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Desert Strike cheats & codes

65 codes for Desert Strike on the Sega Game Gear, including Game Genie, Action Replay codes.

Game Genie (20)Action Replay (7)Other codes (38)

Desert Strike Game Genie codes

How to use: Galoob's Game Genie plugged in between the console and the cartridge. Type the codes in on its start-up screen, then press Start. In emulators, add them through the cheat menu and choose the Game Genie format if asked.

Effect	Code
Start With 1 Hellfire	`01E-03E-C4A`
Start With 5 Hellfires	`05E-03E-C4A`
Start With 9 Hellfires	`09E-03E-C4A`
Start With 1 Hydras	`01E-08E-3BA`
Start With 56 Hydras	`56E-08E-3BA`
Start With 99 Hydras	`99E-0DE-3BA`
Start With 178 Guns	`01E-0DE-A2E`
Start With 678 Guns	`06E-0DE-A2E`
Start With 9,978 Guns	`99E-0DE-A2E`
Start With 100 Fuel Load	`01E-12E-08B 01E-1CE-E6E`
Start With 5,500 Fuel Load	`55E-12E-08B 55E-1CE-E6E`
Start With 9,900 Fuel Load	`99E-12E-1CE 99E-1CE-E6E`
Start With 300 Armor	`03E-2BE-F72`
Start With 600 Armor	`06E-2BE-F72`
Start With 9900 Armor	`99E-2BE-F72`
Infinite Fuel	`002-E97-E6E`
Infinite Armor	`3A9-807-2A2`
Infinite Hydras	`005-B07-E6E`
Infinite Hellfires	`004-CF7-E6E`
Infinite Guns	`006-FC7-E6E`

Desert Strike Action Replay codes

How to use: Datel's Action Replay sat between the console and the game. Enter codes on its menu before starting the game, or paste them into your emulator's cheat menu.

Effect	Code
Infinite Lives	`00C5-DE09`
Infinite Hellfires	`00C5-E599`
Infinite Fuel	`00C5-E0FF`
Infinite Guns	`00C5-E3FF`
Extra Armour (Alternate Code)	`00C5-E606`
Unlimited Fuel (Alternate Code)	`00C5-6099`
Unlimited Hydras	`00C5-E434`

Desert Strike Other codes

How to use: Additional codes collected by the community. Enter them through your emulator's cheat menu, choosing the format that matches your emulator.

Effect	Code
Extra Armour [Alternate Code]	`00C5-E606`
Unlimited Fuel [Alternate Code]	`00C5-6099`
Unlimited Hydras	`00C5-E434`
Start with 1 hellfire	`01E-03E-C4A`
Start with 5 hellfires	`05E-03E-C4A`
Start with 9 hellfires	`09E-03E-C4A`
Start with 1 hydras	`01E-08E-3BA`
Start with 56 hydras	`56E-08E-3BA`
Start with 99 hydras	`99E-0DE-3BA`
Start with 178 guns	`01E-0DE-A2E`
Start with 678 guns	`06E-0DE-A2E`
Start with 9,978 guns	`99E-0DE-A2E`
100 fuel load	`01E-12E-08B 01E-1CE-E6E`
5,500 fuel load	`55E-12E-08B 55E-1CE-E6E`
9,900 fuel load	`99E-12E-19E 99E-1CE-E6E`
Start with 300 armor	`03E-2BE-F72`
Start with 600 armor	`06E-2BE-F72`
Start with 9900 armor	`99E-2BE-F72`
Infinite fuel	`002-E97-E6E`
Infinite armor	`3A9-807-2A2`
Infinite hydras	`005-B07-E6E`
Infinite hellfires	`004-CF7-E6E`
Infinite guns	`006-FC7-E6E`
Start With 100 Fuel Load	`01E-12E-08B 01E-1CE-E6E`
Start With 5,500 Fuel Load	`55E-12E-08B 55E-1CE-E6E`
Start With 9,900 Fuel Load	`99E-12E-19E 99E-1CE-E6E`
Infinite Lives	`00C5-DE09`
Infinite Hellfires	`00C5-E599`
Infinite Fuel	`00C5-E0FF`
Infinite Guns	`00C5-E3FF`
Infinite Lives	`002-A57-3BE`
Infinite Armor	`00C5-E699 00C5-E799`
Infinite Fuel	`00C5-DF99 00C5-E099`
Infinite Guns	`00C5-E299 00C5-E399`
Infinite Load	`00C5-E100`
Infinite Hydras	`00C5-E499`
Campaign Select	`00C5-EF00`
Copilot Select	`00C5-F100`

Using cheats today

Original cheat devices like the Game Genie, Action Replay and GameShark still turn up second-hand and work with original cartridges. Most modern emulators also have a built-in cheat menu that accepts these formats, so you can toggle codes on and off without extra hardware. Codes can differ between regional releases and revisions of a game; if one doesn't work, try the code list for another version.

Cheats can corrupt save files in rare cases, so back up your saves before experimenting.

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