Tyrian Cheats For PC

1. 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
   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
   Hold fire, Right, Down, Left, Release all, Up	Mine Spray
   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 

2. 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).
   WEAKJOY	Forces Tyrian to average the signals coming from the joystick.
   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.
   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.
   VOLUME	Works like MAXVOL.

   Contributed by: Skye7707 

3. Game Enhancing Cheats

   Enter the following during gameplay:

   Effect	Effect
   F2 + F3 + F5	Destruction Mode (shields reduced to 0 after one hit)
   F2 + F3 + F10	Extra Money

   Contributed by: th3l3fty 

4. Game Enhancing Cheats

   Enter the following during gameplay:

   Effect	Effect
   F2 + F3 + F5	Invincibility
   F2 + F6 + F7	Level Warp

   Contributed by: DagothUrReturns 

5. Super Arcade Modes

   Enter the following at the title screen:

   Effect	Effect
   enemy	Play as the Captured U-Ship
   stormwind	Play as The Elemental Stormwind
   techno	Play as The Experimental PQZ
   weird	Play as the Food Ship Nine
   stealth	Play as the Ninja Star
   nortshipz	Play as the Nort Ship Z
   unknown	Play as the TX Silvercloud
   destruct	Play the Destruct mini-game

   Contributed by: DagothUrReturns 

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