Vigilante 8: Second Offense Cheats

Vigilante 8: Second Offense cheat codes, tricks, hints, and walk throughs.

How to enter Passwords

Highlight "Game Status" at the Options menu. Then press L1 + R1 and press X twice.

Arizona Aliens

In the Arizona stage, blow up the observatory. Then wait near the crater and you'll see a huge meteor smash into it.Blow up the meteor and an alien that shoots laser beams will come out. Once you kill it another meteor will appear and the process keeps repeating.

Attract enemies

Enter this code at the password screen: UNDER_FIRE

Attraction mines

You need at least 2 mines for this. When you have the mines, press left, right, then down and machine gun at the same time to get an attraction mine.

Change car color

When choosing your car press "O" Then you may select your color. You can also control your brightness.

Crater Maker

While playing make sure you have at least 5 morter shells. Then press down, down, down, up, machine gun.

Easy Weapons at the Launch Site

Go to the tower in the middle of the level. Now go to the tunnel that doesn't go thru. Wait until the lights above are green then drive in. You will be taken up onto the tower and a booster rocket will be straped to the back of your car. Then you will be shot into the air and dropped. there will be anything from specials to radar jammers. You can do this as many times as you want. (NOTE:this trick will not work if the tower is gone!)

Extra Salvage Points

To get 3 times as much salvage points, destroy your opponents using your special weapon.

Fast action

Enter this code at the password screen: QUICK_PLAY

Floating Mine

While playing make sure you have at least 2 mines. Then press, left, left, right, right, machine gun.

Flood Louisiana level

To flood the Louisiana level you go up to the 2 bridges with the wrenches that you cant reach. There should be a wheel, shoot it until the bridge stops going up, then go to the other bridge and do the same, when the 2nd bridge stops moving you'll here a bell ring three times and you'll here the water rushing, hurry and get a water ski power up and you get the high items in quest mode, It only floods for about a minute then the water goes down.

Get your regular wheels back

When you recieve a icon that allowes your car to change from wheels to (example)a snow mobile, you might realize that you do not loose it right away. A easy way to return back to your normal wheels is to press the R1+L2 button and the car will have its normal wheels back

Gives all cars big wheels.

Enter this code at the password screen: GO_MONSTER

High suspensions

Enter this code at the password screen:JACK_IT_UP

How to Fly

When you get Hover Power ups, hold UP and rapidly press X.

Invincibility

Access the Password screen. Enter the following code to receive Invincibility. This code is good throughout the game.
Enter: ELBICNIVNI

Makes cars heavier and better rammers

Enter this code at the password screen: GO_RAMMING

Maximum Statistics

Access the Password screen. Enter the following code receive Maximum Statistics. This code is good throughout the game.
Enter: LLA_DORTOH

No Wheel Attachment Icons

Type in DRIVE_ONLY as a password

Original Levels (No V8 disc required)

If you don't have the 1st Vigilante 8 and want to play the old levels, then enter this code: OLD_LEVELS

Original Levels (Vigilante 8 CD required)

Pause game play, remove the game disk, then insert an original Vigilante 8 CD. The message "V8 Levels Enabled" will confirm correct code entry. Insert the Vigilante 8: Second Offense disk again. Quit the current game to access the original Vigilante 8 levels as well as well as the secret levels! NOTE: you cannot save these levels and will have to enter the code each time.

Play your own music

During game play pause the game and insert the cd of your choice. Then go up to track and select the song of your choice.

Put the game into slow motion

Enter this code at the password screen: GO_SLOW_MO

Rapid Fire Cannon

While playing, be sure to have at least 3 cannon shots. Press down, up, down, up, machine gun.

Rapid fire

Enter RAPID_FIRE as a password.

Rapid-Fire Rockets

While playing, be sure you have 2 rockets and press up, up, up, machine gun.

Reduce gravity

Enter this code at the password screen: NO_GRAVITY

Slow motion mode

Enter this code at the password screen: MORE_SPEED

Solitary game (Arcade mode)

Enter HOME_ALONE as a password.

Speed Burst

If you have at least 3 homing missles, tap up, up,up, machine gun to shoot a missle that sticks to your car causing it to speed up for a short period of time.

Sticker Missles

You must have at least 2 Bull's Eye Rockets for this to work. wWhat happens is the rocket sticks into car chasis and pushes it around. up, down, down, machine gun

Super missiles

Enter this code at the password screen: BLAST_FIRE

Unlock All Cars

Access the Password screen. Enter the following code to unlock all cars. This code is good throughout the game.
Enter: LLA_KCOLNU

Unlock Boogie...the hard way

Complete Quest mode with all objectives cleared with Obake to unlock Boogie.

Unlock Chassey Blue...the hard way

Complete Quest mode with all objectives cleared with Agent R. Chase, Garbage Man, and Bob O.

Unlock Convoy...the hard way

Complete Quest Mode with all objectives cleared with Houston.

Unlock Dave's Cultsmen...the hard way

Complete Quest mode with all objectives cleared with Convoy.

Unlock Dusty Earth....the hard way

Finish all quests with Boogie.

Unlock Houston...the hard way

Complete Quest mode with all objectives cleared with John Torque, the Flying All-Star Trio, and Sheila.

Unlock Lord Clyde...the hard way

Complete Quest mode completing all objectives, with Molo, Nina, and Dallas to unlock Lord Clyde.

Unlock Obake(Uzumi)...the hard way

Complete Quest mode with all objectives cleared with Lord Clyde to unlock Obake(Uzumi).

Unlock Padre Destino...the hard way

Complete Agent R. Chase's, Astronaut Bob O.'s, and Garbage Man's quests and fulfill ALL of the objectives

Use Same Cars in Mutiplayer

Type in MIXES_CARS as a password.

View All Endings

At the password screen enter: LONG_MOVIE. Just click on the character whose ending you want to see. Sometimes the ending link together so you can see the whole story.

Weapons Moves List

The numbers are how much ammo the move takes up. There is also a definition for each special. MG = Machine Gun Interceptor Missiles :
Halo Decoy(2) - Up, Up, Down, MG
Afterburner(2) -Up, Up, Up, MG
Rain Missiles(2-4) - Up, Up, Right, MG Bull's Eye Rockets :
Road Runner(2) - Up, Down, Down, MG;
Stampede(2-5) -Up, Down, Up, MG. Sky Hammer Mortar :
Turtle Turnover(2) - Down, Down, Down, MG
Crater Maker(2-5) - Down, Down, Up, MG Brusier Cannon :
Cow Puncher(2) - Up, Down, Up, MG
Buckshot(2-6) - Down, Up, Up, MG Roadkill Mines :
Bear Hug(2) - Left, Right, Down, MG
Cactus Patch(2-6) - Left, Right, Up, MG
Floating Mine(2) - Left, Right, Right, MG

Wheelies

Hold the hand brake and press the gas until the tires start spinning. Release the handbrake and you will do a wheelie