Tyrain Cheats

All Super Arcade Modes:

The Experimental PQZ ship: Type `TECHNO` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

TX Silvercloud: Type `UNKNOWN` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Stormwind - The Elemental: Type `STORMWIND` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Ninja Star: Type `STEALTH` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Foodship Nine: Type `WEIRD` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Dragon: Type `LIZARD` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Captured U-fighter: Type `ENEMY` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Pretzel Pete Truck: Type `PRETZEL` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Nort-Ship Z: Type `NORTSHIPZ` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Hidden difficulties:

On the difficulty selection menu, press `SHIFT` and `G` together to open the Impossible setting. After entering the code for Impossible setting on the difficulty selection menu, press `SHIFT` and `]` to open Suicide setting.

Super Tyrian mode:

At the Tyrian 2000 main menu, type `ENGAGE` for Super Tyrian mode Lord of the Game difficulty. For Super Tyrian mode on Suicide difficulty, hold the Scroll Lock key and type `ENGAGE` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu.

Debug mode:

During a level, press `BACKSPACE` and `F10` to enter/exit debug mode. Invulnerability:

During a level, press `F2` + `F3` + `F6` together. If the message "Cheaters always prosper" appears, you`ve entered the code correctly. You can lose all of your armor, but you will not die until you deactivate the code (by pushing `F2` + `F3` + `F6` together again).

Random Color Change:

During a level, press `BACKSPACE` and `-` to randomly change the board`s color scheme.

Random Song:

During a level, press `BACKSPACE` and `SCROLL LOCK` to randomly change the background music.

Christmas mode:

From the Start-Programs menu, select "MS-DOS Prompt". A DOSshell window will appear. Change to the Tyrian 2000 folder. Type "file0001 yesxmas" and press the `Y` key when prompted. Certain items, weapons, ships and sound effects will be changed to reflect the holiday spirit.

Destruct Mini-game:

Type `DESTRUCT` at the Tyrian 2000 main menu to access the Destruct mini-game. There are five modes to play:

5-Card War (5 units vs 5 units)

Traditional (one on one battle)

Heli Assault (4 helicopters vs 8 ground units)

Heli Defense (8 ground units vs 4 helicopters)

Outgunned (green troops outnumbered by opponent`s units)

Press `F1` for the list of controls. Instantly end level:

During any level, press `F2` + `F6` + `F7` to instantly warp off of the level. Please note that this will not work with any Super Arcade ship nor will it work in Super Tyrian mode.

"Super" Pause:

During a game, press `Backspace` and `Number Lock` together. After doing this, you will not see the word "Pause" on the screen when you pause the game (by pressing `P`).

Wild Detail mode:

Run the Tyrian 2000 setup program. Highlight "Game Detail" and press the `W` key.