*Jikuu Tantei DD: Maboroshi no Lorelei* (Dracula Detective) for Saturn has a monster 30 button cheat code that's very difficult to enter before the title screen times out... its only effect is to let you pause cutscenes with the Z button.

The Saturn has a coaching simulator based on the Battle Athletes manga, and @bbayles.bsky.social found a hidden minigame that lets you blast the main character with a Virtua Gun! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/07/20/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #セガ #セガサターン

*Battle Athletes* is a sports coaching simulation game for Saturn. But I found a surprise hiding in it - a scrapped lightgun mini-game! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

There's a prerelease demo of *Wild Arms* for PSX from about a month before the final game. It normally limits what you can play, but I patched out the restrictions. There are some notable differences with the retail version, unfinished, scenes, and more. 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

I reverse engineered the cheat code system for the Nintendo 64 version of Command & Conquer, revealing a low level debug mode code with some cool stuff - including a message to the programmer's cat. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

No cheat code stays hidden forever with @bbayles.bsky.social on the case, and that's true for the easter egg he found in the Saturn version of Batman Forever! Check it out in today's Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/07/13/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #セガ #セガサターン

*Batman Forever* for Saturn has an unusual Easter egg. On the logo screens, both players need to put in codes. But there's a catch - they have to stay in sync. If they do, photos of the devs pop up! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

What do *Grind Session* and *Razor Racing* for PSX have in common (besides killer soundtracks)? Cheat code entry systems! The two games use identical functions to detect button sequences. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

My first article on reverse engineering a Game Boy Advance game - a shmup from 2003 that nobody seems to have liked, haha. I also go into the PlayStation version. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Today, @bbayles.bsky.social dug into the Sega Saturn port of Command & Conquer! Some of them are very useful, like skipping a mission or building structured you normally can't, plus he found hidden developer messages. Read about it in Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/07/06/u...

I found a trio of new cheat codes for an old game - Ford Street Racing on PS2, Xbox, and PSP. Unlock all cars & tracks! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

I found two previously-undocumented cheat codes for the PlayStation version of *Alone in the Dark 2* * Benny Hill! mode: Speeds up the action to a comic degree * God! mode: Enables invincibility 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

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The debug code listed on websites for the Saturn's Alone in the Dark 2 doesn't work, so @bbayles.bsky.social gets to the bottom of the real code — plus newly discovered ones! He talks to the original developers, too: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/06/29/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #セガ #セガサターン

I found some never-before-seen Easter eggs in the Saturn version of Alone in the Dark 2 - pictures of the programming staff. One of the developers sent me the one of the source images! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Here's a cheat code for *Black/Matrix* on Saturn that I don't think has been published before. At the title screen, press Z, Y, X, C, B, A, Start. You'll get an alternative background for the main menu. As far as I can tell, this is the only effect!

There's a demo of *Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2* for Dreamcast that has unfinished menus, evidence of a scrapped Versus mode, and a different set of cars than the final version. I made a patch to make these elements available: 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

*O.D.T.* (Escape... Or Die Trying) for PlayStation has several cheat codes, but I found another one lurking in the game data that managed to stay hidden for 28 years. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

This week, @bbayles.bsky.social discovers new cheat codes in Fire Pro Gaiden: Blazing Tornado, a Sega Saturn-exclusive wrestling game with an English fan translation! See what he found in the latest Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/06/22/u... #segasaturn #retrogaming #セガ #セガサターン

*Fire Pro Gaiden: Blazing Tornado* for Saturn has lots of cheat codes and Easter eggs. But I found another one that's stayed hidden for over 30 years - an alternate set of staff credits. These feature goofy artwork and developer inside jokes. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

There’s a preview of *Disruptor* on the "PlayStation Picks" sampler disc from 1996. This was the first game from Insomniac Games. The demo is from a month before the final. I patched it to make 3 extra unfinished stages playable and enable cheats. 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

The cheat sites have codes listed for *Smashing Drive*, Namco's 2002 "crazy taxi" game for GameCube and Xbox. But they don't work! I examined the game data and found: * There are working codes for the GameCube version * But they're impossible to enter on Xbox! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

An Action Replay code to activate debug mode in Legend of Oasis/Story of Thor 2 has existed for years. But this week, @bbayles.bsky.social reveals a button cheat code for it — plus another one to max out stats! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/06/15/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #セガサターン

I discovered a cheat code that enables debug mode and maximized stats in *The Legend of Oasis* for Saturn a few years ago. But I missed some things! * There's another debug code. * It lets you skip straight to the credits with a third code. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

I found a batch of previously-undocumented cheat codes for *Toy Commander* on Dreamcast: - Access the final mission - Unlimited special weapons in boss fights - Unlock boss trophies 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Late February, 1991: Rad Mobile, the premiere game on Sega's System 32 board, debuts in JP arcades. Sonic makes a small but prominent cameo as an ornament dangling from the rearview mirror—his first appearance in a game. The ornament was added by programmer Katsumi Tōjō, and was at first Flicky…

I found some cool stuff hiding in *Action Man: Destruction X* for PlayStation: * A secret cheat entry systems for unlocking extras and stages * Two unused boss fight stages 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

If you finish *The Legend of Oasis* for Saturn in under 5 hours, you get a ranking of "SONIC." Under 3 hours ranks you as "RAY." Do they mean the flying squirrel, or some other Ray? The world may never know.

Any Kaitou Saint Tail fans? The #Sega #Saturn has an exclusive adventure game based on the manga/anime series, and @bbayles.bsky.social just found a hidden minigame accessed through a cheat code! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/06/08/u... #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #セガ #セガサターン #anime #manga

There's an Easter egg in *Kaitou Saint Tail* for Saturn. On the minigame selection screen, normally a wheel spins to determine which one plays. But if you hold L+R while pressing C, a special ghost-fighting minigame plays instead! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

The PSX version of *Q-bert* has an undocumented cheat code that enables level skip, invincibility, and more. Some of these features are in the Dreamcast version, but they're inaccessible. I patched it to restore them. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Last week I published a patch that enabled debug mode in a prerelease demo build of *Tales of Destiny* for PSX. This week I'm doing the same things for two more games in the *Tales of* series! 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

Hidden Palace Podcast is back! Episode 5 covers: * More on demo discs, and the prerelease builds of games they often include. * Cut content and scrapped game features. * Cheeky debug menus from time-strapped developers. * And more! hiddenpalace.substack.com/p/hidden-pal...

Today, @bbayles.bsky.social published new findings on cheat codes hiding in #Sega #Saturn 3D battlebot arena shooter Gebockers! Get the lowdown on a debug mode, plus a patch to play the prerelease demo: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/06/01/u... #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #セガ #セガサターン

Released patches for Crypt Killer and Mighty Hits on Saturn that disable the flashes triggered by all supported peripherals, for the benefit of modern setups that don't require it for hit detection (e.g. MiSTer + GUN4IR or Sinden) and controller/mouse users that don't require the flash on any setup

I found new cheat codes for an old game, *Hyper 3D Taisen Battle Gebockers * on Saturn. They show the build date, display commands, and enable debug mode. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Some cheat sites have codes for *Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat*, but their lists are incomplete. I found the full set in the game data - some have stayed hidden for 30 years! For example: "At the movies" - highlight the guy's nose, press Square nine times. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Here's an unpublished code for *Die Hard Trilogy* on Saturn. Hold R at the game select screen and enter this sequence: Right, Up, Down,B, C, Right,Up, Down, B. The build date, Nov 8 1996, will be displayed.

I made patches for the two prerelease demo versions of *Tales of Destiny* for PlayStation. The patches enable debug mode, which allows you to explore beyond the usual demo limits. 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

Did you know the Saturn version of Samurai Shodown RPG has the PS1 port’s exclusive bonus material hiding in it? No one did before last week, and now Bo Bayles made a patch to make it accessible in this week’s Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/05/25/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn

Fans of *Samurai Spirits RPG* know that you can play the Saturn-exclusive "Omake" scenes on the PSX version with a hacked save file. But what about the reverse? Yes! I've made a mod for the Saturn version that makes the PSX bonuses available from the main menu. 32bits.substack.com/p/expansion-...

@priceofreason.bsky.social @danthrax.bsky.social Is this the PSX bonus content that you found on the Saturn version?

I put *Steel Reign* for PSX under the microscope and found: * A batch of previously unreported cheat codes * A hidden "Secrets" menu with debug features * A prototype build with some hidden extra hiding out on a Toys "R" Us demo disc. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Here's a previously-unreported cheat code for *Blast Radius* (Psygnosis, 1999) on PlayStation: * Go to the main menu * Enter Up, Down, L2, L1, Select, R2, Down, Select, Up, Up, Down, L2 Now you can select your starting level with the shoulder buttons.

I found a batch of new cheat codes for *Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the DragonBone Staff* - you can use them to get extra gold; boost your stats; and (checks notes) play as characters with giant heads. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Last week, Hemulen released an English translation patch for Sega Saturn strategy game Iron Storm: Operation Files, and today, @bbayles.bsky.social reveals the cheat codes he found that made Hemulen's job easier! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/05/18/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming

I found a batch of cheat codes for *Iron Storm: Operation Files*, the Saturn strategy game with the new fan translation. These somehow escaped notice for 30 years: * Make/Allocate anywhere * Enable cheat options * Enable scenario select * and more! 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

@seanseanson.bsky.social Do you happen to have a manual for Formula One Arcade? It's in your "Every Psygnosis PS1 game" video, so I thought you might.

Happy 35th anniversary (on the Mega Drive), boys.