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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back cheats & codes
39 codes for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on the Nintendo Entertainment System, including Game Genie codes.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 14 Continues | TENLGIYE |
| Don't Take Damage From Most Enemies | GZVZTNOO |
| 9 Harpoons (Scene 2) | PESZYPIE |
| 1 Harpoons (Scene 2) | PESZYPIA |
| Infinite Harpoons (Scene 2) | GZVZVKVK |
| Infinite Energy For Ship (Scene 2) | GXSLIISA |
| Always Have Lightsaber | AEXOETYL |
| Start On Scene 2 | PAEGXLAA |
| Start On Scene 3 | ZAEGXLAA |
| Start On Scene 4 | LAEGXLAA |
| Start On Scene 5 | GAEGXLAA |
| Start On Scene 6 | IAEGXLAA |
| Start On Scene 7 | TAEGXLAA |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 14 continues | TENLGIYE |
| Don't take damage from most enemies | GZVZTNOO |
| 9 harpoons (scene 2) | PESZYPIE |
| 1 harpoons (scene 2) | PESZYPIA |
| Infinite harpoons (scene 2) | GZVZVKVK |
| Infinite energy for ship (scene 2) | GXSLIISA |
| Always have Lightsaber | AEXOETYL |
| Start on scene 2 | PAEGXLAA |
| Start on scene 3 | ZAEGXLAA |
| Start on scene 4 | LAEGXLAA |
| Start on scene 5 | GAEGXLAA |
| Start on scene 6 | IAEGXLAA |
| Start on scene 7 | TAEGXLAA |
| Infinite Energy | 00C9:FF
00CA:FF |
| Infinite Energy | SZVZTNOO |
| Infinite Health | 00CA:AF |
| Infinite Force Powers | 00CB:FF |
| Have Lightsaber | 00D9:01 |
| Level Modifier | 00BE:00 |
| Infinite Continues | 0502:07 |
| Infinite Towing Cables | 0545:09 |
| Snowspeeder Is Invulnerable | 00C9:FF |
| TIE Fighters Are All Gone On Bespin (Read Note!) | 0574:00 |
| Always High Jump | 051D:02 |
| Have All Force Powers | 0536:FF |
| Sound Test | 0006:22 |
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.