Tyrian 2000 Cheats For PC

1. Wild Detail

   In the setup screen, put the cursor on Detail and press Shift+W this will enable the Wild Detail.

   Contributed by: Commander Sanjuro 

2. Codes for Super Tyrian mode:

   Caution: Possible spoiler-It may be more fun to figure these out yourself.
   
   Permanent
   
   L,U,D,R,Fire------Laser Head attatchment
   L,UR,D,R,Fire-----6-Direction Fireball Head attatchment
   U,R,D,Fire--------Indigo Proton Head attatchment
   D,R,U,Fire--------Blue Dual Sidekick
   R,D,L,U,Fire------Red Mono Sidekick
   
   Not permanent-*Requires Armor #Requires Shield
   
   D,Fire------------#Convert Shield to Armor
   L,R,D,Fire--------*Mini-Guided Bombs
   U,D,Fire----------*Hotdog Spread
   D,U,Fire----------#Freeze Spread
   U,L,D,Fire--------#Invulnerability
   U/L/R,Fire---------Lightning Bolt
   U,L/R,Fire---------Diagonal Lightning Bolt
   Hold Fire,
   Rapidly press
   L,R,L,R,...------#Repulsor
   
   There are others we know of, but don't have the specific codes yet.

   Contributed by: garrett0615 

3. Change the Music in Mid-Game!

   Press Backspace and Scroll lock at the same time in the middle of the level to change to a random song.

   Contributed by: Iam Canadian 

4. Invincibility

   In the middle of a level, press F2, F3 and F6 at the same time to activate invincibility. You'll know it worked if the WARNING messages appear and the message ''Cheaters always prosper'' appears on the bottom of the screen.

   Contributed by: Iam Canadian 

5. Laptop VGA Mode

   Set the game to Wild difficulty from Setup, then, in a level, press left when detail level is highlighted to get Laptop VGA mode.

   Contributed by: Iam Canadian 

6. Cheat Mode

   Experimental PQZ Ship: techno
   TX Silvercloud Ship: unknown
   Stormwind - The Elemental Ship: stormwind
   Ninja Star Ship: stealth
   Foodship Nine ship: weird
   Dragon ship: lizard
   Captured U-fighter: enemy
   Pretzel Pete Truck ship: pretzel
   Nort-Ship Z: nortshipz
   Destruct mini-game(Press F1 during Mini-game for controls): destruct
   Super Tyrian mode on Lord of the Game difficulty: engage
   Super Tyrian mode on Suicide difficulty: Hold [Scroll Lock]then type engage
   
   

   Contributed by: prohacker 

7. Two Player Mode Super Sidekicks

   If player two picks up two or more sidekicks of the same type in a row they will get something else instead.

   Unlockable	Unlockable
   2 x Charge Cannons	2 Companion Ship Gerunds
   2 x Mini Missiles	2 Companion Ship Gerunds
   2 x Atom Bombs	2 Companion Ship Warflys
   2 x MicroBombs	2 Flamethrowers
   2 x Single Shot Options	2 Mint-O-Ships
   3 x Single Shot Options	2 Satellite Marlos
   2 x Vulcan Shot Options	2 Side Ships
   2 x Dual Shot Options	2 Tropical Cherry Companions
   3 x MegaMissiles	BattleShip-Class Firebomb
   3 x Mini Missiles	Companion Ship Gerund + Wallop Beam
   3 x Atom Bombs	Companion Ship Warfly + Beno Proton System -B-
   3 x MicroBombs	MicroSol Frontblaster II + Microbomb
   3 x Post-It Mines	Mint-O Ship + Post-It Mine
   2 x Post-It Mines	Mint-O-Ship + Post-It Mine
   3 x Vulcan Shot Option	Proton Cannon Indigo + Mint-O-Ship
   3 x Dual Shot Options	Tropical Cherry Companion + MicroSol FrontBlaster
   2 x MegaMissiles	Tropical Cherry Companion + Mint-O-Ship
   3 x Charge Cannons	Zica SuperCharger

   Contributed by: Skye7707 

8. Misc. Codes

   Type one of these codes to unlock the effect.

   Effect	Effect
   Press shift + G on the difficulty selection screen.	Alternate Impossible Mode
   After enabling Impossible and Suicide modes put the cursor on either of them on the difficulty selection screen and press L+O+R+D simultaneously.	Alternate Lord Of The Game Mode
   After enabling Impossible mode on the difficulty selection screen press shift + ].	Alternate Suicide Mode
   Type ENGAGE at the main menu. Cheat codes and command line parameters are disabled	Alternate Super Tyrian Mode
   Hold down, Fire, Fire	Armour Repair
   Right, Left, Down, Hold up, Fire	Atomic Bombs
   Left, Right, Down, Hold right, Fire	BattleShip-Class Firebomb
   Right, Down, Left, Hold up, Fire	Companion Ship Warfly
   Up, Hold left, Fire	Diagonal Left Lightning Shot
   Up, Hold right, Fire	Diagonal Right Lightning Shot
   Hold up, Fire	Forward Lightning Shot
   Down, Right, Hold up, Fire	Gerund Companion Ship
   Left, Right, Hold down, Fire	Guided Bomb Cluster
   Mine Spray	Hold fire, Right, Down, Left, Release all, Up
   Up, Hold down, Fire	HotDog Blast
   Down, Hold up, Fire	Ice Blast
   Up, Left, Hold down, Fire	Invunerability
   Hold left, Fire	Left Lightning Shot
   Left, Up, Down, Hold right, Fire	MicroSol FrontBlaster II
   Left, Hold fire, Down, Right, Up	Post-It Blast
   Up, Right, Hold down, Fire	Proton Canon Indigo
   Left, Up, Right, Left, Right, Hold left, Fire	Proton Canon Tangerine
   Up, Hold fire, Left, Down	Proton Field
   Hold fire, Left, Right	Repulsor
   Hold right, Fire	Right Lightning Shot

   Contributed by: Skye7707 

9. Command Line Parameters

   To use these codes go to your Tyrian directory in a DOS prompt and type "file0001" followed by one of these parameters.

   Effect	Effect
   NOROBERT	Alternate method of selecting items in the upgrade menu.
   DEATH	Constant death mode. Your ship explodes when you enter a level but it keeps scrolling until the end. For testing purposes.
   NOJOY	Disables joystick detection.
   NOSOUND	Disables sound effects, but not music.
   YESXMAS	Enables christmas mode in 2.01 only. A lot of the ships and weapons have their graphics changed to a christmas theme.
   ULTRAMID	Fixes problems with GUS MIDI.
   MAXVOL	Force Tyrian or SETUP to set the card's main volume to maximum if it is able to instead of reading the current value.
   FLICKER	Forces Tyrian not to wait for a retrace (enabled by default if Windows is detected).
   NOKEY	Forces Tyrian to send keys to the BIOS just in case some other device driver needs input. It still uses the keyboard input driver, though.
   LOOT(SQUARE)	Instead of typing (SQUARE) hold down alt and type 254 on the numeric keypad and a square will appear. This will start your games with 1 million credit
   CONSTANT	Makes your ship fire continuously while sweeping from side to side. Press C to toggle invincibility. For testing purposes.
   BORDER	Network border mode (apparently useless).
   RECORD	Records every level played and saves the last one to DEMOREC.? (? being a number in sequential order of the demo being recorded).
   MAXJOY	Sets joystick sensitivity to maximum.
   WEAKJOY	Supposedly forces Tyrian to average the signals coming from the joystick.
   VOLUME	Supposedly works like MAXVOL.
   JUKEBOX	Type "setup.exe JUKEBOX" instead of "file0001.exe JUKEBOX" to use this one. Goes straight to setup.exe's jukebox, hitting escape exits to DOS.

   Contributed by: Skye7707 

10. Hidden Difficulty Levels

    Enter the following at the difficulty selection screen:

    Effect	Effect
    Shift + G	Unlock Impossible difficulty
    L + O + R + D	Unlock Lord of the Game difficulty
    Shift + }	Unlock Suicide difficulty

    Contributed by: DagothUrReturns 

11. Level Warp

    Enter the following during gameplay:

    Effect	Effect
    F2 + F6 + F7	Warp to next level

    Contributed by: DagothUrReturns 

12. Bonus Games

    You can unlock bonus games by completing some levels.

    Unlockable	Unlockable
    Complete Assassin at the end of episode 1	Zinglon's Ale
    Complete Nose Drip at the end of episode 4	Zinglon's Squadrons

    Contributed by: Skye7707 

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