Cheats & Guides

Battle City Cheats For NES

  1. Secret Message

    On title screen, select the "Construction" option and press Start to enter it and Start again to return to title screen. Repeat this 6 more times and once you're back on the title screen, press and hold Down on the 1st controller and press the A button 8 times on the 2nd controller. Then, press and hold Right on the 1st controller and press the B button 12 times on the 2nd controller. Finally, press Start on controller 1 to see the secret message.

    Contributed by: ReyVGM 

  2. Dev Team Note

    If you dig into the game's coding, have a look at PRG-ROM. At the end, you'll find some ASCII art of two words in kanji. The first word is "Ookubo" in reference to Ookubo Ryouichi, the game's programmer. The second can be translated different ways, one of which is "Udagawa," likely a reference to Haruhisa Udagawa, a dev at Namco.

    Contributed by: discoinferno84 

  3. Stage Select

    When you start the game and the screen with 'Stage 1' shows up, please do the following. Note that this is the only moment you can perform the cheat, you can't do it afterwards.

    Effect Effect
    Press A and B to choose any stage you want. Stage Select

    Contributed by: Shirow 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Full Game Guides FAQ by Shirow 11K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by BSulpher 38K
Maps and Charts Level 01 Map by anarcho_selmiak 8K
Maps and Charts Level 02 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 03 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 04 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 05 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 06 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 07 Map by anarcho_selmiak 8K
Maps and Charts Level 08 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 09 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 10 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 11 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 12 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 13 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 14 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 15 Map by anarcho_selmiak 10K
Maps and Charts Level 16 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 17 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 18 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 19 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 20 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 21 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 22 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 23 Map by anarcho_selmiak 8K
Maps and Charts Level 24 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 25 Map by anarcho_selmiak 8K
Maps and Charts Level 26 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 27 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 28 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 29 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 30 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 31 Map by anarcho_selmiak 10K
Maps and Charts Level 32 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 33 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K
Maps and Charts Level 34 Map by anarcho_selmiak 8K
Maps and Charts Level 35 Map by anarcho_selmiak 9K

Battle City Cheats For Game Boy

  1. Dev Team Note

    If you dig into the ROM's code, you'll find a dev note at 0x5946. It's from Yoshitaka Takeya, the game designer, who also mentions Weird Al Yankovic and his parody song "Money for Nothing."

    Contributed by: discoinferno84 

  2. Level Select

    When you start a new game and the screen tells you that you're on level 1, press UP to reach the desired level number. When you've chosen the level that you want, press Start to go there.

    Contributed by: TheWildVortex 

  3. Button Codes

    Enter at the title screen to activate the corresponding effect.

    Effect Effect
    Left, Left, B, A, Up, Down, A, Right 9 Lives
    Up, B, Left, A, Right, B, Down, A Don't need to let go of A or B while shooting
    B, A, B, B, A, B, A, A Level 3 Tank
    Down, Left, Up, A, Right, Right, B, Up Options Menu
    Up, Up, Down, Up, Left, Right, Right, Left Random blocks from shovel power-up
    Down, Up, Up, Down, Left, Right, A, B Unlock all Levels
    A, Down, A, Up, A, Right, B, Left View Credits

    Contributed by: LuigiSan 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Full Game Guides FAQ by DDJ 9K

Battle City Cheats For Arcade Games

  1. Stage Select

    On the arcade (or NES VS. System, to some) release of Battle City, you can open up a stage selection option. Insert a credit first, then on the next screen hold A and B on the second controller. Press Select on the first controller and you will given 10 seconds to choose any stage from Stage 01 to Stage 35 to play.

    Contributed by: KeyBlade999