The Lawnmower Man (SNES)

The Lawnmower Man
Also known as: Virtual Wars (JP) Developer: Sales Curve Interactive Publishers: T·HQ (US), Storm (EU), Coconuts Japan (JP), Platform: SNES Released in JP: February 11, 1994 Released in US: November 1993 Released in EU: 1994 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

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Prototype Info

Debug Code

There's a secret cheat mode activated by pausing the game, pressing B, R, A, Select, Select, Y, A, B, Y, A, B, and un-pausing.

A few special features will be available, some of them used for various kinds of stage selecting/skipping. To use them, pause the game again, input one of the following button codes, and then un-pause.

• During "VR" levels, press A to instantly complete the level. If you use this code in side-scrolling levels, the game will reset.
• In First Person levels, press Select, A, Y, Up, Select, A to walk through walls.
• Press B, R, R ,A, Select, Select, Y, A, B, Y, A, B, then unpause and repause and press R, A, Select, Y for infinite lives.
• Pressing L or R repeatedly while paused will advance the game frame by frame.
• Hold Select for a few seconds and the game will automatically go to the hi-score screen.
• During side-scrolling levels, press A, L, L to enter "NIGEL WAYNE MODE" which is some kind of level select allowing you to start from any desired level or sublevel.
• Also during side-scrolling levels, press A, B, B, A to instantly activate a "VR" warp that takes you to the same Cyber Run level, which when completed, takes you to the 2nd level. Sometimes the warp can take a few seconds to appear, and can also appear outside of your reach. It's also a little buggy because you can trigger multiple warps, some bring you to other spots in the level, and other times the game hangs.

Note, that L and R in all codes above may either be the Shoulder or the D-Pad buttons.

Swear Filter

Oddly enough, but only when the cheat mode were enabled, upon entering a name on the high score table, the game will check an internal list to detect swear words. When you're about to enter the last letter, the game will exclude it from the input list so you can't select it.

The game's credits list one "CRAIG" as a playtester, and credit "REAL" for composing some of the game's music. "SEGA" and "SONIC" also forbidden. The final three entries mean shit, cock, and pussy in Swedish, respectively.

FUCK
SHIT
BALLS
WANK
CUNT
BUM
TIT
BUGGER
TOSS
PRICK
BOLLOCK
BOLLOX
PISS
SEX
CRAIG
REAL
WHORE
SLAG
SEGA
PENIS
SONIC
PUSSY
CLIT
WILLY
DICK
BOTTOM
FANNY
BEAVER
BREAST
DOGGY
CELERY
TURNIP
BANANA
COCK
CACA
SKIT
KUK
FITTA

Regional Differences

Title Screen

The game (and the movie) are known as Virtual Wars in Japan.

US/Europe	Japan

Infinite Lives

The same infinite lives code found in the US/European version works in the Japanese version, but there's an alternate way that doesn't require the debug code. Just pause the game and press R, R, Up, Down, L, A, B, Y, R, L, X, Start and you'll have infinite lives.