Below is some info which should help with Rescue Raiders. Rubywand ------ Mike LaMorte Try "zippy", "poppy", or "hoppy". One will work, depending on the version. BTW... if you leave it turned on, it will eventually freeze the game. So turn it off (by typing it again) at the end of each level, and then turn it on at the beginning of the new one. The keys commands (when turned on) are as follows: - bulletproof / - extra helicopter jkl - teleports you far laft, right, or center, respectively - & # - press the "-" key then the number of the level you want to jump to (i.e. "-3" will jump you to level 3) ------ Galen Tatsuo Komatsu "poppy" means you have the original version... "zippy" means you have the _pirated_ version! =^) (never heard about "hoppy" though) This is one of my favorite stories on the Apple//. I can't remember where I read about it, but the person who cracked the game changed the word from poppy to zippy just to see what would happen. Later magazines would be printing up in their game sections about typing "zippy" to access the cheat keys. =^) I remember seeing this in Family Computing (when they had the K-Power section) saying something like "type POPPY, but if that doesn't work, try ZIPPY". >BTW... if you leave it turned on, it will eventually freeze the game. So never did crash on me, then again I never really got far in the game. I used to enjoy just hovering around my base and launching constant barrages of heat-seekers to completely level everything, and maybe send out some engineers to fix up those AA-guns. ----- Don Wow! It's been a while since anyone one has mentioned games in CSA2! And one of my favorites, Rescue Raiders. Hey, just out of curiosity, where were you guys with these cheat hints when I was struggling with the game? :( (j/k) I did eventually finish the game, though it took a LONG time. Here's a little thing I used to help myself in the game. I used to think it was a "cheat", but maybe it wasn't. I'll let you guys decide. What I found out and what I kept doing was, at the beginning of each level, I would pick up 5 soldiers in the copter and fly all the way across to the enemies "base". Assuming I was able to survive the flight to make it that far, I would attempt to swoop in and dump the 5 soldiers and hopefully be able to take over the base. It wouldn't always work the first time, but eventually you should be able to get it right. My reason for doing was simple, after you are able to take over the base, none of the ememy tanks, soldiers, etc. will come out for a good long stretch of the game. That meant a free rein for you and your forces to swarm in on the enemy time machine. Of course you still had to deal with the enemy copter. I just basically played a "escort", distracting the copter while letting my forces march toward the time machine. It works well in the early levels, as you get toward the higher levels, trying to make it through enemy territory with your copter is tough, but I think it still works. It's been a while, but I guess that's part of the reason I was able to finish the game. I don't exactly remember, though. A big drawback to this "trick" or whatever you want to call it is, eventually, the enemy tanks, etc. will start coming out again, and not in small groups, but in big droves. In a way, that's the fun part for me, it's "full scale war!" But good luck trying to deal with a flood of enemies marching toward your time machine. You can try and repeat the trick again, and usually it is able to work. ------ Mike LaMorte Well, that's why I fixed mine with the IPG Editor. A freeware utility a buddy of mine wrote a few years back. It'll hack cool features into all your favorite games... Wings of Fury, Rescue Raiders, Drol, Mr. Do, etc. On Rescue Raiders, it can give you unlimited bullets, bombs, or heat seeking missiles, and also turn your bullets into napalm rockets. It's really cool to fry the enemy guys on the ground. =) I have found the best mix is turn the bullets in to napalm rockets, and give yourself unlimited rockets and heat-seekers. Don't give yourself unlimited bombs, tho! What you can do to grease the enemy copter is this: go in a slow speed towards the right, close to the ground. He'll match your speed above you and try to drop bombs on you. They'll all miss as long as you keep a steady speed. As soon as he runs out of bombs, he'll go tearing for his some base to re-arm. Simply turn around and nail him with napalm rockets or heat-seekers. You can also sit out of range of the time machine's rockets and watch your radar. As soon as you see the other copter take off, loose two or three heat-seekers, and he's toast. Oh, two more things about the code: Turn it off at the end of every level by typing it in again, then at the beginning of the new level turn it back on again. If you don't, it'll just hang the game randomly. Also, by typing a "-" then a number, it will jump you to the beginning of that level. i.e. -4 will jump you to the beginning of level 4. If anyone's interested in a copy of the IPG Editor, e-mail me. -------