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Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (Hacking Results)

Posted: February 8th, 2017, 4:27 pm

by CedarBranch

I've owned this game since the year it came out, and I never seem to grow tired of playing it. It wasn't until I got my very own Gameshark that I found out it wasn't really the great game I knew it to be, but of course I'm a biased gamer who even owns Bubsy 3D because "it was my childhood."

I was so disappointed in the overall lack of Gameshark codes for this game that I felt something must be done about it! Going through the Memory Editor was at first a highly confusing task. It still is sometimes, but I have come to know this game's RAM (in the editor) a little better.

I have a whole lot of notes taken on addresses I've found. Typically, what I do is I look at an address, regardless of my pitiful programming experience, and I observe its changes. If it starts to show a pattern that I can understand, I take note of those changes. (Most of my time is spent doing searches using variables, though.) I take the results that most correlate with the projected pattern. If changing any values makes a noticeable difference, I take note of that too.

Over the time, I've come up with an increasing number of potential codes to put into use, but keep in mind I have no real programming experience.

Animation Codes: show

Battle Mode Codes: show

Bomb Codes: show

Bomberman Codes: show

Blue Fox Times

Code: Select all: D1250F74 03E0 8125504A 05ED D1250F74 03E0 8125506E 05ED D1250F74 03E0 81255092 03E9 D1250F74 03E0 812550B6 03EA D126CEBC 03E0 8126DF36 05ED D126CEBC 03E0 8126DF3A DE44 D126CEBC 03E0 8126DF3E DB0C D126CEBC 03E0 8126DF42 D4F0 D1258F74 03E0 8125D04A 05ED D1258F74 03E0 8125D06E 05ED D1258F74 03E0 8125D092 03E9 D1258F74 03E0 8125D0B6 03EA D1274EBC 03E0 81275F36 05ED D1274EBC 03E0 81275F3A DE44 D1274EBC 03E0 81275F3E DB0C D1274EBC 03E0 81275F42 D4F0

Bomberman is now part fox! Changes both his image and animation, but his arms and legs are still customize-able. (NOTE1: Uses twice the lines necessary in order to make this work during demos. If you aren't happy about how much space this code takes up, you may cut off the bottom half.) (NOTE2: If you do not possess any pieces of Guardian Armor, this code may fail to load Bomberman's new image. If that happens, try using the "P1 Character Image Changer" code.)

Bomberman Dies Too Hard

Code: Select all: D126CEBC 03E0 8126DB06 06BA D126CEBC 03E0 8126DB36 05DC D126CEBC 03E0 8126DB38 05DB

He'll take his losses personally.

Bomberman Faints from Shock

Code: Select all: D126CEBC 03E0 8126D4AE 030D D126CEBC 03E0 8126D4C8 0316 D1274EBC 03E0 812754AE 030D D1274EBC 03E0 812754C8 0316

Some cut-scenes may look a little weird. This code works best during Pommy's transformations. You WILL get stuck after the cut-scene involving the sewage pipe.

Have Clown Shoes

Code: Select all: 81030906 0004

Bomberman's pink feet will be changed into clown shoes. Doesn't work if you already have the Guardian Boots.

Have Clown Suit

Code: Select all: 810308CA 0004

Bomberman's blue suit will be changed into a clown suit. Doesn't work if you already have the Guardian Vest.

Have Pointed Hat

Code: Select all: 810308B2 0004

Bomberman's head will be changed into the pointed hat. Doesn't work if you already have the Guardian Helmet.

Have White Gloves

Code: Select all: 810308E2 0004

Bomberman's arms will be changed into white gloves. Doesn't work if you already have the Guardian Sleeves.

P1 Character Modifier (Story)

Code: Select all: D00B87FF 0000 800B887A 0001 D00B87FF 0000 810B8B12 0000 D00B87FF 0000 800B8B17 0003 D00B87FF 0000 D00B887A 0001 D00B8B17 0003 800B87FF 00?? D10B8834 3E4C D00B88AB 0008 810B8834 409C D10B8834 3E4C 800B8879 0010 D10B8834 3E4C D00AFF75 0010 800B8879 0000 D10B8834 3F00 D00B88AB 0008 810B8834 409C D10B8834 3F00 800B8879 0010 D10B8834 3F00 D00AFF75 0010 800B8879 0000 D10B8B10 477F 810B8B10 0000 D00B87FF 00?? 800AD747 00FF D00B87FF 00?? 800AD74B 00FF D00B87FF 00?? 800AD74F 00FF D00B87FF 00?? 800AD753 00FF D008EAE3 0001 810B88A6 0180 D008EAE3 0001 D10B88AE 0002 800B88AB 0002 D126CEBC 03E0 8126D55C 0414

Change each "??" to the value of whichever character you wish to play as. This code already makes airborne characters functional, and it includes a fix for an issue (on console) where the virus timer sometimes goes below zero and thus delays your character change. The next-to-last eight lines remove the Guardian Armor (or custom parts) graphics so they don't get in the way. Last two lines use "Pommy Doesn't Survive the Abyss" by default, so no getting stuck in bottomless pits.
01 Red King
02 Green King
03 Hammer Pommy
04 Normal Pommy
05 Molok
06 White Bomber
07 Black Bomber
08 Red Bomber
09 Blue Bomber
0A Ashtarth
0B Knuckle Pommy
0C Behemos
0D Animal Pommy
0E Blue Fox
0F Yellow Party Girl
10 Humanoid Girl
11 Baelfael
12 Koala Panda thing
13 Zhael
14 Casual Wolf
15 Pink Bunny
16 Mad Bull
17 Sword Boy
18 Young Maid
19 Hench Viking
1A Red Reaper
1B Purple Witch
1C Silver Knight
1D Beast Pommy
1E Pink Platypus
1F Cheery Monkey
20 Penguin Pommy
21 Zoniha
22 Claw Pommy
23 Magic Pommy
24 Pixie Pommy
25 Rukifellth
26 Knight Pommy
27 Devil Pommy
28 Cat Pommy
29 Bird Pommy
2A Bulzeeb
2B Chicken Pommy
2C Shadow Pommy
2D Dragon Pommy
2E Dinosaur Pommy
2F Lilith

Press "B" to Jump Instead

Code: Select all: D126CEBC 03E0 8026D485 001E

No more bomb throws, but jumping may come in handy. This only affects Bomberman in Story Mode.

Color Codes: show

Enemy Codes: show

Glitch Codes: show

Image Modifier Codes: show

Item Codes: show

Miscellaneous Codes: show

Miscellaneous Useful Codes: show

Pommy Codes: show

Projectile Codes: show

Sound Codes: show

Story Mode Codes: show

10000g Budget

Code: Select all: 81030ACE 0000 81030AD2 2711 81030AE6 0000 81030AEA 2710 81030B22 0000 81030B36 0000 81030B38 2711 81030B4E 0000 81030B52 2710 81030B72 2711 81030B86 0000 81030B8A 2710

Lowers the gold cap a lot. Good for limiting what you can buy so you cannot sell out the shop so soon.

All Knights Defeated & Stones Gathered

Code: Select all: 800AC2DE 00FF

All stones will already be gathered and the Astral Knights will no longer appear. Mihaele also will only appear once, which may or may not cause any problems.

Aquanet's Steel Bar: Any Bomb

Code: Select all: D10ABD4A 0835 D00C3623 0009 800C3623 0005

The steel bar in Aquanet's first area can be destroyed with any type of bomb regardless of the original requirements.

Ashtarth's Tornado Replaced by Rave the Shadow

Code: Select all: D10ABD4A 085A D10B90AA 0001 D10B90B2 0021 810B90AA 0003 D10ABD4A 085A D126D5BE 035C 8126D5BE 035E

Ashtarth's Tornado will instead initiate his instant knockout charge-up.

Baelfael's Flame Wave Replaced by Hellfire

Code: Select all: D10ABD4A 084D D10B90AA 0001 D10B90B2 0022 810B90AA 0003 D10ABD4A 084D D126D5C0 035D 8126D5C0 035E

Baelfael's Flame Wave will instead initiate his instant knockout charge-up.

Behemos's Ice Ball Replaced by Ice Requiem

Code: Select all: D126CEBC 03E0 8126E31A 4368

Instead of preparing an Ice Ball, Behemos will initiate his unique instant knockout charge-up.

Gameover Ends Play

Code: Select all: D108F8B6 0081 D031248B 0009 8031248B 0000 D108F8B6 0081 800B5CD7 0000 D108F8B6 0081 D031248B 0000 810AC088 0000 D108F8B6 0081 D031248B 0000 810AC08A 0002

After losing all your lives, the next game over will immediately abort your Story Mode session.

Have All Lives-Up Bought

Code: Select all: 800AC2DB 003E

As long as this code is enabled, you’ll always have all purchases of increased life. Make sure you save the game to permanently own them.

Have All Three Card Keys

Code: Select all: D00ABD47 0007 D10AC2FE 0000 810AC2FE 000F

With this code enabled, you'll have all three Card Keys from the moment you enter Warship Noah! Make sure to use them in the right order.

Have Open Access to All Planets

Code: Select all: 800AC2DF 00FF

Save your game with this code enabled, and it should be permanent! This code grants you early access to much of whatever Story Mode holds from the start. The Gravity Generators will already be destroyed, certain blockades will be removed, not to mention you can break the sequence of the game! You will still need to collect the Elemental Stones in order to access more areas, and defeat the bosses on each planet, etc. Take it easy!

Keep Powers at Gameover

Code: Select all: 81034000 2400 81034004 2400

Even when you lose all your lives, you'll still maintain your status.

Neverland's Gravity Barrier: Any Bomb

Code: Select all: D10ABD4A 0825 D00C3B73 000C D00C3B73 0005

The gravity barrier in Neverland can be destroyed with any type of bomb regardless of the original requirements.

Nightmares of Thantos [Note: Doesn't always work, because these are coming from dynamic memory.]

Code: Select all: D1327AA2 003C D1327AA6 0003 81327AA6 0017 D1327BAA 003C D1327BAE 0003 81327BAE 0017 D1327BB2 003C D1327BB6 0003 81327BB6 0017 D1327C82 003C D1327C86 0003 81327C86 0017 D1327CB2 003C D1327CB6 0003 81327CB6 0017 D1327CBA 003C D1327CBE 0003 81327CBE 0017 D1327CEA 003C D1327CEE 0003 81327CEE 0017 D1327DF2 003C D1327DF6 0003 81327DF6 0017 D1327AC2 002D 81327AC6 0012 D1327BCA 002D 81327BCE 0012 D1327BD2 002D 81327BD6 0012 D1327CD2 002D 81327CD6 0012 D1327CDA 002D 81327CDE 0012 D1327D0A 002D 81327D0E 0012 D1327E12 002D 81327E16 0012 D1327A26 000B 81327A26 0012 D1327B2E 000B 81327B2E 0012 D1327B36 000B 81327B36 0012 D1327C36 000B 81327C36 0012 D1327C3E 000B 81327C3E 0012 D1327C6E 000B 81327C6E 0012 D1327D76 000B 81327D76 0012

Zombies are magical, Shadow Beasts are demonic. Is Thantos really the only place where you'll see these nightmares? (Answer: Maybe.)

No Extra Lives

Code: Select all: 80038133 0081

Can you survive without ever keeping your powers? Try this with "Gameover Ends Play" for more manic!

No Power-up from Bulzeeb

Code: Select all: D12B1036 9810 812B7E84 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7EA4 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7EC0 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7EDC 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7EFC 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7F14 2400 D12B1036 9810 812B7F30 2400

When you reach the plot point before facing Rukifellth, Bomberman won't receive any benefits from Bulzeeb's strength.

Reset Level Progress (Press L+R+Z+Start) [Not permanent, but possible to trap oneself.]

Code: Select all: D10AFF74 3030 810AC2FC 0000 D10AFF74 3030 810AC2FE 0000 D10AFF74 3030 810AC300 0000 D10AFF74 3030 810AC302 0000

Doesn't reset everything, but it can be useful if you want to practice a level without erasing data. Sadly does not revive any bosses.

Start New Game with All Parts

Code: Select all: D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2CC FFFF D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2CE FFFF D10AC2DC 0000 800AC2D3 000F D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2E0 FFE0 D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2E4 FFFF D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2E6 FFFF D10AC2DC 0000 800AC2E9 001F D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2EA FFFF

Automatically saves after the Story Mode Intro. This code does not give you Guardian Armor. Those should still be obtainable, though.

Start New Game with Full Guardian Armor

Code: Select all: D10AC2DC 0000 810AC2DC 000F D10AC2E8 0000 810AC2E8 0780

Automatically saves after the Story Mode Intro. This will also take effect during demos.

Useful Codes: show

Fun Stuff & Challenges: show

Alcatraz Menace

Code: Select all: D10ABD4A 0848 80059007 0001 D10ABD4A 0849 80059007 0008 D10ABD4A 084A 80059007 0008 D10ABD4A 084B 80059007 0004 D10ABD4A 084C 80059007 0004 D10ABD4A 084D 80059007 0001 D10ABD4A 084E 80059007 0001 D10ABD4A 084F 80059007 0008 D10ABD4A 0852 80059007 0008 D10ABD4A 0853 80059007 0001 D00C6D97 000D 800C6D97 002B D00C6FFF 000D 800C6FFF 002B D00C7267 000D 800C7267 002B D00C6D97 000F 800C6D97 0034 D00C6FFF 000F 800C6FFF 0034 D00C7267 0011 800C7267 002C D00C74CF 0011 800C74CF 002C D00C6D97 0013 800C6D97 002C D00C6D97 0037 800C6D97 0020 D00C6FFF 0037 800C6FFF 0020 D00C6D97 0038 800C6D97 002A D00C6FFF 0038 800C6FFF 002A D10ABD4A 084C 810C30D2 0005 D10ABD4A 084C 810C337A 0005

Think you can reach Baelfael on a new game?

Daredevil: Sthertoth & the Angel

Code: Select all: D1296170 27BD 81297416 002B D12A8170 27BD 812A9416 002B D12A8024 27BD 812A8386 002B D12AA024 27BD 812AA386 002B D12A8204 03E0 812A8A56 002B D12AA204 03E0 812AAA56 002B

The end-game bosses will kill you in one hit if you aren't careful. Perfect for the perfectionist.

Demon of the Dark: Hard Mode

Code: Select all: D12A1C48 03E0 812A2232 000A D12A1C48 03E0 812A2BAE 0009 D12A1C48 03E0 812A2D9A 0001 D12A1C48 03E0 812A2DAA 000A D12A1C48 03E0 812A2F42 0004 D12A1C48 03E0 812A2F72 0009 D12A1C48 03E0 812A309A 000A D12A1C48 03E0 812A321E 0006 D12A1C48 03E0 812A3232 0006 D12A1C48 03E0 812A3682 0001 D12A1C48 03E0 812A36A6 0004

Sthertoth becomes relentless when activating this code. You'll be dodging more fireballs, but try to keep close to him so you don't miss a chance to damage him (he'll be frozen for only about a second). Whatever you do, do NOT use any other bomb besides Ice Bombs to hurt him.

Main Reactor Speedrun

Code: Select all: D12B1036 9810 812B6E5E 0320

Try it without any Speed Ups for an even greater challenge! (You may need to use a Hurricane Bomb or two if that's the case.)

No Ladder Challenge V0.5

Code: Select all: D1250F74 03E0 812530C6 000C D1250F74 03E0 8125A71E 0000

Ladders will become unusable when turning this code on.

Skulls & Demons Fixed

Code: Select all: D20ABD43 0014 8103BBE2 02E8 D00ABD43 0014 8103BBE2 03E8 8103D442 0034 8103D5E2 0034 D00ABD43 0000 800ABD43 0010 D00ABD43 0010 D1250F74 03E0 81256442 0002 D00ABD43 0030 D1250F74 03E0 81256442 0002 D00ABD43 0010 D1250F74 03E0 81256ACA 0002 D00ABD43 0030 D1250F74 03E0 81256ACA 0002 D00ABD43 0010 D1280F78 03E0 8128DAC2 0002 D00ABD43 0030 D1280F78 03E0 8128DAC2 0002

Skulls & Evil items will now be able to function properly in Story Mode! Now includes activators which fix special Evil item effects for Bomberman (Pommy isn't affected unless changed to a different character type). WARNING: When used on console, sometimes you'll receive an Evil item effect that only works on a certain Battle Type. If this happens the game may crash. It is recommended that you use the "Universal Evil Item Effect" code to avert an untimely interruption.

Other Codes: show

Edit Log: show

Should I continue on with this?

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: February 8th, 2017, 5:40 pm

by NanTheDark

Figuring out Gameshark codes... that seems very impressive.

By all means continue. You could also share your findings with communities that look into this kinda thing.

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: February 8th, 2017, 7:40 pm

by Venexis

CedarBranch wrote:...but keep in mind I have no real programming experience.

You might be interested in Doram's programming tutorial, then. :p It usually takes place on the Discord chat, but there's also a copy of the course material and discussion transcripts/"homework" on the forums as well. It might be relevant to you- I'm a little rusty with my ActionReplay, but the format of your Gameshark stuff looks identical, and if so you're already far more experienced with a far more difficult "language" than most programmers, heh. IIRC this sort of bit manipulation is the same sort of technique commonly used in speedrunning (specifically savestate manipulation) and is effectively only a layer of abstraction away from pure binary instructions (as it's hexadecimal instead).

That being said I love this kinda stuff and would be down to see more if you're doing it anyway. I'd also second Nan's suggestion, there's entire communities centered around this kind of thing and they'd no doubt love to have ya.

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: March 6th, 2017, 6:57 am

by CedarBranch

I'm still doing this, and I've found more to work with since I posted this thread. Not to mention I have even more notes taken on addresses.

I plan to release my notes sometime in the future, but I will update the OP later today.

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: March 11th, 2017, 9:37 am

by CedarBranch

Dear God, I just now found a workaround for that nasty bug during emulation.

Joystick-Axis Control Fix

Code: Select all: 810A0340 4646

Something seems to happen near this address during extreme lag, and it gets NOP'd somehow. Enabling this code will keep it normal.

EDIT: After managing to achieve so much lag without a crash, I found that even vertical-axis rotation can break. That shouldn't be a problem anymore, either.

EDIT2: I shall introduce...

Disable D-Pad Movement

Code: Select all: 8105707A 0000

Enabling this code will prevent the D-pad from controlling your movement. Use this if you wish to activate other codes via the D-pad. (You may as well keep it enabled - deactivating this won't fix it.)

LateEDIT: I recently discovered that the joystick-axis controls can break on console too (but only if using a code which lags the game further), so to avoid any confusion I removed the [emulator] extension from the code name.

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: March 16th, 2017, 5:30 am

by CedarBranch

Good news: I have many new codes to introduce later today. What's better, I finally found size modifiers, object/player coordinates & rotation, and even possibly color codes (but that one is currently unconfirmed; it froze on me).

Bad news is they all move around to different addresses/locations every time a new area is loaded, and I have no real lead as to the whereabouts of any static addresses.

In other good news, I have approximately 1/5 (or maybe 2/11) (EDIT: :facepalm:

) of the game's coding covered in my notes.

3/20/17 EDIT: Note to self: I have more than enough notes to expand my code list even further. Remember to add action codes later today.
EDIT: Note to self: Stop making promises I cannot keep. Will try again tomorrow. Stressed myself out too much over this.

Any game-hacking forums you would recommend?

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: May 13th, 2017, 7:29 am

by CedarBranch

I have gotten a little deeper since last time I was active with this. I just added most of my newest codes to the OP.

By the way, I'm apparently dealing with so much stress and anxiety for no apparent reason, that I cannot bring myself to any kind of initiative other than stuff like this.

Re: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (GameShark Hacking Resul

Posted: June 11th, 2017, 7:47 am

by CedarBranch

Good news: I have found the glorious image modifier codes for all 47 characters! All of them work just fine on an emulator!
Bad news: I am unable to get them to work on a Nintendo 64 console. They can only be written properly just before characters are loaded, but the gameshark can only do it so fast, plus the game seems to load faster on console. All I get is a failed write.

I feel so lost trying to figure out what part of the game's coding sends the game their default values. Is there anything I could do about this?

EDIT: Using the constipation virus (or the gerbil) is the only way to fix the image while playing on console, but that is hardly accessible, even if exploited.

EDIT2: Made a working character modifier as consolation. The way it works, I could try again at an image modifier, but that'll have to wait for later.

EDIT3: I tried it, and my activator trick works with the image modifier code too! This cannot be used on enemies, though. (Now if only I could find a code that changes the default value at boot-up.)

Useful Stuff

Posted: June 30th, 2017, 9:12 am

by CedarBranch

If you are interested in looking for anything unused, try searching unused after opening each spoiler and you should find something. Even I might of missed something, so you could always experiment with anything listed as ??? or unknown.

Projectile Modifiers: show

List of Images + Animations (and much more): show

List of 2-D (Animated) Images: show

Finding Elements *Incomplete Info*: show

List of sound effects: show

List of Music Tracks: show

List of Objects: show

List of Enemy ID: show

Know Your Enemy: show

List of Locations: show

List of Custom Parts: show

Hacking the Display: show

List of Bomberman's Actions: show

List of Other Characters' Actions: show

Inside the Battle Mode: show

List of everything(?) *incomplete*: show

List of Items: show

List of Text Characters & Symbols *incomplete*: show

Miscellaneous Useful Stuff: show

If anybody knows something I don't (like official names for level areas, objects, viruses, etc.), I'd appreciate the help. I have spent so much time on this on my own, and I'm starting to get a little exhausted to be able to go the extra mile anymore.

EDIT: Forgot to mention! I'll give credit where it's due.

Showcase Videos

Posted: July 24th, 2017, 5:38 am

by CedarBranch

I don't know if anybody will find a reason to look for this post, but I have an open question:

If I were to upload showcases of my codes onto YouTube, would there be any good reason to link to this thread from my video's page?

Videos: show