I messed around the save's name input screen and found out that you can make the selection go "out of bounds". Now I took a look at it in the game's memory and it turns out that on NTSC-U and PAL you can make the memory value for the selection go nuts with the right inputs.
How-to: Enter save screen, select any file, select the letter V, press left and down at the same time and if the selection disappeared, it's out of bounds. Do the button combination with the DPad, then press Start and then Triangle to exit the screen. Video form:
Here's some combinations I've figured out so far on NTSC-U: (R - Right, L- Left, U - Up, D - Down)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, U, R, D, R, R, R, L, L, L, D, D, D, D - Player 3 replaced by invisible dummy Kong R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, R, R, U, R, U, U, L, L, L, R, R, R, 7xU - Super speed in Crate Crush R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, R, R, U, R, U, U, L, L, L, R, R, R, R - Only melee does damage in Crate Crush
Some effects carry over even after going to the main menu, so speedrun-wise either a console reset should be forced, or pre-run manipulation should be allowed.
Value notes, if you're into that sorta thing: http://pastebin.com/FW0yvERt
On PAL, the possible combinations only crash or don't do much. On NTSC-J, even though the glitch is possible, the value is capped on 2 of the 3 fonts, and the last one just softlocks when you try anything.
It's very great.
I've trimmed down the input for Invisible Player 3: R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, U, R, D, R, R, R, L, L, D, D
New code: Instant Win V1 (NTSC-U)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, R, U
How to use: Crates - only on Gem/Crystal. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! Balls - use on any item except the gem. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Pogo - does nothing. May crash if all AI gets hit at the same time (EPL). Bears - randomized win, probably not worth it. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! (alternatively pause the game on round 2/3) Tanks - lets you walk onfoot and crashes the game. Dash - does nothing, also crashes. Medieval - lets you force win, but still takes your score, also crashes. Papu/Bearminator - instant win, nothing to do. Komodo/Oxide - crashes the game.
Yeah, assume all codes are on NTSC-U from now on. I've explored pretty much all there is on PAL and NTSC-J.
New code, thanks to Nerf: Timer skip to 0:05 after reaching 1:00, Easy Dash arenas, Messy Polar AI Crashes Oxide, Tanks and Komodos, like instaWin V1 !!
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R
Edit: Nvm, these two make saving not work.
New code: Instant Win V2 - now with working Tanks!
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, R, U
How to use: Crates - only on Gem/Crystal. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! Balls - use on any item except the gem. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Pogo - does nothing. May crash if all AI gets hit at the same time (EPL). Bears - randomized win, probably not worth it. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! (alternatively pause the game on round 2/3) Tanks - use on any item. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Dash - does nothing, also crashes. Medieval - lets you force win, but still takes your score, also crashes. Papu/Bearminator/Komodo - instant win, nothing to do. Oxide - crashes the game.
Timer code with fixed Tanks and Komodo (but also loses the easy Dash levels): R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R
Oxide instant win by Nerf: (breaks some things, so just use it at the end I guess?)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, U, U, D, L, R, D, D, U, U, L, R, R, D, D, R, U, L, D, U, U, U, D, R, R, L, R, U
Edit: Confirmed to not work on console and some emus, banned.
Fixed Oxide win by Dustiel: (allowed, though still breaks things so use at the end) (crashes on pausing!)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, U, U, D, D, R, D, D, U, U, L, R, R, D, D, R, U, L, D, U, U, U, D, R, R, L, R, U
Instant Win V3 - Slim & almost not crashing anymore!
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, R, D, R, U, R, U, R, R, U, R, U
How to use: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Snow Bash doesn't load. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Dash - changes nothing. Splash Dash doesn't load. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Papu/Bearminator - broken healthbars, but the fights work normally. Komodo - changes nothing. Oxide - Crashes.
Instant Win V4 - Now it gets tricky
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, L, R, R, U, U, L, R, R, U, U, U, R, U, U, L, R, R, U, R, U
Global changes: -No shadows -No countdown models -Most powerups don't show over players -Win camera is dynamic -Crashes on warp room pause
How to use: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. On PS1, may crash on the first wumpa wave, so pause stall there. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Sometimes crash sometimes on load - depending on level order. Other times it has harmless graphics glitches.. Pause stall to be safe. Dash - changes nothing. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Papu/Bearminator - broken healthbars, but the fights work normally. Bearminator crosshair is invisible. Komodo - changes nothing. Oxide - Crashes, unless you use instant Oxide.
Timer code V3 - Works with saving, Tanks, Komodo, no Dash changes (that means no Dash boosts), no Polar changes (that means no AI or Melt Panic stuff). Still crashes on Oxide, unless you combine it with Instant Oxide.
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R
New code, might not be too useful: 1 Second Rounds
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, D, L, L, L, U, U, U, R, R, U, U, U
Crashes on Oxide, and maybe has some other side-effects, not tested much. Makes rounds last 1 second in: Polars, Crates, Pogos, Tanks, Dash, Medieval
Reworked codes to fix Oxide, and combined some effects.
Global changes:
- Anything with this Panic Dash crashes when changing save slot from the topleft one (can still use that one to save/load or add more codes)
- Anything with this Instaboss makes pause menu not have item count
- Anything with this Instawin has stacked first digits on Balls and Dash, but it's just a visual glitch
- Need to save something in save slot 1 before doing the codes or else the game will crash after entering them
Panic Dash - Dash gives you wumpa and powerups all the time, Polars AI is messed up and Melt Panic gives players debuffs all the time (always a positive so it's included in all of these)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U
Timer code v4 (+ Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash and Timer code (Timer goes to 0:05 after 1:00)
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R
Instaboss (+ Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash, and all 4 bosses get instantly won when entered
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, R, L, R, U, D, L, U, L, U, U, L
Instawin v5 (+ Instaboss + Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash, Instaboss and Instawin.
R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, R, L, R, U, D, L, U, L, U, U, L, L, R, U, D, L, R, L, R, L, L, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, D, U, U, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, U
IMPORTANT: May crash on Tank levels depending on level order. Enter the tanks first, or do reverse level order in warps 2-4 to not crash on Tanks!
How to use Instawin v5: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Sky Balls gem force victory always fails. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Dash - changes nothing. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Keg Kaboom crystal instafails on force victory. Bosses - changes nothing. Instawin these by using Instaboss.
Question: Do I need an original, black-label version of NTSC-U Bash or the green-label Greatest Hits version to perform these glitches? Or does it not matter? (I don't have either currently, and would like to know before potentially investing in a copy)
did a prac run on emu for shits, game froze on Jungle fox trophy (i saved b4 just in case) also yes i did do it in reverse order. and then it froze in drain bash trophy after winning 3 rounds by force victory. 1. why did the jungle fox one happen? 2. why did the drain bash one happen?
