Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time (SNES)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time
Developer: Novotrade Publishers: Playmates (US), Virgin Interactive (EU) Platform: SNES Released in US: September 1995 Released in EU: 1995 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select.

Crossroads of Time is a licensed action-adventure game in which the second-best Captain fights alien terrorism through time and space.

Debug Tools

Unlike the Genesis version and its obfuscated passwords, the SNES passwords are stored in plain ASCII. That doesn't mean the programmers didn't have any tricks up their sleeves, though: among the 10 stage passwords is CHEESE, so what happens if you enter it?

Password	Error

You get a "Password Error" message, but press R, R, A, B, A, B, L, L, Start. A sound effect will play to confirm that a stage select and invulnerability toggle have been added to the Options screen, and you'll be returned to the title screen.

Before	After

The button sequence check is located at SNES address $17F7BA, and the stored button presses at $17FB62-17FB73.