Battle City (Game Boy)

A port of the NES game, which was a port of the arcade game Tank Battalion.

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The following text is found in the ROM at. For some reason it references Weird Al's parody of the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing".

NAMCO TAKEYASAN NOVA DRUMMING K.ODA"WEIRD" AL YANKOVIC. MONEY FOR NOTHING

"TAKE" is credited under "GRAPHIC DESIGN" and "VS GAME DESIGN", while "DRUMMING K.ODA" is credited under "SUB PROGRAM", "MAP DESIGN", "GRAPHIC DESIGN", and "VS GAME DESIGN".



You can also find "DRUMMING K.O" hidden in the game's graphics.

Cheat Codes
Eight cheat codes that can be entered on the title screen exist. Entering a code twice will not deactivate it. Once you entered a code correctly, a jingle will sound. Each code sets a different flag in register WRAM0:C8F2, indicated by bN in the description below.

Options Menu
Use code 3 from above to access this menu when starting a new game on the title screen.

Speed apparently makes the game run faster. Left is the number of lives. Extend determines which of two tables is used to determine at what number of points the player is granted an additional life.