Unofficial Game Genie Codes. The following sets of codes were created by and listed here with permission from Tony Hedstrom. The following disclaimer from the creator applies: 'A few people have reported that the infinite energy code (SZUTYUSE) didn't work for them. This may be because there are 2 different versions of the game, but I'm not. This is where you'll find thousands of original Game Genie codes, Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes, and lots of 'How to' documents. There are also original Nintendo 64 Game Shark codes. Added Zelda 2 codes (NES). SNES Game Genie Codes This is the Complete list of Game Genie codes.
I made a thread like this on Zelda Universe, and I figured it'd get more responses here. No one even answered it on ZU.So here's the text of the original thread.
Zelda 2 Game Genie Cheats
Well, I got my chance recently when an emulator offered a hexadecimal editor function for the games. I became curious of this while playing Zelda II, and decided to open it up and take a look.
I was staring into the brain of the game.
Thousands upon thousands of lines of code and programming stood before me.
I was intimidated, of course, but I persisted in fooling around with it.
You have no idea how amazing it was to watch the addresses which controlled the music change to the beat of the tune.
I have made quite a few discoveries.
For example: (all addresses are in hexadecimal form)
0013 is the address which controls whether you are a fairy or not. If you manually change the value to anything higher than 00, you become a fairy. You can change it back to become human again. However, if you use fairy magic, you cannot manually transform back, as it locks in the value. To transform back, you have to pause the game, change the value, and freeze the address. I could provide you with a game genie code to permanently make you a fairy, but that would render the game unbeatable, and you'd have to kill yourself, save, and turn off the code. So I don't see the point.
03e6 is the address which controls part of your jump. If you mess around with the value, you can stop yourself from jumping, make yourself fly forever, or create a moon jump where you continue to rise until you release A. To do the moon jump, change the value to Cx. It doesn't matter what the second value is, provided that the first value is C. If it is D or higher, you won't be able to jump. If it is B or lower, you'll float at the top of the screen when you try to jump. I can provide a game genie code for this: EKVATUAG
0494 is the address which monitors your death. If you enter 01, you die! Even if your health is full! Therefore, it's possible to turn dying off by freezing this address at 00. You can actually use this to get into the great temple before you're supposed to. Just transform into a fairy and go through the barrier (normally, you'd die instantly.) Game genie code=AEOAGGAA
Address 0516 controls the timer which determines when monsters next appear on the map, even if you aren't moving. If you freeze this address at anything greater than 00, you'll encounter less monsters, as only the monster generator that is controlled by movement will still work. I cannot seem to find the address for that one. Sorry!
But I do have a game genie code to disable the aforementioned counter: NYOATIAE
Adress 0518 controls Link's clipping with monsters. I noticed that when I was hit, it would change from 00 to 04 and then count down slowly back down to 00, at which point Link stopped flashing and became vulnerable again. If you freeze this at 04, 03, 02, or 01, Link will be invulnerable to enemies. Notice: If you touch a wisp (I think that's what they're called), you still lose magic, although you take no damage. This is the only case, though. Game genie: GAOEAIAA
Oh, and if you want to know what addresses have the music, they are: 18e6, 18e7, and 18e8. Those are the 3 main music parts, anyway.
05ca is a miscellaneous thing I found. It's the address that controls when your sword beams dissipate. By locking it in at F4, I made it so that my sword beams just continue to go on and on until they leave the screen, much like in later Zelda games. You can lock it at any value you want, actually, and it'll do the same thing. The game genie code is: KNKEZIUY
There. That's all I've found in a short time. However, I did this by experimenting with the game while the hexeditor was open in another window. I watched what values changed and when they changed, and used this to find cool things. I want to learn how to REALLY hack and play with the big boys (so to speak.)
Can anyone offer advice on hacking? How do you take apart the game and find things without my trial-and-error methods? Please provide tips and descriptions!
And, more specifically, share your hacking expertise with the Adventure of Link. What things have you found with it? Do you know the address of that damned monster generator that is linked to your movement? Share these things with us all here.
The Legend of Zelda is a classic NES title released in 1987 and was a huge commercial success. Even with NES emulators, it still remains popular even today. Here are a few classic cheats for the traditional NES user and some cheat codes for the NES emulator user.
Legend of Zelda Cheats for NES emulators
There are various custom codes that people develop throughout the net to customize and work around the Legend of Zelda as they see fit, but they lack uniformity and are usually difficult to work with. Game Genie codes offer the best cheats without drastically altering the game’s setup, and works fairly well within an NES emulator. The Game Genie was a nifty device back in the late 80s that developed specific cheats for all of your NES favorites. Some NES emulators integrated the Game Genie cheat programs into their software to add to the already nostalgic effect of playing the NES. The fact is, everyone used cheats back in the day and still love to today. It’s good for a fun, relaxing run of the game after you’ve nearly died of frustration through the game normally. Nestopia is a very good NES emulator that incorporates the Game Genie cheat codes. You can download Nestopia free from the internet and install on your hard drive or on custom USB drivesfor portability.
The Legend of Zelda Game Genie NES cheat codes:
- Be invincible (Take zero damage from enemies) – AVVLAUSZ
- Make all items available for free – SZVXASVK + AEVEVALG
- Infinite weapon: Bombs – SZNZVOVK
- Make character with 8 life hearts – YYKPOYZZ
- Make character with 16 life hearts – NYKPOYZX
- Wear a red ring – OSKUILTA
- Wear a blue ring – ESKUILTA
- Keep rubies when purchasing items – SZVXASVK
Legend of Zelda Cheats for NES
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Save game without dying
Here’s how you save the game without taking the time to die properly. For this you’ll need a second controller. Press start on controller 1 (this is the controller you’re using for 1st player). This will bring up the pause screen menu. Then press Up + A button on controller 2. The save screen will then appear but you won’t have the option of retry. You can also press Up + Start on controller 2 for a quick save.
No charge for a broken door
For this you’ll need a second controller. Press both A and B buttons on controller 2 immediately after the old man asks Link to pay for the broken door.
Steal items without being noticed
Go to the store in the game. Take an item off the shelf and walk around the guy behind the counter in a clockwise direction. Leave the ship when he has his back turned to still the item.
Start game at Second Quest
In order to do this you would have needed to beat the game at least once. When you start, enter your name as ZELDA. You’ll start at the second quest with most of the items.
“The Case of the Missing Door”
This is a pretty well known cheat (although technically it’s a glitch). When you first enter Level 1 in the First Quest of the game, immediately leave and re-enter the area. The locked door in the area will be gone.
Kill Gohma quick and easy
Before you enter Gohma’s room, get your bow and arrows ready. Go inside and quickly shoot an arrow. Gohma will be right in front of you with his eye open so you end up killing him with one shot.
Refill Red-colored Water of Life
Once you use a red-colored Water of Life it will turn blue. This basically means that you can only use it one more time before you no longer have it. You can “refill” it without buying a second Red-colored Water of Life. When you’re Red Water of Life is blue, go to the Old Woman and buy a Blue Water of Life. This will make your Blue Water of Life into a Red one.
Zelda 2 Cheat Codes
Fewer Enemies in an area
Kill all the enemies in a particular area screen except for one. The next time you go through this area there will only be the one enemy you left there, so you don’t have to fight all of them again.
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Restore your health automatically
For this you’ll need a second controller. Go to a Lake of a Great Fairy when you health gauge is low to restore it. As you approach the lake, your health gauge will slowly begin to fill up. As this is happening, press Start on controller 1 and enter the item selection screen. As you do this, your health gauge will continue to fill up. Press Up+A on the second controller to return to the Save menu. Select Save, a load your character’s file. Once it’s loaded, instead of remaining at the default of 3 hearts, you character ill have its health fully restored right at the start.