Lynx Hints

Start with 19 lives and extras
Press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(2), B, A, Left(2), Right(2), Down to start with 19 lives, 20 megabombs, full inventory and refreshing energy.

Start with 100 lives and extras
Press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(2), B, A, Left(2), Right(2), Up, Down, Left, Right, Up to start with 100 lives, 100 megabombs, full inventory and refreshing energy.

Power-ups
Select the XQ49. Allow the second Boss on the third level to destroy your ship one time. Complete the level with your next ship. Purchase one of any of the following items at the shop: power shot, side shooters, back shooters, auto fire, super shields, or lasers. Everything except mega bombs and lives will filled.

The Game of Life Mini Game

ACCESSING LIFE: The game of LIFE is accessed through the character selection screen of Zarlor Mercenary. Turn on your Lynx with the Zarlor Mercenary game card inserted. Press the fire button twice to get to the character selection screen. At this point you must hold down OPTION 1 while moving the joypad as follows: Up, Down, Left, Right, Up.

At this point your screen should say LIFE and there will be a LIFEform known as a 'glider' moving across the screen diagonally. It will go off the edge of the screen and return on the bottom, eventually running into the cells forming the word LIFE and causing the chain reaction that destroys the title screen.

Before the title screen is destroyed you may try the following controls:

1. Moving the joypad or pressing either OPTION button or PAUSE will stop the current evolution of LIFE.

2. Pressing OPTION 1 to continue the evolution puts LIFE into a mode where cells that reach the edge of the screen wrap around to the other side.

3. Pressing OPTION 2 to continue the evolution puts LIFE into a mode where cells that reach the edge of the screen behave as though they have reached a solid wall. This may be useful if 'gliders' that are launched are disrupting your LIFEforms.

4. Pressing either BUTTON A or BUTTON B puts LIFE into DRAWING MODE.

DRAWING MODE: Access DRAWING MODE by pressing BUTTON A or BUTTON B while LIFE is evolving or after the current LIFEform has reached a stable state. You can tell you are in DRAWING MODE because the joypad will be in control of your cursor, a set of green crosshairs. While in DRAWING MODE, your controls behave as follows:

1. Moving the joypad with BUTTON A depressed will allow you to draw.

2. Moving the joypad with BUTTON B depressed will allow you to erase.

3. Pressing OPTION 1 or OPTION 2 will allow your LIFEform to evolve, as described in 2 and 3 in the above ACCESSING LIFE section.

4. Note that the screen cannot be flipped, but attempting to RESTART the game will cause the screen to be cleared, and you will remain in the DRAWING MODE.

5. Pressing PAUSE and BUTTON A will put you in COPY MODE.

6. Pressing PAUSE and BUTTON B will put you in PASTE/ERASE MODE.

7. Pressing OPTION 2 and PAUSE will copy your current screen to a temporary buffer (see below).

COPY MODE: Access COPY MODE by holding down PAUSE and pressing BUTTON A while in DRAWING MODE. You can tell you are in COPY MODE because the green crosshairs will be onscreen with the word COPY in green below and slightly to the right of the crosshairs. While in COPY MODE, your controlsbehave as follows:

1. Pressing either OPTION 1 or 2 will return you to drawing mode.

2. Holding down PAUSE and pressing either OPTION 1 or OPTION 2 will evolve your LIFEform frame-by-frame. Note that the OPTION button used determines whether screen wrap is on or off.

3. Pressing BUTTON A sets one corner coordinate of a box that you can draw. Pressing BUTTON A again sets the other corner coordinate of the box. Anything within the box is now in your COPY BUFFER. You are now in PASTE/ERASE MODE.

4. Holding down PAUSE and pressing BUTTON A takes you to the LIFEform library, a screen full of goodies for you to put into your COPY BUFFER. After selecting a LIFEform or group of LIFEforms, you will be in PASTE/ERASE MODE.

5. In the LIFEform library, pressing PAUSE and BUTTON A again takes you to your temporary buffer (see above). You can cut items from this buffer to the main screen.

6. Holding down PAUSE and pressing BUTTON B takes you directly to PASTE/ERASE MODE, using whatever was last put in your COPY BUFFER. If you haven't yet selected anything, you may get garbage.

PASTE/ERASE MODE: Access PASTE/ERASE MODE either by holding PAUSE and pressing BUTTON B while in DRAWING MODE, or by going to COPY MODE and selecting LIFEforms from your screen or the library screen. You can tell you are in PASTE/ERASE MODE because your joypad now controls whatever you have in your COPY BUFFER. While in PASTE/ERASE MODE, your controls behave as follows:

1. Pressing either OPTION 1 or OPTION 2 will return you to DRAWING MODE.

2. Pressing BUTTON A will allow you to paste your COPY BUFFER.

3. Pressing BUTTON B will allow you to erase using your COPY BUFFER.

4. Holding PAUSE and pressing BUTTON B will flip your COPY BUFFER any one of eight possible ways.

5. Note that the screen cannot be flipped, but attempting to RESTART the game will cause the screen to be cleared, and you will remain in the PASTE/ERASE MODE.

6. Pressing PAUSE and BUTTON A will put you in COPY MODE.

View programmers
Chuck - Hold Option 1 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(2), Left at the character selection screen. This will also enable full inventory and refreshing energy.
Matt - Hold Option 1 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(2), Down at the character selection screen. This will also enable full inventory and refreshing energy.
Chris - Hold Option 1 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(3) at the character selection screen. This will also enable full inventory and refreshing energy.
Stephen - Hold Option 1 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Down(2), Up(2), Right at the character selection screen. This will also enable full inventory and refreshing energy.