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Donkey Kong 3 cheats & codes

29 codes for Donkey Kong 3 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, including Game Genie codes.

Donkey Kong 3 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 Infinite Lives	`SZNKOPVI`
Start With 1 Life	`PEEGITLA`
Start With 9 Lives	`PEEGITLE`
Reduce The Time For Pros	`ZEKKGYEE`
Normal Spray More Powerful	`ZAOSZAPA`
Normal Spray Longer	`ZLOSLAAA`
Spray Cuts Through Baddies	`AASSYPPA`
Normal Bees Explode	`AAKVZALL`
Speeding Stanley	`TEXKVGLA`
Some Enemies Get Stuck At The Top Of The Screen	`POSTIT`
The Music Is Faster Than Normal	`IONYOU`

Donkey Kong 3 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
Some Enemies Get Stuck At The Top Of The Screen	`POITIT`
The Music Is Faster Than Normal	`IOYYOU`
Start with infinite lives	`SZNKOPVI`
Start with 1 life	`PEEGITLA`
Start with 9 lives	`PEEGITLE`
Reduce the time for pros	`ZEKKGYEE`
Normal spray more powerful	`ZAOSZAPA`
Normal spray longer	`ZLOSLAAA`
Spray cuts through baddies	`AASSYPPA`
Normal bees explode	`AAKVZALL`
Speeding Stanley	`TEXKVGLA`
Invincibility	`AVVGELEY`
Fake Infinite Lives	`0092:09`
Infinite Lives	`0090:09`
Infinite Time	`004E:81`
Score Modifier	`0085:00 0086:00`
Infinite Lives	`SLYKOP`
Infinite Time	`SZLKIT`

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.