Centipede 3D Cheat mode
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Using a text editor, edit the "centi.chr" file locacted in the "centipede/chars" directory. Locate the section marked "FIRSTINVENTORY=" and change all the 0 or 1 values to 999 for 999 shots of all special weapons.
Locate the section marked "HITPOINTS=" and change the 1 to a 0 for invincibility.
Cheat Codes
While playing a game, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function:
RESULT CHEAT CODE
Toggle God mode wimp
Infinite lives getalife
Level skip goto
Create a nearby Centipede pede
Auto movement and firing until player assumes control robot
Normal game speed normal
Slightly slower game speed slow
Slower game speed sloww
Very slow game speed slowww
Extremely slow game speed slowwww
Return to Windows dload
Display diagnostic codes on screen diags
Screen modes showz
Toggle flight mode fly
Toggle collision boxes around objects boxes
Toggle time codes times
Clear caches clearc
Generate report files report
Purge message purge
Cheat Codes (command line)
Start the game using one of the following command line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Several of these codes will crash the retail version of the game.
RESULT CHEAT CODE
Play with 2 player split screen mouse/keyboard -2
Use Wingman Extreme for input -w
Use GCI flight controller on COM2: for input -g
Use GCI flight controller on COM1: for input -g1
Load the indicated .lvl file
and records record.dat demo -L[.lvl file]
Use VESA 640x480 for output device -V
Null (benchmarking) GFX device -B
Use DirectX5 for output device -X
Record game to record.dat file -r
Play the demo once -p[demoname]
Enable space combat -S
Enable space Boss encounter -O
View keyboard bindings -?
Use fast logs -f
Run game indicated number of times faster. -s [number]
Gather and dump frame rate statistics -T
Only one sim per render -1
Do the checksums -c
Set the default character -C[character name]
No logs -N
Set screen resolution (320x200, 320x240, etc.) -M[mode]
Set pixel format to INDEXED8 or RGB565 -P[mode]
Abort after 100 frames -A
Force high color -H
