Bionic Commando Cheat Codes (for NES)

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Earn a continue

To earn a continue, "meet the enemy and descend" and kill the enemy Bionic soldier. He will leave you an eagle. Each eagle gives you a continue.

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Find the helmet

To interrogate the enemy soldier and find the secret path that contains the helmet, use your arm to get behind him. It freaks him out.

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Play Area 4 in the dark

To play Area 4 in the dark, don't use flares in area for a modest but interesting challenge.

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Move around as the enemy computer is being destroyed

To move around as the enemy computer is being destroyed, instead of being frozen in victory, a very hard thing to do, you have to fire the last shot to kill it, then get the computer off the screen before the shot hits the computer. This should only be attempted by those who fancy themselves masters of the game.

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Earn all of the life points

A really good place to earn all the life points is at the end of level one. Before you go into the bosses chamber stay outside and kill all the paratroopers. You'll have full life in about twenty minutes

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Use the rocket launcher in Level 7-1

If you're like me, you like to use the rocket launcher, now in level 7, I think, you can't use the rocket launcher on the wall, you have to use the 3-way, destroy the wall, then hit A, B, and start at the same time to get out of the level, descend into the level again, switch to rocket launcher when you're choosing your weapons, and you can go through the level with the rocket launcher, (if you don't know how to beat the big robot at the end, the rocket launcher really takes care of the computer a lot quicker than the 3-way).

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Communicators

Communicators: Use the red one in Areas 1, 4 and 5, the green one in 2, 3 and 6, the blue one in 8, 9 and 7, and the brown one in 10, 11 and 12.

The order I mentioned the Areas in above is the best order to play them in (1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 7, 10, 11, 12 excluding the neutral areas).

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Find the secret tunnels

To find where the secret tunnels are on the area map, talk to the prisoner in Area 17. You have to actually touch him to get any info from him. You'll find the Helmet in one of the tunnels.

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Fighting Giants

Fighting Giants (Areas 6, 7 and 12): Hang from a ledge above you at a safe distance. When he's in range, drop and hit him on the way down. Use the Rocket Launcher for best results (It only takes 4 hits, if I remember).

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Exit an area

To exit an area, simultaneously press and hold A, B and Start. You will go back to the Descend/Transfer screen to select a different area.