Cheats

Battlezone

In-shell cheats, to be typed on the specified menu:

iamadirtycheater: Lists all missions in the selected campaign when typed at the mission briefing screen.

iampissediam: Presents a hidden audio log by a drunken Jason Bates when typed at the main menu.

In-game cheats, to be typed during play while holding CTRL and SHIFT (these cheats also work in Battlezone: Battlegrounds):

bzbody: Invulnerability. Does not protect against Sniper Rifle fire. Single-player only.

bztnt: Infinite ammunition in single-player games

bzfree: Infinite resources (both biometal and pilots) in single-player

bzradar: Perfect radar. Single-player only.

bzview: Allows satellite uplink without a Communications Tower in single-player

time: In multi-player matches with a time limit, displays the timer. In matches with no time limit, displays the time elapsed. No effect in single-player.

loggit: Enables network logging in multi-player.

waves: Toggles terrain waves for lava on Io maps.

Additional in-game commands to display collisions and hardpoints exist in debug builds, but these are not available to the public.

Dedications, each accessed by a nine-character code at any mission success screen:

wesley: Presents a message from Brad Pickering, accompanied by a picture of his son Wesley, when typed at a mission completion screen. Three characters must be added at the end.

iamlinusc: Presents a list of dedications from Linus Chen.

iammonolith: A short list of thank-yous composed by Matthew Paul. The last two characters do not need to be typed.

iamcchico: A message from Carey Chico encouraging the user to buy another copy of Battlezone and a pair of hot pants. Curiously titled "Notes from Damien".

iamgsutty: "Welcome to Graphics Software Labs", a message from George Sutty thanking his family for their patience (with an accompanying picture and Bates' drunken message).

ifluffyou: A thank-you message from the lead designer to the lead designer's lead girlfriend and their lead cat, Spurt.

iamjwaldo: A simple dedication from Jerry Waldorf to his then-girlfriend Elizabeth, now his wife.

fearmanox: A message from Will Stahl entitled "YOU MUST FEAR THE MANOX", though the body of this message (wills.des) is missing.

iamagolma: A list of thanks by Andrew Goldman, truncated from "iamagoldman".

iamwrosas: A message from Will Rosas whose contents (willr.des) are missing.

revoemag: A thank-you message from Mike Arkin. The code is one character short, so another must be typed.

iamcodeelf: A brief warning on leaving code unattended from Ken Miller. The "f" is unnecessary.

jensandersen: Jens Andersen's thanks to his colleagues and friends. The last three characters are not required.

iambdiggs: Brian Diggs' message, written in a combination of German, Portugese and assorted other languages and never successfully translated.

Battlezone: The Red Odyssey

In-shell cheats, to be typed on the specified menu:

iamadirtycheater: Lists all missions in the selected campaign when typed at the mission briefing screen.

sammy: Queues the Sammy bonus mission when typed at a mission debriefing screen.

DOPEFISH: Provides a text message about the Dopefish when typed into a mission completion screen.

In-game cheats, to be typed during play while holding ALT and SHIFT:

tebuffy: Invulnerability

tedeadite: Infinite ammunition

terat: Infinite resources (both biometal and pilots)

tedontdie: Perfect radar

tenerd: Allows satellite uplink without a Communications Tower

Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs

All cheats are to be typed at the main menu with the Z trigger held.

↑ → ↓ ←: Invulnerability

L R L R: Infinite ammunition

A B A B: Free buildings

B ← ↓ A: Allows satellite uplink without a Communications Tower

↑ → ↓ ← Start: Unlocks all levels

Hold R and press ↑, →, ↓ or ←: Faster tanks

Battlezone II

In-game cheats, to be typed in the console (usually accessed using Ctrl+` or Ctrl+~ depending on keyboard layout):

game.cheat bzbody: Invulnerability

game.cheat bztnt: Infinite ammunition

game.cheat bzfree: Infinite biometal

game.cheat bzradar: Perfect radar

game.cheat bzview: Enables satellite access on Shift+F10 (Editor only since 1.3)

game.cheat bzedit: Enables editor (CTRL+E to access, defunct in 1.3)

ai.winmission: Instant mission victory (defunct in 1.2+)

game.cheat bzwinner: Instant mission victory (introduced in 1.2)

game.cheat bzloser: Instant mission loss (introduced in 1.2)

game.cheat bzstealth: Moves the user to team 0 (introduced in 1.3)

game.cheat bzunstealth: Moves the user back to their original team (introduced in 1.3)

Pilot cheats, to be used as the player name at the pilot select screen:

Play ISDF: Unlocks all missions up to the start of the New Regime Campaign.

Play Scion: Unlocks all missions up to the start of the Scion Campaign.