Password
screen: Enter the options screen, select "Game Status" then
press L1 + R1.
Invincibility: Enter ELBICNIVNI as a password. This is especially
useful in quest mode.
Rapid
fire mode: Enter RAPID_FIRE as a password to remove the delay when
shooting weapons.
Solo
play in arcade mode: Enter HOME_ALONE as a password.
No
gravity: Enter NO_GRAVITY as a password. Gravity will be reduced
to the point that your car will almost float when a bump is hit
Big
wheels: Enter GO_MONSTER as a password.
View
all ending sequences: Enter LONG_MOVIE as a password to view all endings in
one continuous sequence.
Same
cars in multi-player: Enter MIXED_CARS as a password to allow more than one
person to select the same car in multi-player mode.
All
characters: Enter LLA_KCOLNU as a password to unlock all characters.
Note: Their quests will not be completed.
All
characters have maximum stats: Enter LLA_DORTOH as a password.
No
wheel attachments: Enter DRIVE_ONLY as a password to keep wheel attachments
from appearing.
Super
missiles: Enter BLAST_FIRE as a password to increase the damage
from missiles.
Attract
enemies: Enter UNDER_FIRE as a password to have three enemies to
attack simultaneously.
Slow
motion mode: Enter GO_SLOW_MO as a password.
Heavier
cars: Enter GO_RAMMING as a password to increase your car's
weight and ramming ability.
Lighter
cars: Enter HI_CEILING as a password to decrease your car's
weight and hover higher than normal.
Faster
cars: Enter MORE_SPEED as a password.
Fast
action: Enter QUICK_PLAY as a password to enable a random arcade
feature.
High
suspensions: Enter JACK_IT_UP as a password.
Disable
codes: Enter NO_CODE or any invalid password three consecutive
times.
Original
levels: Pause game play, remove the game disc, then insert an original Vigilante
8 disc. The message "V8 levels enabled" will confirm correct
completion of the trick. Insert the Vigilante 8: Second Offense
disc again. Quit the current game to access the original Vigilante 8
levels as well as the new levels.
Characters: Complete the following tasks to unlock each character in the
game.
Coyotes Lord Clyde: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Nina Loco,
Molo, and Dallas 13.
Obake: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Lord Clyde.
Boogie: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Obake.
Note: You cannot play Quest Mode as Boogie
Vigilantes Houston: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Sheila, John
Torque, and The Flying All-Star Trio.
Convoy: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Houston
Dave's Cultsmen: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Convoy.
Note: You cannot play Quest Mode with Dave's Cultsmen.
Drifters Chassey Blue: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Astronaut
Bob O., Garbage Man, and Agent R. Chase.
Padre Destino: Complete all objectives in quest mode with Chassey Blue.
Dusty 'Earth': Complete all objectives in quest mode with Padre Destino.
Note: you cannot play Quest Mode with Dusty 'Earth'.
Flying: Collect a Hover power-up, then hold Up and rapidly tap X.
Alternate
vehicle color: Highlight a vehicle and press Circle at the selection
screen to change its color or intensity.
Play
your own music: Press Start during game play, open the PlayStation lid,
and replace the game disc with an audio CD. When game play resumes, the
music from the CD will begin playing. A prompt for the game CD will appear
after the level ends.
Hint:
Launch Site weapons: Go to the tower in the middle of the Launch Site level.
Approach to the tunnel that does not go through and wait until the lights
above are green beforine driving in. You will be taken up on to the tower
and a booster rocket will be placed on back of your vehicle. Then, you
will be shot into the air and dropped. Collect the weapons, that include
specials and radar jammers. This may be repeated as much as needed, unless
the tower is destroyed.
Hint:
Quick start: To rev up your engines for a quick start, press Gas + Brake.
After revving up, you should do a wheelie. This is useful for a quick
start and for getting up hills.
Hint:
Fly higher: Get the hover upgrade, then hold Gas and repeatedly
press Up.
Hint:
Triple salvage points: Destroy your opponents with a special weapon to get triple
salvage points.
Hint:
Easy chassis: Go to the options and turn the damage on high and the
difficulty on low. Each icon will now be worth 7.
Hint:
Alaskan Pipeline: Grind: When you enter the level, head towards the water and you will
pass between two pipes that go into the ground. Right after you go between
them, turn left and you will see a ramp. Go up the ramp and turn left,
then turn left again on to another oil silo. You should be looking across
to another one. Slowly drive off it to land on the pipes, going into the
ground to grind across them. You can do a 50-50 a 180 or car (board)
slide.
Hint:
Area 51: Launch nuclear missile: Collect the hover upgrade in the second hanger (the one on the
immediate right if you are player one). Then, blast through the back of
the hanger and fly over the hill so the radar dishes detect you. When you
hear the radar dish give off a signal and move, you have approximately
twenty to thirty seconds to set off the nuclear rocket. Detach the hover
upgrade and drive to the left of the Area 51 administration building. Use
your machine guns to blast through the side doors. Drive through the
building and pick up two special weapons and a wrench. Use your machine
guns again to blast the other side doors. Once through the building, drive
right and around the missile silo. You will see a green light overhead,
indicating the missile launch is ready. Drive underneath the green light
and the nuclear missile will launch. The missile will seek whomever you
are locked on to and cause a good amount of damage. Note: Repeat the steps
to do this as many times as desired.
Shoot out doors of the
building and drive through. Half way through you will hear a small click.
Drive to the lights by the silo your facing. If one is red and one is
green, go under and the missile will launch. It will fly towards the car
that is targeted. If the lights are both red, drive through again until
you hear the click. There is a long reload time between missiles - one may
not launch if one was very recently fired. The missiles also will not
launch if the building is destroyed. Additionally, at least one satellite
dish must be present to launch.
Hint:
Arizona: Airborne in crater: Enable the "Faster cars" code. Start in the middle of
the crater and circle around until you get enough speed. Speed out of one
of the sides and you will become airborne. When you reach the boundary of
the level, you will be launched back and land back in the crater. You can
continue the trick until you wreck.
Hint:
Arizona: Big ant: Destroy the observatory in Arizona and wait until the loud
explosion. Examine the big crater in the middle of the level to find a big
asteroid. Destroy the asteroid and a giant ant will emerge and shoot
everyone in the level.
Destroy the ant, and stand in
the middle of the crater. When the big rock appears, it will land on you
and you will fly.
Hint:
Arizona: Rolling donut: Destroy the donut shop in the Arizona level without damaging
the "Super Donut" on top. The donut will roll around the level
destroying enemies. This may be done on each of the two donut shops in the
level.
Hint:
Arizona: Rocket: Go to one of the gas stations in the Arizona level and shoot
the rocket located there with your machine gun. It will launch and hit
your enemy.
Hint:
Arizona: Attacking police: If you shoot the cop in the Arizona level he will attack you by
ramming your vehicle.
Hint:
Arizona Gas station armor: Go to one of the two gas stations. Stop in-between the pumps
and snack shop. You will hear a sound as if your car was in the repair
shop. In about five seconds, the sound will stop and you will have more
armor than before. You may do this as many times as needed unless the gas
stations are destroyed. Note: It will take some time before you can do it
again.
Hint:
Florida: Shark: You can be attacked by a shark by getting the hydrofloater
power ups and going next to a certain buoy.
Hint: Florida: Extra damage:
When using Bob O's special in the Florida level, a good spot to release
when your special runs out is into the fans or jets. Be careful not to get
yourself pulled into them. This will also buy you some time to get other
weapons. This is also effective to launch enemies into the fans to
complete that objective.
Hint:
Louisiana: Ghosts: Destroy the graves in the cemetery. Ghosts will appear and
begin attacking.
If an enemy is close by when
you destroy the tombs, the ghosts may attack the enemy instead of you.
When you destroy a tomb,
drive very fast to the one next to it and also destroy it. If done
correctly, there should be more than one ghost circling the ruins of a
tomb. The ghosts will keep circling until they attack someone. You can get
up to five ghosts this way, but you need to be very fast to outrun the
them.
To escape from the ghosts
without being attacked, drive into the deep water (the water that can you
sink in and come out elsewhere). The ghosts cannot attack you.
Hint:
Louisiana: Flood: Approach the bridge (or dam) and shoot at the nearby wheel. It
will start to spin and the bridge will begin to raise. Keep shooting until
the bridge is completely raised. Repeat this at the other bridge. In a few
seconds, it will start to flood.
Hint:
Louisiana: Hidden bonuses: Get Gator trapped in the charges in the water section. Specials
and wrenches will fly out.
Hint:
Louisiana: Destroy enemies easier: Choose someone that has a special that can send the enemies
flying (Garbage Man, Convoy, etc.). Make sure that they get in the lake on
the left. If near the bayou, it is the lake on the left; on the right if
in the grave yard; or get them into the deep water. This is also useful in
two player or quest mode. Note: You can also do this in the Florida level.
Bump them into the shark, throw them in deep water, or attack them to take
their floaters off.
Hint:
Pennsylvania: Molten metal ooze: Find the red-orange steel that sets you on fire if you touch
it. Shoot it and it will melt, oozes across the river, and disappear. This
is useful when enemies are on the other side.
Hint:
Utah Ski Resort: Snow games: There are three different snow games to play. If you do them
properly, you will get extra power-ups, weapons, etc. Go to the top of the
hill via ski lifts, or by just driving. The first game is a skiing type
slalom (obtain the ski powerup first). Successfully slalom the blue/red
flags. A winner's stand with power-ups will appear at the bottom, by the
resort. The second is a ski slope/ramp. To get to the ramp, you must first
drive into the tower at the top of the hill. Drive down the ramp as fast
as possible. Once in the air, you can do tricks and get points for
power-ups at the winner's stand. The last ski game is the luge, all the
way on the left. Run the luge (with the ski powerup) and hit all the check
points. Finish at the bottom and pick up power-ups at the winners stand.
All these mini-games can be done as often as needed, but you must break
your previous score in order to keep getting power-ups.
Hint:
Utah Ski Resort: Going back up the ski jump: Note: This trick is almost impossible, but can be done. Enable
the "More speed" code. Take a car that has a medium or slow top
speed, but good acceleration and go down the ramp of the ski jump. Launch
off all the way to the opposite side and you will bounce off the edge in
mid-air, just like in the Arizona level. On the way back, do a 180 and
land back on the ramp. Hit the brakes right when you hit the ramp (if you
do not do this, you will go straight through the jump). If done correctly,
you can slowly accelerate the car up the ramp until you get to the tower.
You will be able to go right down the tower or out the other side.
Hint:
Fire all ammo: Enable the "Rapid Fire" code, then begin game play.
Get any gun, get close to an opponent, then rapidly tap Fire. The
gun should fire all of its ammunition in about five seconds.
Hint:
Brimstone Burner: Equip the Brimstone Burner and have at least 16 fire
"units". Find your enemy in the level and drive up to him until
you have made contact with his vehicle. Launch the Brimstone Burner's Fire
Wall (Right, Left, Down, Machine Gun) onto his
vehicle. If done correctly, it will do a large amount of damage and
sometimes instantly destroy the other vehicle.
Hint:
Easy Whammies: An easy way to get Whammies is to use Bob O's Special. While
the enemy is still hooked on, change weapons and fire them . This works
well with the Bruiser Cannon and Bull's Eye Missiles.
Hint:
Whammie X4: Play as Bob O and use your special. While they are attached,
you can use the Cow Puncher Special to do a Whammie X4.
Hint:
Double power weapons: Enable the "Rapid fire" code. Get one load only of
Bull's Eye Rockets, Skyhammer Mortars, and Interceptor Missiles. Fire all
your ammo and repeat the process three times. Get any weapons of you
choice (and get all the ammo as desired) and they will be twice as
powerful.
Hint:
Double garbage truck: If there are three garbage trucks, get one to use the Compactor
on another garbage truck. Then, use your garbage truck to use the
Compactor on the first truck that is already holding the other truck.
Hint:
Convoy's truck: Convoys regular truck is a 1950's Autocar Diesel. His upgraded
truck is a 1977 Kenworth W900.
Hint:
Strange colors: Enable the "All characters", "Rapid fire",
"Lighter cars", and "Invincibility" codes. Start one
match with any character in arcade mode (with twelve enemies). When it is
completed, do another with the same character and a different level. On
the enemy health bar screen the Chrono Stinger (Agent R. Chase) will
appear all purple, the bruiser cannon will be all gray with black stripes
and the orange balls of fire will appear as purple squares (the fire is
still there when it lands and it is normal). The flame thrower looks like
the B-cannon (the fire coming from it looks fine but the smoke is purple).
All the other weapons will be glitched. It may take awhile for the colors
to get changed. It helps if your character is Lord Clyde (the character
with the Limo), your first level is California, and your second level must
be Arizona. The only sure way to get the strange colors is to kill an ant
in the Arizona level, sit in the middle of the crater, and get the rock to
hit you. When you fly up, the game will freeze, after a short time you
will start to fall slightly before freezing again.
Hint:
Create your own "evil" car: Select a game mode, then highlight the desired car. Press Circle
then move down to the bottom bar and lower it completely. Finally, go to
the top bar and choose your color.
Hint:
Special weapons:
Sheila: Gatling gun
J.T.: Revolver
Trio: Firecrackers
Houston: Tow Swing
Convoy: Blast Horns
Dave: Aliens
Dallas: Death Ray
Nina: Missile
Molo: Killer Exhaust
Clyde: Static Shock
Obake: Rift Blade
Boogie: Mirror Ball Blast
Bob O.: Monkey Slash
Garbage Man: Trasher
Chase: Time Freeze
Chassey: Satellite Ray
Padre: Undertaker
Dusty: Whirlwind
Glitch:
Arizona: Leave the game boundary: Use Padre's half track machine, the Bruiser Cannon weapon, and
his special "Hades Gate". Knock your enemy over the wall with
the "Cow Puncher" or "Road Rocket" combo, then quickly
use your special weapon at the same time (before he leaves the boundary).
Soon after your machine will rocket up and out of the game boundary, where
your enemy is. The game may freeze. To get back into the level, just use
your special weapon again.
Glitch:
Louisiana: Never ending gator trap: Go to the water where the gator is located. Use your machine
guns to destroy all the trees, then waste the traps. There should now be a
trap by the bridge in shallow water that returns immediately once it is
used. If you are in a slow vehicle, you could get stuck in the trap. Note:
The game may freeze if used too much.
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