You have entered a cheat code

[P51mus]

Now you have to pick up everything you found in the last hour again, because the game won't let you save.

After wandering around town for about an hour, picking up loot bags and looking at fines, right after the point it encourages me to, I wander into a cheat code posted up on a wall. The way it's written the game practically begs me to input it to find out what it does. Then afterward the game informs me I can't save anymore. Seriously, having something that can cause a complete waste of time with no prior warning like that is dumb. Especially if the way you present it encourages the player to do so.

[Naked Snake]

Sux. I will keep that in mind.

[Dune Tiger]

It tells you the second you enter it in.

[Xel'Naga]

Yes, but it don't warn you BEFORE. I had the exact same thing... Had to reload a previous save-game just because it didn't warned me.

[Spectrum Legacy]

To be honest, it happened to me as well. John Romero told me, how to become god-like and I did as he said. Since its Romero himself after all! Lost some progress because of entering code. Had to suck it up...once again! This lesson reminded me of old games, where you couldn't save at all and death = gameover and fresh start, if you were willing to, that is. So I think its intentional and it even made me laugh later on, when thought about it. Cheats are nearly as evil as easy difficulty in games...

[Pabs]

ok i think somthing is wrong with my game because i tried every code but nothing
somone tell me what is wrong

[Spectrum Legacy]

You can enter those movement codes anytime during a mission (I entered each code only once during a storymode later on, to see what they actualy do). All you have to do is examine code, memorize it and then move/press the keys in fast succession in correct order. It should work...but save your game before entering any code, just in case. Then there are those codes that unlock bonus faces, which can be entered only in MJ's shop.

[Pabs]

ok i will try

[Pabs]

thx alot

[DrunkSquirrel]

I play about 2 hours and almost collect all lootbags and phonen. Then, oh, look! Cheatcode. Let's try... FUUUUU

[gamerfieldy]

I guess some of you forgot or didn't know that back in the day, some cheatcodes, indeed caused problems in games such as being unable to save once you enter any cheat codes. So my hats off to the developers for remembering and paying tribute to it. Also, the other lesson from back in that time period is to save OFTEN if you are able. Feel free to enter more cheat codes guys :p

[Honelith]

Haha, oldschool gaming at its best, you really were at the mercy of the devs back then...

[StealthMomo]

Most of NES game have no save feature. They just loop. I'd prefer if this game will just auto-save not manual save.

[ellen_page]

the whole "it's intentional! it's just like NES games!" thing is a serious stretch.

[Spectrum Legacy]

If I remember correctly, game does autosave at certain events, like after you finish a medal challange for example. But do not rely on it too much.

[Grimoirian]

It serves you right for cheating. Anyone who says they "were not warned" is forgetting the fact that they were inputting a sequence of buttons that made no sense in-game, and thus knew it was a cheat code. If you can install Steam you've played enough games to know when you're entering a cheat code, and deserve the consequences. I dred to think what you'd be like on CVIII...