Pang - built-in cheats

[pants]

I can't seem to find any record of these on the interwebs, so for anyone interested: Pang has some built-in cheat keys.

Enable them by typing (during game, with spaces, without quotes):

"ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok pang is good for you"

If successful the following in-game keys will activate:

I  - Invincibility Toggle

F1 - Easy
F2 - Normal
F3 - Difficult
F4 - Very Difficult

Keypad 7 - Weapon 1
Keypad 8 - Weapon 2
Keypad 9 - Weapon 3
Keypad 4 - Weapon 4

Right Shift - Debug Mode

Enjoy.

[Found whilst checksum-hunting on my own crack of SPS 0929 - fun times, merci PA ]

[Predseda]

QWERTY keyboard I hope ;-)

[s2325]

Weapons are line, line with hook, gun but what is fourth one?

[pants]

Originally Posted by Predseda

QWERTY keyboard I hope ;-)

Raw keycodes:

18 27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 18
o  k     o  k     o  k     o  k     o  k     o

27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 18 27 40 19 20
k     o  k     o  k     o  k     o  k     p  a

36 24 40 17 21 40 24 18 18 22 40 23 18 13 40 15
n  g     i  s     g  o  o  d     f  o  r     y

18 16
o  u

[Predseda]

Nice find pants. Have you tried it really works?

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by s2325

Weapons are line, line with hook, gun but what is fourth one?

Maybe double line?

[jotd]

Would be nice to put that in Whdload version, just available with a GUI switch.

[s2325]

Yes, I forgot about this one, thank you. I think there was 2 versions of Pang, one without animals (beta?). Will these cheats work in both?

[pants]

Originally Posted by Predseda

Nice find pants. Have you tried it really works?

Yup.

Originally Posted by jotd

Would be nice to put that in Whdload version, just available with a GUI switch.

I'll leave that for Sting/someone else if they want to I haven't made my peace with whdload yet. $a616.b (from memory) will enable it.

Originally Posted by s2325

Yes, I forgot about this one, thank you. I think there was 2 versions of Pang, one without animals (beta?). Will these cheats work in both?

SPS 0929 is 'proper pang'. I didn't check 'demo/beta pang'.

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by pants

Yup.

http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/cheats.php?id=815 Thanks!

[pants]

Originally Posted by Predseda

http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/cheats.php?id=815 Thanks!

Np (credit is excessive, this stuff is all in plain-sight), just found it odd there appeared to be no record. There's other dev stuff in there too -- a super-slo-mode (bruteforce ), raster timing toggles, dynamite keys etc... Again, all in plain sight.

I'd love to hear the story of this project one day, there are so many contrasts in the code. A movie with a beautiful start and an hurried, awkard, ending. Still one of my all time favs

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by pants

I can't seem to find any record of these on the interwebs, so for anyone interested: Pang has some built-in cheat keys.

Nice find. I also found quite a few unkown cheat codes when creating WHDLoad patches and/or cracks of some old classics, should release my notes one day.

Originally Posted by pants

I'll leave that for Sting/someone else if they want to I haven't made my peace with whdload yet. $a616.b (from memory) will enable it.

I'll update the Pang patch and add your trainer options.

[pants]

Originally Posted by StingRay

I'll update the Pang patch and add your trainer options. :)

Heh ♥ Not mine, his :)

There are additional debug options (see above) in/around the same area if you are so inclined. The ones I hooked up to keys still worked ok. Also: the other known string ('what a nice cheat' on the level select screen) can be emulated by just doing a move.w #$10, d2 (iirc) before entering that screen (d2 being 'how far the user can advance into the map' for each difficulty level).