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Athena cheats & codes
31 codes for Athena on the Nintendo Entertainment System, including Game Genie codes.
Athena 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 Life | AEKNLPZA |
| Start With 6 Lives | IEKNLPZA |
| Start With 9 Lives | AEKNLPZE |
| Don't Take Any Damage (After First 2 Units) | GZUZLISA |
| Start With Energy Boost | AXKNYOGA |
| Freeze Timer | AAULLYPA |
| Start With Extra Time | YASVAYIA |
| Start With Less Time | GASVAYIA |
Athena 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 |
|---|---|
| Start with 1 life | AEKNLPZA |
| Start with 6 lives | IEKNLPZA |
| Start with 9 lives | AEKNLPZE |
| Don't take any damage (after first 2 units) | GZUZLISA |
| Start with energy boost | AXKNYOGA |
| Freeze timer | AAULLYPA |
| Start with extra time | YASVAYIA |
| Start with less time | GASVAYIA |
| Infinite Health | SZUZLISA |
| Infinite Lives | SZNVZGVG |
| Start with 9 lives | PEKNLPZE |
| Infinite Energy | 0095:0C |
| Infinite Lives | 009B:02 |
| Infinite Time | SZKUPYSA |
| Enemies Continually Hit Anywhere (Excludes Bosses) | GZNLKIEP |
| Collect Items From Anywhere | AOKEOPEL |
| No Enemies | 005A:00 |
| Suit Color Modifier | 07A3:00 |
| Hair/Helmet Color Modifier | 07A4:00 |
| Weapon Modifier | 07A6:01 |
| Infinite Time (Seconds Digits) | 0092:59 |
| Infinite Health | 0095:0F |
| Infinite Lives | 009B:09 |
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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Cheat codes are from the libretro-database community collection, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; the code tables on this page are shared under the same license. Codes are provided as-is: some may not work on every version of the game.