When the title screen appears, press Y, Y, X, X, A, B, X, A.
Blaster Powerups on First Level
destroy all the scorpions that come out of the first rock in the level. After you do this, a blaster power up will apear; repeat this process on the 8th rock but instead of scorpions, it will be womprats.
Extra Continues
In the Title Screen quickly press A, B, A, Y, A, X. You will here Jawa yell. You will start with 8 continues.
Extra Lives
On the Tusken Raider level, make your way to the place where you have to jump on the falling rocks. Let yourself fall off the cliff and you will enter a little cove filled with extra lives. Get them all, then kill yourself to leave. Repeat as needed.
Game debug code
At menu screen type AAAAX BBBBY XXXXA YYYYB you should hear a jawa scream.
Ninety-nine lives
There are two sets of floating rocks that must be jumped across in the Sand People level. At the very beginning of the second set of rocks, jump off the edge of the cliff and face to the left. Luke will land on a ledge and enter a small cave area. Ignore the falling rocks and shoot the blaster in the air to reveal several extra lives. Collect them and lose your current life to restart the level at the top of the cliff. Repeat this procedure to collect up to ninety-nine lives.
Play Certain Stages With Invincibility
To play certain stages with invicibility, go to the title screen and press A, A, A, A, X, B, B, B, B, Y, X, X, X, A, Y, Y, Y, Y, and B on controller 1. Use controller 2 to play: during any sidescolling stage, hold select and then press and hold A, B, X, and Y. Release all the buttons and you'll be invincible for that stage!
Secret Room
In the Inside Sandcrawler level, immediately before the half way location when you cross the drilling spikes, jump forward into a wall instead of jumping to the sliding doors to the lasers. There will be two guns and three or four hearts located there. Besides the ledge with the flamethrower, shoot at the opening side. There will be an extra life.
Sound Test
At any time during the game hold A + B + X + Y, while pressing START. If you enter and exit the Sound Test screen several times it will give you clues for other cheat codes.
View Build Date
To view the date the game was built on, simply have a Super Scope plugged into the second controller port. The build date will appear in place of the JVC logo on startup.