This requires Hudson's Super Joycard controller. Have the X switch on the controller set to the middle and on the title screen hold X for about 6 seconds. A sound will confirm on success. These are the same stages found on the gold cartridge.
Boss Character Passwords for Config Battle Mode
Have you ever wanted to play as carbon copies of the Fiendish Bombers in Config Battle Mode, but disliked how the game limited your palette and item selection choices? Well, with these passwords, you can play as versions of the bosses with their correct palettes and all the Power-Ups they have when you fight them! (However, they still can't use their special moves, such as throwing Power-Downs or summoning enemies.) * = Gold Bomberman has maxed out Bombs, Fire-Ups, Speed, and holds the Remote Control, Soft Block and Bomb Pass, Power Glove, and Punch Glove items. He's the equivalent of a fully-powered Single Player character. * = Subordinate Bomber's portrait is glitchy and will put junk graphics on the status bar, but this won't effect gameplay. Do no let him win a Single Match or he will crash the game. He's perfectly safe to use in a Tag Match though. His stats are the same as his boss form if you kill Pirate Bomber first.
Effect
Password
JWLPVP
Subordinate Bomber
KR3MT9
Plunder Bomber
QM3PDF
Gary Bomber
RMHPCN
Dave Bomber
TDK4VU
Bomber Woof
UO4GJL
Gold Bomberman
VM6NVQ
Baron Bombano
WM6XC5
Iron Mask Bomber
XROPLG
Muscle Bomber
YH1PLQ
Pirate Bomber
Cheat Codes
Effect
Code
9 Lives
5656
Power-ups everywhere
0110
See the good ending
1999
Start with lots of power-ups
2657
Unlock the Gold Bomberman in Battle Mode
0926
Watch the bad ending
0803
Configure Cheat
In the Configure Option in the Battle Mode, Input 23D830 as a password to aquire the following: The character you get is a red Subordinate Bomber (The guy that helps Pirate Bomber when you fight him as a boss.) who isn't normally playable. On his stats screen, his Bomb and Speed levels are at 8, The number that tells the level of his firepower is screwed up (Changing it will mess up your screen), he'll have all of the special items (I.E. Kick, Punch, Throw, Wall Passer, etc.), and he'll still have 98 build points left! Save him, and he'll be shown on the character select screen as a red X and his face is a red Bomberman because Hudson Soft didn't create a face of him. Playing as him will often cause weird, messed up sprites to appear on screen.
List of all the passwords in the game
They should be entered under the "Options" screen off the main menu. Each password changes either Battle Mode or Normal Mode, and after a correct password entry the game will automatically take you to the appropriate mode.
Effect
Password
Allows you to fight all the Normal Mode bosses, one after another.
3879
This changes the configuration of hard blocks and unique items on the levels in Battle Mode.
0413
This displays the so-called "good ending" that you get after beating stage 5-I in Normal Mode.
1999
This gives you 9 total lives and increases the time limit on each stage to 8 minutes in Normal Mode.
5656
This moves the start positions in Battle Mode inward by a few squares, and also decreases the amount of open space in the level.
0926
This starts everyone very close to the center of each Battle Mode stage.
4622
This starts you in Normal Mode with 8 bombs, 8 firepower, and 8 speed (the maximum for each). You also get Detonators, the Boot, and the Power Glove.
2657
This turns every soft block on a Battle Mode stage into a powerup.
0110
Unlocks "super" computer difficulty in battle mode. This only needs to be entered once.