Instruments of Chaos, the 1994 Genesis game starring Young Indiana Jones, is a single player game. So what is it doing listening for input from Controller 2?

That's what I wondered when I was examining the game's code. It turns out that that it has two previously-unreported cheat codes. One allows you to access the final level early, and the other lets you skip to the next level from the pause screen.

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The cheat sites list several passwords that supposedly enable special features in EA Canada's 2000 game NHL Rock the Rink. But the game doesn't have a password entry screen! What gives?

I took a look and found out what was going on: the "passwords" are player names. And there are a bunch of special ones - most of them activate previously-undocumented cheat effects.

Get the full list at Substack.

The PlayStation and Saturn versions of Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire for Saturn and PlayStation go under the microscope in Monday's edition.

The Japanese versions of these games have Easter eggs - put in special names for the characters you create and you'll get boosted stats. But you can't enter those names in the English language versions. Do the Easter eggs exist nonetheless?

Answer: yes on Saturn, no on PlayStation. Check out the details on Substack!