F:00"
cheat87_enable = false

cheat88_desc = "Destroy Albatros With 1 Hit With Any Weapon"
cheat88_code = "0784:00"
cheat88_enable = false

cheat89_desc = "Flares For Area 4"
cheat89_code = "04D9:01"
cheat89_enable = false

cheat90_desc = "Energy-Restore Pills"
cheat90_code = "04DA:01"
cheat90_enable = false

cheat91_desc = "Permit"
cheat91_code = "04DB:01"
cheat91_enable = false

cheat92_desc = "Boots"
cheat92_code = "04DC:01"
cheat92_enable = false

cheat93_desc = "Rapid-Fire Device"
cheat93_code = "04DD:01"
cheat93_enable = false

cheat94_desc = "Rocket Launcher"
cheat94_code = "04CC:01"
cheat94_enable = false

cheat95_desc = "Wide Cannon"
cheat95_code = "04CD:01"
cheat95_enable = false

cheat96_desc = "Destroyer-3's Machine Gun"
cheat96_code = "04CE:01"
cheat96_enable = false

cheat97_desc = "3-Way Gun, Needed To Break The Barrier In Area 7"
cheat97_code = "04CF:01"
cheat97_enable = false

cheat98_desc = "Green Communicator"
cheat98_code = "04E1:01"
cheat98_enable = false

cheat99_desc = "Blue Com"
cheat99_code = "04E2:01"
cheat99_enable = false

cheat100_desc = "Brown Com"
cheat100_code = "04E3:01"
cheat100_enable = false

cheat101_desc = "Pendant"
cheat101_code = "04D2:01"
cheat101_enable = false

cheat102_desc = "Helmet"
cheat102_code = "04D3:01"
cheat102_enable = false

cheat103_desc = "Bulletproof Vest"
cheat103_code = "04D4:01"
cheat103_enable = false

cheat104_desc = "Walk On Air"
cheat104_code = "ENNZUIEI"
cheat104_enable = false

cheat105_desc = "Skip Intro Screen"
cheat105_code = "OXSKTYEN"
cheat105_enable = false

cheat106_desc = "energy tank stays on screen so you can get it over and over"
cheat106_code = "0542:01"
cheat106_enable = false

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