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    Gaiares

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Dec 26, 1990

    A cult classic, Gaiares is a horizontal shooter, notable for allowing players to customize their weapons by leeching them out of enemies, as opposed to acquiring traditional power-ups.

    Short summary describing this game.

    Cheats

    In addition to all the secret weapons with special conditions to get, there are a plethora of cheats available to the player.

    Hidden Options

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    Hold A, B, or C, and press START at the title screen. This takes you to an options menu that allows you to raise the difficulty, listen to BGM/SFX, and toggle the language between English and Japanese. But more importantly, it opens up the ability to cheat.

    Cheat Mode

    To access the ability to cheat, set the BGM to #18 in the options. Using controller 2, HOLD A, and then exit the menu. Upon starting a new game, you'll have several options.

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    • Level Select: Start the game normally, you'll be thrown into the level select screen. You can start at several points in a given mission, as they have several parts.
    • Invincibility: To be invincible for the level, pause the game, HOLD LEFT+A+C, and hit START to exit the pause.
    • Weapon Select: when paused, HOLD UP and press A. This will change to the next weapon on the list. Fire your TOZ into emptiness once to see the name appear on the screen.
    • Weapon Level Up: when paused, HOLD UP and press C to raise your current weapon to level 2. C twice raises it to 3. Exit pause menu, fire TOZ into empty space.
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