Firehawk
Firehawk
Devastating! Awesome! Experience the power of the mighty Firehawk in this ultimate action game! Use skill to pilot the Firehawk gunship through 7 daring missions! Battle with the enemy troops armed to the teeth with lethal weapons! Bonus power-ups! Super-fast 360 degree scrolling! The action's just non-stop in FIREHAWK!
Devastating! Awesome! Experience the power of the mighty Firehawk in this ultimate action game! Use skill to pilot the Firehawk gunship through 7 daring missions! Battle with the enemy troops armed to the teeth with lethal weapons! Bonus power-ups! Super-fast 360 degree scrolling! The action's just non-stop in FIREHAWK!
Description
Firehawk
Devastating! Awesome! Experience the power of the mighty Firehawk in this ultimate action game! Use skill to pilot the Firehawk gunship through 7 daring missions! Battle with the enemy troops armed to the teeth with lethal weapons! Bonus power-ups! Super-fast 360 degree scrolling! The action's just non-stop in FIREHAWK!
Devastating! Awesome! Experience the power of the mighty Firehawk in this ultimate action game! Use skill to pilot the Firehawk gunship through 7 daring missions! Battle with the enemy troops armed to the teeth with lethal weapons! Bonus power-ups! Super-fast 360 degree scrolling! The action's just non-stop in FIREHAWK!
Publisher
Codemasters, Camerica
Genre
Action > Shooter > Shoot-'Em-Up > Vertical
Release Date (US)
05/19/1991
Release Date (EU)
05/19/1993
Cheat Codes/Hints
CHR RAM Smiley Test
To activate the CHR RAM "Smiley Test" easter egg for this game, you will need to power on the NES/Famicom console while holding Up, Down, Left, Right, B, Select, and Start. Note, however, that it is not normally possible to hold all four D-Pad buttons without specially modified controllers; standard NES/Famicom controllers will not work.
Extra Life
At the title screen, hold Left + B + Select and press Start.
Hidden Secrets
When your score is good enough to make the high score table, enter your name as ''CAMERICA'' or ''MIG 29'' to see hidden messages at the high score screen, or enter your name as ''DIZZY'' to see a brief demo of The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy.
Invulnerability
At the Mission screen, hold Up + B + Select and press Start. The helicopter color will change, indicating that you are invincible, although your fuel still may run out. You should re-enter this cheat before the every mission as a result.
Mission Skipping
At the Mission screen, press one of the cheat sequences below, corresponding to the mission number, to skip to the next mission instantly.
- Go from Mission 1 to Mission 2
- Up, Right, Down, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left.
- Go from Mission 2 to Mission 3
- Up, Left, Down, Right, A, B, B, B.
- Go from Mission 3 to Mission 4
- A, B, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right.
- Go from Mission 4 to Mission 5
- A, B, Select, A, B, Select, Select, Select.
- Go from Mission 5 to Mission 6
- Up, A, Down, B, Left, A, Right, B.
- Go from Mission 6 to Mission 7
- Left, B, A, Up, Right, Down, B, A.
Programmer Messages
At the high screen table, enter the following as your name for hidden messages. When the text listed here ends, fill in the rest of the name with periods; they all are 11 characters in length when filled in.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- Hidden programmer message.
- [enter nothing but spaces]
- Hidden programmer message.
Start on Mission 2
Hold the A button and press Start on the title screen.
View a Dizzy Demo
Before the title screen appears (at the Codemasters logo, or after the game over screen, or after the demo loop is over), hold Right + A + Start.