Various Cheats and Hints
Entering cheat mode
Hold R1 Circle before the quotbirdquot logo loading screen appears A new black screen with the phrase quotNow Loadingquot and bouncing CDs in the background will confirm that cheat mode is active If the normal quotbirdquot screen appears then the code was not entered in time Each time a code is successfully entered a small Namco character will appear in the lower left corner
999999000 credits
Enter cheat mode and press Down Circle Triangle3 Circle Triangle Circle Triangle Circle Triangle then press and hold Circle Triangle again at the bouncing CD screen Begin the game and enter the fighter selection screen The amount of credits available will be set to the maximum
Change planes color
Enter cheat mode and press Up Down Left Right Up Down Left Right then hold R1 at the bouncing CD screen For two player mode replace the controller actions with Left Right Left Right Down Up Down Up Circle2 Triangle2 then press and hold Triangle again
Change wingman planes color
Enter cheat mode and press R1 Start10
Hidden minigame
Enter cheat mode and press Up Left Down Right Begin game play then return to the title screen A minigame lasting approximately six seconds will begin while the main game loads again The Ace Combat icon can be controlled with Left or L2 and Circle or R2 Press R1 to switch between three control options Destroy as many of the ships and missiles as possible before the small bird walks from the left to right side of the screen
Extra fighters
Complete the game under the easy difficulty level Allow the credits to complete after the Boss is defeated The phrase quotExtra 10quot will appear on the top right corner of the title screen after it reappears Use the plane select option to access the extra fighters
Skip mission overview Japanese version
Press Triangle Start
Remove captions Japanese version
Pause game play press L1 or R1 and resume the game The Japanese text on the right side of the screen will disappear
