Twisted Metal Black
Invincibility:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press Up, Down, Left, Right(2), Left, Down, Up during game play.
The message "Invulnerability On" will appear to confirm correct
code entry. Repeat the code to disable its effect. This works in story,
endurance, challenge, and multi-player modes. Alternately, hold L1 + L2
+ R1 + R2 and press Right, Left, Down, Up.
Unlimited health and turbos:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press Right, Left, Down, Up during game play. A message will confirm
correct code entry.
Mega machine guns:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press X(2), Triangle during game play. A message will confirm correct
code entry.
One hit kills:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press X(2), Up during game play. A message will confirm correct
code entry.
God mode:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press Up, X, Left, Circle during game play. A message will confirm
correct code entry. You will have unlimited weapons, health, turbo, and
energy.
Weapons for health:
Set the control option to "Classic". Hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and
quickly press Triangle, X, Square, Circle. During game play. A message will
confirm correct code entry.
No opponents:
Select challenge mode. Then, press L2 + R2, L2 + R2, L2 + R2 + Circle at
the opponent selection screen.
Alternate weapon view:
Press Select + Right during game play.
Alternate view:
Hold Select and press Down during game play. Hold Select and press Left
to change to yet another view.
Character preview:
Press Circle at the character selection to zoom into the driver of the vehicle.
During the zoom, press Circle again and the view will freeze.
Axel:
Go to the Freeway level. It is recommended that you destroy all but one
or two of the other vehicles before proceeding. Toward the center of this
level is a large construction site with two big cranes. The one on the right
is holding a pipe, the one on the left is holding a crate. Use the ridge
between the cranes and the road and aim yourself at the control box of the
left crane (at the center box). You only need to hit it once with some kind
of missile. The crate will then lower into the construction yard. Shoot
it open to unlock Axel.
ManSlaughter:
Once the ship docks on the island in the Prison Passage level and you can
exit the boat, go to the right (left if facing the ship). Follow the waterline
until you reach some crates. Shoot them up until a ramp is formed. Shoot
the side of the ship until a opening appears. You will find and unlock ManSlaughter
there.
Minion:
Unlock all of the secret characters, then successfully complete the game
in story mode with all of the regular and secret characters. A FMV sequence
showing Minion reassembling and a "Beware of Minion" message will
appear. He appears after Sweet Tooth on the character selection screen.
Translated Minion codes:
1. I do not think this is real
2. I must speak in code or he will discover me
3. We are trapped in his head
4. This is how he sees the world, how Sweet Tooth sees his life, it is not
real
5. All of us are trapped in his head
6. I miss the old colorful world
7. We will return to old world one day
8. In the real world my name is Marcus Kane
Warthog:
Start the Suburbs level and go to the entrance to the carnival. Turn left
and jump off a hill to land on top of a building with a structure on top
of it. Blow up the structure to reveal a hole in the building. Fall through
the hole and destroy the panel. A message stating Warthog has been unlocked
will appear.
Yellow Jacket:
Play the Junkyard level and shoot down the airplane that circles around.
A fire missile will do the job, as long as the jet is the only thing in
view. The jet will catch on fire, circle, and crash into a wall in the lowest
area of the level, that leads to a underground tunnel. The suspended crate's
opening faces this area. Follow the tunnel under the sewers, collect the
weapons and health, and continue until you see a control panel attached
to a large column in the middle of a circular room. Shoot the control panel
and a message stating Yellow Jacket has been unlocked will appear. Yellow
Jacket will appear inside the destroyed column.
Elevators level:
Begin game play on the Highway Loop level. Make sure that there are no more
than one (preferred) or two enemies remaining. Go to the bridge with the
gap in it. Go to the side opposite the long tunnel. Facing away from the
bridge and to the left on the other side of the wall, you can see two round
towers at what seems to be a powerplant. Hit the one closest to the bridge
with a gas can. It will pop off and start rolling toward the bridge. Make
sure you and none of the enemies are in its path or it will break. It will
slowly jump the bridge and will make a hole just inside the tunnel. You
will find the cube inside.
Freeway level:
Start an endurance match in the Snowy Roads level. Get ten consecutive kills
without being killed.
Mini-Suburbs level:
Start an endurance match in the Drive-In level. Get ten consecutive kills
without being killed.
Minion's Stadium level:
Begin game play on the Downtown level. Locate the set of buildings connected
at the second story on one side of the river/bayou. You can find it easily
since when you drive between them, there is a big section of wall that is
very visible that you can shoot out to get to the elevators. There is one
on each building. When facing the buildings from the river, take the left-hand
elevator up. Then, circle around to the back of the building. Along the
way you will notice that the ground changes color. About one car length
to the left of that line is where you want to creep to the edge and barely
fall off. You should hit the cube while falling. If not, you should be on
a different level off of the ground -- jump (press R1 + L1) to get the cube.
It can be seen from the ground floor once you know where to look.
Power Plant level:
Head to the end of the Snowy Roads level with the longer building. Face
the drop and head to the left side of that gap. Slowly roll over the edge,
and there should be a lower level with the cube on it.
Prison Passage level:
Select a fast car. Do the exact same thing to unlock Warthog, except do
not go in the hole in the building. Instead, drive to the end of the row
of the buildings going to the left. Then, go to the building opposite that,
which has a flat roof. You can do this by driving to the left edge and facing
the building. Turbo and jump when you get to the other edge. Make sure to
brake when you hit the roof. After this, turn to the building that is next
to you and blow up the vent on the roof. You should see the black cube after
the vent is destroyed. Turbo and jump when you get to the edge to get the
cube and unlock the Prison Passage level.
In story mode, start the Suburbs level and go to the entrance
to the carnival. Turn left and jump off a hill to land on top of a building
with a structure on top of it. Then, hop on to the building just to the
left of you. You will then see a power missile power-up on the building
in front of you. Use your turbos and jump to that building by pressing L1
+ R1. Blow up the structure on the building to reveal the black cube.
Prison Ship level:
Get fifteen endurance kills in the Junkyard level to unlock the Prison Ship
level in multi-player mode.
Skyscrapers level:
Once on Warhawk's rooftop in story mode, there is a building in the background
where the Minion's Tanker flies off to your building. Face near the edge
of that side and switch the camera view to the farthest selection. You should
see a black cube slightly off the building. You will lose one life when
the cube is collected, but the Skyscrapers level will be unlocked in multi-player
mode. Note: The way to jump is in the direction of where the tankers appear.
Sewers level:
Begin game play on the Skyscrapers level. Switch the view to the farthest
away from the vehicle. At the bottom of the crashed plane and to the left
(if you were exiting the plane) is a small billboard at about car level.
Shoot it down -- you may have to be on the next building (the way the billboard
faces) to do so. It will now bridge the gap between the two buildings. Put
yourself in the center of the board and aim yourself toward the inner part
of the hole. Head in at regular speed. You will have to lose a life to get
this cube.
Warhawk's level:
On the Junkyard level in story mode with any character, shoot down the green
Pizza Boy statue (near the Old Warplane and crane). His pizza box will fall
near the vertical crusher and form a ramp. Go to the ramp and line yourself
up to the crusher. When the crusher falls, use the ramp. When on top of
the crusher, there will be a building you can drive through to get some
weapons. Off the side of that will be a rotating black cube. Jump off to
the black cube to unlock the Warhawk level in multi-player mode.
Another method is to go to the magnet in the Junkyard level.
Use the jump ability (R1 + L1) to get on top after driving fast to get a
boost. Wait for the magnet to go up. When you get to the top, jump to the
platform to which the magnet is attached. Jump to that, then face out to
the junkyard. You will see a black cube to your left. Drive to it and to
unlock Warhawk.
Hint: Special attacks:
Set the control option to "Classic". All of the following except
"Rear fire" require energy to use.
Freeze: Press Up, Down, Up.
Jump: Press L1 + R1.
Land mine: Press Right, Left, Down.
Charge Mine: Press Right, Left, then hold Down.
Invisibility: Press Left(2), Down(2).
Shield: Press Right(2), Down(2).
Rear fire: Press Left, Right, Down + Fire.
Hint: Alternate fire:
Press Down, Up, Down + Fire to place gas cans on the ground like a remote
bomb. Press Fire again to detonate. If you wait long enough they will charge
up and will be able to produce an explosion that is extremely powerful.
Note: This does not work with all weapons.
Hint: Recover special weapon fire:
When using a special weapon that charges, hold down Fire and press the weapon
selection either way to stop using the original charging special weapon
without firing it, or suffering a weapon backfire ammo penalty.
Hint: Reverse Turbo:
To turbo in reverse, press Gas, then hold Down (Reverse) + Gas.
Hint: Get out of Freeze attack:
If you are frozen, press Turbo to break out of it.
Hint: Stay equipped in story mode:
In story mode, destroy all enemies on a stage except for one. Before destroying
the final enemy, cruise around and get as many power-ups as you can carry.
Also, save your special attacks until you cannot hold any more. Once you
destroy the last enemy, you can carry these power-ups to the next stage
(assuming you do not lose a life or use the power-ups).
Hint: Downtown level: Extra Power Missiles and health:
Select game mode and car and begin game play in the Downtown level. Collect
at least three gas cans. Find the "R&D CHEMICALS" sign. Next
to it are three to four large white spherical propane tanks. One is hidden
behind another. Lob a gas can at all of the visible tanks. Two of them will
break off their supports and roll into the street. Both of them will strike
a different building. After the explosions, the building will fall into
the ground. In their place will be a large number of health and power missile
power-ups.
Hint Junkyard level: Easy Endurance kills:
Get as many weapons and environment pickups as you can. Then, jump into
the Half-ed bomber that the environment weapon activates. The CPU AI will
sit under or around the bomber. Use the environment weapon and fire rockets.
They will have trouble shooting you -- keep hiding here until you rack up
enough kills.
Hint: Junkyard level: Quick death:
Enable the "Invincibility" code. Go on top of the large car crusher
where you would get the black cube. Shoot down the plane with a homing missile.
As it flames towards its destined crash site, go to that location. Do not
worry about the cars that will probably follow you. Wait there until the
plane crashes. When it crashes, whoever was fighting you will now be dead
from the crash. A sign at the top of the screen reading "Jet Crash
Fatalities" will appear.
Hint: Freeway level: Enter Minion's Stadium when he
is not there:
There is a road that leads down to Minion's Stadium on the left side of
the highway, if you are approaching from the cranes. There will be a Derby
race going on, but Minion will not be there.
Hint: Prison Ship level: Electrocute men:
On the Prison Ship level, you can run over a box marked "Danger High
Voltage" and watch the three men who are sitting in chairs get electrocuted.
They are near the front of the ship on a platform. The box is right in front
of them.
Hint: Prison Ship level: Explode Calypso's blimp:
Select story mode and play the Prison Ship level with any character. Get
two environments and you can explode Calypso's blimp in the air. It will
crash down, and about twenty burning people will run everywhere.
Hint: Snowy Roads level: Easy win:
When you get the chance in story mode, select Snowy Roads instead of Drive-In
Movie. When you start the level, drive to the area where the lightning is
located and find a place in the blockades that is partially open. Drive
slowly down and you will be on an extended platform that has health and
some weapons. Stay down there. The CPU players will start racing towards
you and fly straight off the cliff, right over you. Be careful with Warthog
, as he seems to be able to get up quite easily.
Hint: Suburbs level: Ferris wheel:
Go up the hill towards the Ferris wheel. From here, you will be able to
shoot out one of the legs that holds up the wheel. Once the leg is destroyed,
the wheel roll through the town and eventually fall into the ocean.
Hint: Axel: Secret special attack:
While playing as Axel, select your special weapon, then press Up(3). Axle
will pull his big wheels together and them ram into someone, causing more
damage than his other special. Note: You only have a few seconds to ram
into someone.
Hint: Crazy 8: Secret special attack:
While playing as Crazy 8, select your special weapon and press Down(3),
Up(3). A purple shield will appear instead of a silver one. To fire the
purple shock you must be close to somebody, and then press L2.
While playing as Crazy 8, select his special weapon. Then
press Up(3) to make his front end light up with electricity. This also works
by substituting Left(3), Right(3), or Down(3) for the corresponding side.
Hint: ManSlaughter (Black): History:
ManSlaughter, or Black, was actually mentioned in Twisted Metal by Darkside
(Mr. Ash) and a reference by Pit Viper. Darkside wanted to take a demon
back named Black, and Calypso refused, but Darkside took Black with him
forcefully. In Pit Viper's Ending, she Fires at Calypso and his Henchmen,
but lets Black go. All these references are found in Darkside and Pit Viper's
Endings on Twisted Metal.
Hint: Minion: Secret special attack:
While playing as Minion with any car, hold L2 + R2 + R1 + L1 and press Right,
Left, Up. This attack requires almost all of your "magic" meter.
Hint: Shadow: Secret special attack:
While playing as Shadow, select her special attack weapon and press Up(3).
She will come through the roof and fire a turret weapon at her opponents,
Outlaw-style.
Hint: Yellow Jacket: Easy endurance counters:
Select any level and enable the "God mode" and "One hit kill"
codes. Highlight the special, so the spikes will come out.
Hint: Defeating Warhawk:
Shoot the tankers while they are on the helipad. Warhawk does not need to
be above them. Warhawk's shields will take damage. After enough tankers
are destroyed, Warhawk's shields will cease to exist and the tankers will
stop appearing. Remember to restore your health often on the level, and
hide when you need to. Also try using the skill weapon "Satellite"
for major damage. Three tankers need to be destroyed while Warhawk is near
them. The farther away he is, the more tankers will need to be destroyed.
After you have destroyed his shields, drive directly to the
middle of the Heli-Pad. Warhawk will then hover above you. While he is hovering,
turn around directly on that spot until you see nine spikes in front of
you, which is the nose of the Helicopter. Pummel the spikes with whatever
weapons you have and watch his life bar drop down. He will take off again
and hit you with some missiles. You can move back and forth to avoid them
or just pick up the health from Calypso's own helicopter (most of the time
it is nearby). Warhawk will return and hover over you again. Repeat these
steps until he is defeated.
Hint: Extra health:
After you destroy an enemy car, run over the flaming driver for a little
(but well needed) boost of health.
Hint: Launching people into the air:
First, freeze an opponent, then proceed to blast them with the most powerful
attack you have (preferably your player's Special), as far as you can under
their vehicle. Sweet Tooth seems to work the best.
Glitch: Invincibility when fighting Minion:
Damage yourself to the point that you have no lives left, then get your
health down to the point where if you get hit one more time, you will die.
Get reasonably close to Minion. Wait until he starts firing at you, then,
quickly use the button combination for your shield. The shot from Minion
must hit you at the exact moment that you hit the last button in the shield
combination. If done correctly, your car will explode and a shield will
appear around the wreckage. Restart the level. Now you should have a shield
that will last for the entire time that you play the level.
Glitch: Suburbs: Fall into building:
In the Suburbs level, play as if you were to going to get the black cube.
From the first building, jump the adjacent row of buildings. To the left
should be a tall black building and to your right a flat building. Do not
use turbo. Go to the edge, speed up, and jump to the flat building. If done
correctly, you should hit the corner and fall into the building. This may
require a few attempts. It may take awhile to get out, but eventually you
will fall, hit ground, and be able to drive out of the concrete walkway.
Glitch: Vanishing bus:
When selecting your car, press Circle to look at the driver. Sometimes the
bus behind Roadkill will vanish.
Glitch: Wasted repair:
In any level (excluding those without repair shops), go to a repair shop
when at critical health. Let an enemy shoot you as you go up the ramp to
repair your vehicle. If done correctly your car should explode and will
have wasted a repair.