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CHEATS 'N' FEATS (w.i.p.)

Here at Virtualgaz, we are still dedicated to the arcade video game. We can assure you that the eternal quest for 'what happens next?' is alive and well here. These days, with the awesome cheat engines and save states available to we MAMEsters and Mame32-ers, we can show you hundreds of our ridiculous feats and some re-creations of our most memorable achievements during the halcyon days of arcade gaming. Whether by speeding up the fps, leaving it running all night (with a weight on the fire button) or just by amazing skill and dexterity, we give the answers to your age-old curiosities. Does round 99 go into zero? Is wave 256 the start again? What are the maximium flags? Will it roll at 999,999? Should I carry on and 'clock' it or put my name up? Does it end? What's the maximum possible score? Is the 'rainbow bonus' real?...

GAME	description		notes
1941	7,000,000	C
1942	15 men	C	the funny E represents 10
	end bonus	C
	game over	C
	20,000,000	C	older cheats somehow allowed scores more than 10million prior to receiving the 10million point end bonus. When this happened, the maximum possible score was 20million
	20,000,000 game over	C
	12,000,000	C
	12,000,000	C
	12,000,000 we give up	C
	12,000,000 table	C
	10,000,000 table	C
	9,000,000	C
	2,000,000 end	C
	2,000,000	C
	max rolls	C
	last stage	C
	congratulations	C
1943	3,000,000 (kai)	C
	3,000,000 (jap)	C
64th Street	1,100,000	C
	1,100,000 name	C
	end	C
Aero Fightres	1,100,000	C
	end	C
Alien Syndrome	end	C
	1,000,000 name	C
Alley Master	rolled	C
	rolled end	C
	end name	C
Alpine Ski	199,000	C
	185,000	C
Altered Beast	277,000	C
Amidar	rolled	C
	rolled game over	C
	999,000	C
	834,000	C
Arcade Classics	172,000 (missile command)	C
	991,000 (centipede)	C
	rolled name (centipede)	C
Area 88	name	C
	900,000	C
	8,000,000	C
Ark Area	end	C
	congrats	C
	1,600,000	C
	1,600,000 name	C
Arkanoid	999,000	C	with cheats on, the rounds carry on (with messed up gfx) after the end head
	extra bricks	C	act as normal bricks!
	end R33 name	C	regular game over
	credits rolled	C	after 99credits, they are displayed in hex and symbols
	R34+!	C	with cheats on, the rounds carry on (with messed up gfx) after the end head
	1,000,000	C
	rolled enemies stuck	C
	rolled rounds - R100	C	after R100, they are displayed in hex and gfx boxes
	rolled rounds - +	C
	rolled rounds - ++	C
	rolled rounds - +++	C
	rolled rounds - ++++	C
	R73	C
	13,500,000 (rolled)	C
	a half brick!	C	could not hit it!
	9,941,000	C
	14,000,000 name	C	cheats turned off
	14,000,000 head	C	cheats turned off
Arkanoid2	1,000,000	C
Armed Police Batrider	rolled (into A)	C
	rolled (into B)	C
	2,900,000 name	C
Armored Warriors	9,000,000	C
ASO	congrats	C
	1,500,000 name	C
	1,300,000	C
Asteroids	wrapped extra ships	C
Asteroids Deluxe	rolled	C
	999,000	C
	999,000 - bonus is 980,000	C
	999,000 - bonus is 320,000	C
	999,000 - bonus is 10,000	C
	999,000 - bonus is 0	C
Astro Blaster	rolled	C
	99,940	C
	97,200	C
Astro Invaders	R90	C
	99,940	C
	84,000	C
Avalanche	1,505	C
Avenging Spirit	1,000,000	C
Balloon Bomber	very fine	C
	rolled	C
	99,950	C
	97,000	C
	78,000	C
Battle Bakraid	7,000,000	C
Battle Toads	end credits	C
	1 hr 02 mins	C
	1,167	C
Battle Zone	3,434,000 board	C
	8,998,000 and supertank/saucer	C
	9,999,000	C
	9,999,000 explosion	C
	9,999,000 name	C
	9,999,000 name and tanks	C
	10,000,000 rolled name	C
	10,101,000 (rolled)	C
	rolled	C
Blaster	9,000,000	C
	51,000,000	C
	51,000,000 name	C
Blasteroids	1,000,000	C
Blazing Star	stats	C
	end story	C
	3,000,000	C
	3,700,000 name	C
	3,700,000 table	C
Block Block	special bonus	C
	end staff	C
	6,400,000 name	C
	5,000,000 R50	C
Bombjack	3,000,000 R99	C
	50,000,000 name	C
	77,000,000	C
	99,999,000	C
	99,990,000 name	C
	100,031,000 (rolled)	C	maybe the rounds roll at 1024 or 2048?
	100,409,000 name (rolled)	C
	gfx delay	C
	gfx glitch	C
	rolled	C
Boot Hill	rolled	C	numbers cascading down the screen for each rollover
Bubble Bobble	R99	C
	R100 (try again)	C
	R100 (game not over)	C
	R100 not over	C
	R100	C
	9,999,000	C
	2,384,000 name	C
Buck Rogers	93,000 R3-1	C
	629,000 R15-6	C	the digital scoreboard (overlay) rolls at 99,999 but the game doesn't!
Burger Time	313,000	C
	313,000 name	C
Capcom Bowl	300	C
	300 name	C
Captain America & The Avengers	743,000	C
Captain Tomaday	42,000 name	C
Centipede	999,000 name (olympia)	C
	999,000 names (olympia)	C
	full mushrooms1	C
	full mushrooms2	C
	full mushrooms3	C
	full mushrooms4	C
	994,000	C
	626,000	C
Championship Sprint	22,000	C
Changes	167,000	C
Checkman	338,000	C
	904,000	C
	999,000	C
	99mins 58secs	C
	maximum cards	C
	rolled name	C
	rolled	C
	board fault	C
	card in credit	C
Choplifter	sortie 23	C
	353,000 gfx	C
	rolled	C
	1,000,000	C
	1,000,000 R35	C
City Connection	rolled	C
	no name	C
	9,000,000	C
	99,000,000	C
	99,000km	C
	1,000,000	C
	10,000,000	C
	100,000km	C
	10,000km	C
Cosmic Alien	screen 99/0 (100)	C
	screen 99	C
	screen 0 (100)	C
	rolled	C
	999,000	C
	97 credits (max)	C
	806,000	C
	screen 61	C
Crash	99,000	C
Crazy Climber	610,000 name	C
	592,000	C
	321,000	C
	100,000	C
Crazy Kong	961,000 (monkey donkey)	C
	999,000	C
	bonus 9800	C
	542,000 name	C
	499,000	C
Crime City	'having'	C
	105,000,000 (rolled) congrats	C
	105,000,000 (rolled) game over	C
	rolled	C
Crystal Castles	give up	C
	R10 (end)	C
	credit screen	C
	easter egg	C
	easter egg more	C
	565,000	C
	441,000	C
	415,000	C
Datsun 280z	rolled	C
Defend the Terror Attack on the Red UFO	123,000	C
Defender	999,900	C
Devil Zone	99,300	C
Dig Dug	rolled	C
	1,081,000 (rolled)	C
	9men	C
	999,000	C
	bonus 12,000 squash	C
	bonus 12,000 again	C
Dinosaurs and Cadillacs	end	C
	2,800,000	C
Disco Fever	108,000,000 (rolled)	C
	99,000,000	C
	32,000,000	C
Do Run Run	325,000	C
Don Pachi	354,000	C
Double Dribble	9 hours	C
Dynamite Dux	1,400,000	C
Egg Venture	day 17	C
Empire Strikes Back	1,100,000 W99	C
Enduro Racer	99,999,999 max score	C
	max score name	C
Eyes	rolled	C
	999,000	C
Fantasy Land	1,800,000	C
Final Star Force	end	C
	1,600,000	C
	1,300,000	C
Fire Truck	170 bonus	C
Flying Shark	excess bombs	C
	area 276	C
	1,000,000	C
Frogger	99,000 board	C
	gfx error	C
	99,000	C
	198,000 (rolled)	C
Galaga	mix up1	C
	mix up2	C
	mix up3	C
	mix up4	C
	mix up5	C
	mix up 6	C
	mix up 7	C
	stages/ships overlap	C
	half ship	C
	10 ships	C
	all reds	C
	max stages/ships	C
	rolled	C
	4,000,000 (Player 2)	C
	3,500,000 name	C
	3,500,000 stats	C
	3,000,000 (Player 2)	C
	3,000,000 (Player 1 rolled)	C
	stages rolled	C
	stage 0	C
	stage 257	C
	stage 255	C
	stage 250	C
	stage 201	C
	stage 200	C
	stage 197	C
	stage 169	C
	stage 150	C
	stage 100	C
	stage V (50)	C
Galaga 88	9.909,000	C
	9.999.999	C
	9,999,999 name	C
Galaxian	max yellows	C
	w304 (max flags again)	C	48 flags (plus the 256 to roll)
	w266	C
	w263	C
	w262	C
	w261	C
	w260	C
	w259	C
	w258	C
	w257	C	the old 256 flags aren't removed so the new ones overlap
	rolled	C
	credits / flags	C
	991,000	C
	951,000	C
	904,000	C
	800,000	C
	700,000	C
	500,000	C
	299,000	C
	10 flags (bootleg)	C
	9 flags (bootleg)	C
	48 flags (max)	C
Gang Busters	1,300,000	C
Gaplus	w99	C
	960,000 (bye bye)	C
	1,000,000	C
	w100	C
	1,400,000 name	C
	1,400,000 game over	C
	1,300,000	C
Gauntlet	rolled	C
	10,000,000 (rolled) level 321	C
	9,300,000 level 299	C
	8,800,000 level 300	C
	8,800,000 level 299	C
	6,000,000 level 256	C
	3,000,000 level 145	C
	keys / potions / health	C
Gaurdians	1,100,000	C
Gee Bee	100,000	C
Gemini Wings	9,900,000	C
	9,900,000 name	C
Giga Wing	perfects	C
	impossible	C
	28,828,000,000,000 name	C
	28,828,000,000,000	C
Gimme A Break	125,000 name	C
Goindol	w97	C
	end	C
Gorf	99,000 / mission 78	C
Gradius	9,900,000	C
	32,000,000 name	C
	32,000,000 hi-score	C
	32,000,000 game over	C
Gravitar	67,000 board	C
Great Gurianos	treasure place	C
	284,000	C
Green Beret	106,000	C
Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island	1,800,000	C
Gyruss	rolled stage 99	C
	997,000 stage 89	C
Halley's Comet	planets rolled	C
	10 extras (A)	C
	congrats	C
	area 30	C
	5,200,000 name	C
Head On	999,000	C
Hippodrome	268,000	C
Hit and Miss	16 credits	C
	101,000	C
Hunchback	1,000,000	C
Hunchback Olympics	rolled	C
	56,000	C
Hypersports	zero board	C
Ikari Warriors	9,999,990 game over	C
	9,999,990 congrats	C
	9,999,990 name	C
Invaders Revenge	rolled	C
	falling	C
	97,000	C
Irobot	1,961,000 (rolled)	C
	994,000	C
Joust2	507,000	C
Jungler	175,000	C
Karate Champ	999,900	C
	999,000	C
	990,000 name	C
	10DAN	C
King and Balloon	48 cards	C
	136,000	C
King of Dragons	99,000,000	C
Klax	wave 100	C
	t-shirt	C
	end bonus	C
	10,000,000	C
	10,000,000 board	C
Lock 'n Chase	114,000 name	C
	114,000	C
Mad Planets	w99	C
	w100	C
	2,356,000 board	C
	2,356,000 game over	C
	2,356,000 name	C
	2,355,000	C
Mars Matrix	143,000,000,000	C
	143,000,000,000 board	C
Mayday	rolled	C
	999,000	C
	980,000	C
Metamorphic Force	2,757	C
Metro-Cross	time rolled	C
	rolled	C
	r26	C
	9,900,000	C
	1,400,000 name	C
	10,047,000 (rolled) name	C
Mighty Pang	9,999,900	C
	9,999,900 board	C
	9,974,000	C
	level 99 board	C
Millipede	999,926	C
Missile Command	wrapped bullets	C
Moon Cresta	small ship on big	C
Moon Patrol	998,000 + gfx fault	C
Mouse Trap	9,919,000	C
	10,000,000 crash	C
Mr Do!	999,950	C
	999,950 name	C
	157,000 on scene 36	C
	diamond (yankee)	C	the diamond is a 25c coin in Yankee Do!
	diamond stats (yankee)	C
	all three extras in stats	C
	clear screen (bootleg)	C
	stats (boot)	C
Mr Do's Wild Ride	rolled	C
	986,000 hi-score	C
	813,000 on scene1	C
	813,000 board	C
Narc	3,500,000 name	C
Nemo	gfx fault on ball	C
	1,281,000 name	C
New Rally X	round 99	C
	round 101	C
	round 100	C
	round F1	C
	round 256	C
	round 137 (rolled)	C
	2,282,000 / round 257 game over	C
	10,000,000 on round 1	C
	10,000,000 game over	C
Nightmare in the Dark	53,000,000	C
Omega Fighter	4,200,000 name	C
Outrun	93,000,000 name	C
	93,000,000 again	C
	board	C
Pacland	r73	C
	r99	C
	r100	C
	156,000,000 (rolled) on round 2 - name	C
	89,000,000 on round 1	C
	88,000,000 on round 1	C
	50,000,000 round 100	C
	2,500,000 round 61	C
	128,000,000 on round 2	C
Pacman	rolled (pirhana)	C
	rolled (pacplus)	C
	rolled (boot) on 21st key	C
	999,000 (boot)	C
	999,000 (jr pacman)	C
	split screen	C
	split screen (ms pacman)	C
	802,000 (ms pacman) game over	C
	959,000 (joyman) game over	C
	997,000 (hearts)	C
	rolled (super pacman)	C
Pang	end	C
	246,000 stage 50 name	C
Paperboy	trick zero reset	C
	trick subscription mess	C
	trick gfx mess	C
	trick start	C
	trick scoreboard	C
	trick missing gfx	C
	trick in progress	C
	trick 1,079,000,000 (next day)	C
	trick zero reset2	C
	trick gfx tiling	C
	trick gfx mess4	C
	trick gfx mess3	C
	trick gfx mess2	C
	trick end gfx mess	C
	trick end gfx mess2	C
	trick complete	C
	trick board	C
	trick end score mess	C
	post trick attract mode	C
	post trick scoreboard	C
	trick giving 5,000,000	C
	1,000,000	C
	1,000,000 end	C
Pengo	132,000	C
Penguin Bros	798,000 end	C
Phoenix	trick	C
	gfx2	C
	gfx1	C
	994,000 8ships	C
	991,000 8ships	C
	901,000 8ships	C
	619,000 8ships	C
Pinball Action	rolled	C
	99,999,000	C
	99,000,000 again	C
	31,000,000	C
	10,000,000 board	C
Pleiades	973,000 (boot)	C
	979,000 hi-score	C
Pole Position	97,000	C
	83,000	C
	80,000	C
Prehistoric Isle2	34,000,000 name	C
Puckman Pokimon	500,000	C
	500,000 name	C
PuLiRuLa	362,000 end	C
Punch Out	355,000	C
Punisher	9,999,900 name	C
	9,999,900 end	C
	9,999,900 board	C
	9,000,000 stats	C
QBert	140,000 gfx corrupt (FHMCQ)	C
Qix	818,000	C
Quantum	79,000	C
Quiz and Dragons	1,901,000	C
	1,902,000 name	C
	1,902,000 end	C
Rally Bike	999,000 name fault	C
	999,999	C
	59 positions advanced	C
Rampage	day 768	C
Ripoff	96,800	C
	86,660	C
	bonus +430	C
	100,220	C
Robotron	easter egg	C
Rygar	6,700,000	C
	2,000,000 end	C
	1,800,000	C
	walk bug	C
	55,000,000 / r1	C
	40,000,000 / r1	C
	3,000,000	C
	1,800,000 r27	C
	1,936,000 r27	C
Salamander	55 extras	C
	staff	C
	2,000,000	C
Scorpion	2007 credits	C
Shock Troopers	5,400,000	C
Side Pocket	209,000 max time	C
Simpsons	282 Bart	C
Sinistar	gfx error	C
	easter egg	C
Snapjack	gfx fault	C
Snow Bros	888,000 end	C
Space Invaders	rainbow bonus	C
	rolled	C
	225,000 (earth)	C
	card 0 (colour)	C
	99,000 / max men into credits	C
Space Zap	670,000	C
Speed Coin	394,000	C
	394,000 board	C
Spiderman	563,000	C
Splatterhouse	989,000	C	round 7 repeats for 100,000pts bonus under cheats
	1,089,000	C
Splendour Blast	9,999,990 board	C
	9,999,990 name	C
	109th race	C
	8,900,000	C
	100th race	C
	34th race	C
Star Force	cleo shot	C
	cleo bonus	C
	more than 99 B's missed	C
	missed 66 B's	C
	mixed base1	C
	mixed base9	C
	mixed base8	C
	mixed base7	C
	mixed base6	C
	mixed base5	C
	mixed base4	C
	mixed base3	C
	mixed base2	C
	2,600,000 board	C
	6,000,000 area75	C
	6,000,000 name	C
	6,200,000	C
	7,000,000 area80	C	there's a bug which displays the areas as ...78, 79,0, 1, 2...9, 80, 81, 81...89 - so area 89 is actually 99 and 89 is displayed as the maximum furthermore (we think...watch this space)
	7,000,000 area81	C
	cleo at 13,000,000	C
	14,000,000 name	C	with the standard INF missing from 'infinity'
	20,000,000	C
Star Wars	66,000,000	C
	66,000,000 name	C
Stargate	easter egg	C
	600,000 zowie bonus	C
	w99	C
	w94	C
	1,200,000 zowie bonus	C
	1,200,000 name	C
	1,000,000	C
Strikers 1945 plus	2,500,000	C
Super Astro Fighter	99,980	C
	99,980 name	C
Super Breakout	373,000	C
Super Cobra	rolled	C
	rolled board	C
	991,000	C
	965,000	C
Super Missile Attack	999,000	C
	1,995,000 (rolled) name	C
	1,995,000 (rolled) board	C
Superbug	rolled	C
	990	C
Tehkan World Cup	2 - 99	C
	lost in the final - board	C
	255 credits (max)	C
	victory	C
	world champion name	C
Tempest	999,998 / w99+	C
Tetris	r58	F	The 1,000,000 usually occurs around R59
	all reds	C
	all reds 2	C
	999 lines	F	1000 lines reset after game over
	999,866	F	achieved by continuing
Tetris Plus 2	10,000,000 / 408 lines	C
	chapter 24 / level 36	C
	10,000,000 name	C
The End	rolled	C
	rolled name	C
	999,000	C
	999,000 hi-score	C
	951,000	C
Thunder Fox	7,900,000	C
	43,000,000 name	C
	38,000,000	C
Time Pilot	999,990	C
Toobin	1,200,000 nightmare	F	achieved by continuing
	end beach party	F	achieved by continuing
	end name	F	achieved by continuing
Top Speed	end 426mph	C
Track n Field	LJ player 3 wins with 10m	C
	LJ speed 1515m/s	C
	LJ 16.91m fault	C
	LJ 10m rolled / speed 1509m/s	C
	LJ so long it wraps back to start of pit	C
	LJ measure error and foul metres	C
	LJ tiny measure	C
	LJ measures a foul	C
	LJ fall at 1,500,000 / 8men	C
	LJ 18.07m fault	C
	LJ 15.35m fault	C
	LJ 11m before trying	C
	LJ 10.71m record	C
	LJ 11.47m	C
	LJ high leap	C
	LJ 10.21m record	C
	LJ 10.18m (rolled)	C
	LJ 11.38m record	C
	LJ two 10+m on scoreboard	C
	LJ 0.99m (rolled)	C
	HJ player 4 wins with 3.20m	C
	HJ 2.90m / 'hight'	C
	HJ 2.86m / 'hight'	C
	HJ 2.99m / 'hight'	C
	HJ leaps off screen	C
	HJ 2.52m - big gap	C
	HJ running leap / missing gfx	C
	HJ 2.56m rolled (goes down to floor level)	C
	HJ superman1	C
	HJ superman2	C
	HJ mole bonus	C
	HJ wrapped jump - comes under	C
	HJ 3.01m completed (xxx)	C
	HJ player 4 at 2.99m	C	not possible to enter the record books
	world records are zero fault	C
	9th match	C
	99 credits	C
	JAV bonus	C
	43rd match (dot)	C	After the hurdles (256th event), this is the last match before rolling back to '1'
	42nd match (z)	C	the 42nd match represents 252 events (42x6), so as a result, the fourth event of the next match becomes the roll over point. When the hurdles are complete, this finished the match!
	41st match (y)	C
	2,000,000 board	F	achieved on EASY with 2 man start and extras every 100,000pts
	27th match (k)	CC
	26th match (j)	C
	25th match (i)	C
	24th match (h)	C
	23rd match (g)	C
	22nd match (f)	C
	21st match (e)	C
	20th match (d)	C
	19th match (c)	C
	18th match (b)	C
	17th match (a)	C
	16th match (blank)	C
	15th match (yellow speed box)	C
	14th match (yellow speed bar)	C
	13th match (speed gfx)	C
	12th match (speed gfx)	C
	11th match (blue speed gfx)	C
	10th match (copyright)	C
	JAV with high jump scoreboard	C
	JAV 0.19m	C
	JAV wrapped up - flying under	C
	JAV underneath 55m foul	C
	JAV 100m gfx fault	C
	JAV 100m gfx fault2	C
	JAV 100m gfx fault3	C
	JAV gfx corrupt	C
	JAV 99.61m	C
	HAM gfx corrupt	C
	HAM in crowd	C
	HUR speed and score fault	C	this shows that perhaps 100million is the rollover point
	name as dots	C
	HMS 6.30secs	C
	speed 1506m/s	C
Traverse USA	1,600,000 rolled	C
	1,600,000 name	C
Turbo	rolled	C
	r9	C
	r19	C
	r18	C
	r17	C
	r16	C
	r14	C
	hi name	C
	99,009	C
	97,000	C
Tutankhmun	stage 17 (back to stage 1)	C
	rolled	C
	bonus points corrupt	C
	bonus points corrupt2	C
	999,000	C
UniWarS	100,000	C
Varth	16,000,000	C
	16,000,000 name	C
Waku Waku	12,600,000	C
War Of The Bugs	rolled to zero	C
	995,000	C
	rolled	C
Warp Warp	48 flags	C
	101,000 game over	C
Wonderboy	1,500,000	C
World Heroes Perfect	9,700,000	C
Xevious	easter egg (bootleg)	C
XMen	773	C

Oh yeah, a lot of these games were played under the first F12 versions of MAME and now appear as jpegs (rather than the original bitmaps). Some images have suffered from the conversion (but, thankfully, most had a 90% reduction in file size!).

If there's a game you've mastered or cheated bigtime on, send us a set of captures and/or commentary for inclusion. Too busy or not sad enough? No problem - we do requests too! Is there a better way to spend your 30's and 40's? We don't think so...

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