Bahamut Lagoon is a 1996 tactical RPG developed and published by Square. The game was originally available as a SNES exclusive, before being later released on the Virtual Consoles for both the Wii and Wii U.
Critically, Bahamut Lagoon fared better in the West than it did among Japanese critics. The depth of its gameplay has ensured the game has stood the test of time overall. Across 1996, it became the 17th best-selling game of the year with over 474,000 copies sold.
Bahamut Lagoon Premise
©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon
The deep gameplay of Bahamut Lagoon is one of the most praised aspects of the game, and one of the reasons it still holds up to this day. Much of it is a hybrid between two combat styles – 2D grid-based and turn-based. This provides a variety of gameplay, which is further emboldened by the ability to summon dragons to fight alongside you.
You have a squad alongside you during combat, with one squad leader. Each leader provides different buffs to your team, so you must decide how you want your squad to look to ensure you’ve got the best possible chance of victory in battle.
Outside of battle, you can speak to NPCs, interact and trade with them, as well as feed your dragons to increase their power. These sections of the game are limited, with most of Bahamut Lagoon taking place in combat.
Bahamut Lagoon Main Characters
©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon
As an RPG, meeting a variety of different characters and interacting with them is an important aspect of Bahamut Lagoon‘s gameplay. We’ve put together a brief guide to the main characters of the bunch:
- Byuu: Byuu is the main protagonist of Bahamut Lagoon and the one who leads the fight against the Grabelos Empire after it invades Kahna.
- Yoyo: Yoyo is the princess of Kahna, and an old friend of Byuu’s. She has the special ability to be able to speak to the Holy Dragons.
- Sendak: Sendak is an older man who has the ability to summon the Holy Dragons themselves.
Bahamut Lagoon Titles in the Series
©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon
It’s somewhat of a surprise that Bahamat Lagoon remains a solo endeavor to this day. Deep JRPGs are a huge market nowadays, so it’s understandable that the game has managed to maintain something of a cult following.
Given its strong sales at the time, a sequel to Bahamut Lagoon would’ve even made financial sense for the developer. It isn’t fully clear why Square never embraced the idea of a sequel, but we think we know why. Final Fantasy. To this day, Final Fantasy remains one of the biggest IPs in all of gaming, and during the ’90s Square was focused on it rather heavily, especially post-1996.
With this in mind, it seems that any potential for a full Bahamut Lagoon series was simply collateral damage as a result of Final Fantasy‘s runaway success.
- Bahamut Lagoon (1996)
Bahamut Lagoon Cheat Codes
©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon
Unfortunately, there are no cheat codes in the base game of Bahamut Lagoon that you can use. This isn’t a huge problem, though. If you’re playing on an emulated version (as most will be) or own an Action Replay cartridge for the SNES version, you can use Action Replay codes instead, and there’s no shortage of those for Bahamut Lagoon.
To enter these, find the cheat section of your chosen emulator, and enter the following codes there.
Bahamut Lagoon Action Replay Cheats
Before we begin with these codes, there’s one thing you need to know. Items have two different types of codes – an Item Code, and a Quantity Code. You must enter both for the code to work, using the correct digits in both for the item you want to use.
For example, the Long Sword uses the digit 01 in Action Replay. Its item code is “7e3ad2 XX“, and its quantity code is “7e3ad3 XX.” If you wanted to spawn a long sword, you would replace the XX in the item code with the digit 01, and the XX in the quantity code with however many you want. To spawn one Long Sword, your full cheat would be “7e3ad2 01 7e3ad3 01.” It’s a pain to get to grips with, but it’s worth it if you want to cheat in Bahamut Lagoon.
| Digits | Item | Item Description | Item Code and Quantity Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Long Sword | 7e3ad2 XX 7e3ad3 XX | |
| 02 | Ice Brand | Water-elemental sword | 7e3ad4 XX 7e3ad5 XX |
| 03 | Spark Blade | Thunder-elemental sword | 7e3ad6 XX 7e3ad7 XX |
| 04 | Flame Tongue | Fire-elemental sword | 7e3ad8 XX 7e3ad9 XX |
| 05 | Bastard Sword | 7e3ada XX 7e3adb XX | |
| 06 | Apocalypse | Poisonous sword | 7e3adc XX 7e3add XX |
| 07 | Excalibur | Holy-affinity sword | 7e3ade XX 7e3adf XX |
| 08 | Scharnhorst | 7e3ae0 XX 7e3ae1 XX | |
| 09 | Gneisenau | 7e3ae2 XX 7e3ae3 XX | |
| 0A | Dreadnaught | Ultimate sword | 7e3ae4 XX 7e3ae5 XX |
| 0B | Battle Axe | 7e3ae6 XX 7e3ae7 XX | |
| 0C | Burning Axe | Fire-elemental axe | 7e3ae8 XX 7e3ae9 XX |
| 0D | Crescent | 7e3aea XX 7e3aeb XX | |
| 0E | Grand Slam | Earth-elemental axe | 7e3aec XX 7e3aed XX |
| 0F | Nulnim | Holy-affinity axe | 7e3aee XX 7e3aef XX |
| 10 | Mega Buster | 7e3af0 XX 7e3af1 XX | |
| 11 | Destroyer | Death-affinity axe | 7e3af2 XX 7e3af3 XX |
| 12 | Iron Duke | Holy-affinity axe | 7e3af4 XX 7e3af5 XX |
| 13 | Matelite Axe | 7e3af6 XX 7e3af7 XX | |
| 14 | Rapier | 7e3af8 XX 7e3af9 XX | |
| 15 | Siren | Sleep-affinity rapier | 7e3afa XX 7e3afb XX |
| 16 | Cassandra | Poisonous rapier | 7e3afc XX 7e3afd XX |
| 17 | Guardian | 7e3afe XX 7e3aff XX | |
| 18 | Sigrun | Death-affinity rapier | 7e3b00 XX 7e3b01 XX |
| 19 | Etandahl | 100% hit-rate rapier | 7e3b02 XX 7e3b03 XX |
| 1A | Vampinella | HP Draining rapier | 7e3b04 XX 7e3b05 XX |
| 1B | Prinzeugen | Ultimate rapier | 7e3b06 XX 7e3b07 XX |
| 1C | Halberd | 7e3b08 XX 7e3b09 XX | |
| 1D | Coquetos | Water-elemental spear | 7e3b0a XX 7e3b0b XX |
| 1E | Executor | Death-affinity spear | 7e3b0c XX 7e3b0d XX |
| 1F | Harpoon | 7e3b0e XX 7e3b0f XX | |
| 20 | Auschwitz | Fire-elemental spear | 7e3b10 XX 7e3b11 XX |
| 21 | Brunhag | Thunder-elemental spear | 7e3b12 XX 7e3b13 XX |
| 22 | Longinus | Holy-affinity spear | 7e3b14 XX 7e3b15 XX |
| 23 | Invincible | Ultimate spear | 7e3b16 XX 7e3b17 XX |
| 24 | Rod | 7e3b18 XX 7e3b19 XX | |
| 25 | Fire Rod | Fire-elemental staff | 7e3b1a XX 7e3b1b XX |
| 26 | Freeze Rod | Water-elemental staff | 7e3b1c XX 7e3b1d XX |
| 27 | Thunder Rod | Thunder-elemental staff | 7e3b1e XX 7e3b1f XX |
| 28 | Drug Rod | Recovery staff | 7e3b20 XX 7e3b21 XX |
| 29 | Master Rod | 7e3b22 XX 7e3b23 XX | |
| 2A | Assault | 7e3b24 XX 7e3b25 XX | |
| 2B | Crusader | 7e3b26 XX 7e3b27 XX | |
| 2C | Empress Kahna | 7e3b28 XX 7e3b29 XX | |
| 2D | Cutlass | 7e3b2a XX 7e3b2b XX | |
| 2E | Calamitias | Poisonous katana | 7e3b2c XX 7e3b2d XX |
| 2F | Delta Dagger | 7e3b2e XX 7e3b2f XX | |
| 30 | Kugel Blitz | Thunder-elemental katana | 7e3b30 XX 7e3b31 XX |
| 31 | Dillinger | 7e3b32 XX 7e3b33 XX | |
| 32 | Plate Mail | 7e3b34 XX 7e3b35 XX | |
| 33 | Ice Armor | Water-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b36 XX 7e3b37 XX |
| 34 | Diamond Armor | Thunder-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b38 XX 7e3b39 XX |
| 35 | Flame Mail | Fire-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b3a XX 7e3b3b XX |
| 36 | Maximilian | 7e3b3c XX 7e3b3d XX | |
| 37 | Black Burn | Anti-poison heavy armor | 7e3b3e XX 7e3b3f XX |
| 38 | Stealth Armor | Anti-rabbit/poison heavy armor | 7e3b40 XX 7e3b41 XX |
| 39 | Vegas Armor | 7e3b42 XX 7e3b43 XX | |
| 3A | Armada Mail | 7e3b44 XX 7e3b45 XX | |
| 3B | Chobham Armor | Anti-status change heavy armor | 7e3b46 XX 7e3b47 XX |
| 3C | Reconquista | Anti-status change heavy armor | 7e3b48 XX 7e3b49 XX |
| 3D | Pax Kahna | Fire/thunder-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b4a XX 7e3b4b XX |
| 3E | Matelite Armor | 7e3b4c XX 7e3b4d XX | |
| 3F | Black Prince | Fire-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b4e XX 7e3b4f XX |
| 40 | Imperator | Thunder-elemental heavy armor | 7e3b50 XX 7e3b51 XX |
| 41 | Leather Armor | 7e3b52 XX 7e3b53 XX | |
| 42 | Ice Jacket | Water-elemental light armor | 7e3b54 XX 7e3b55 XX |
| 43 | Flame Vest | Fire-elemental light armor | 7e3b56 XX 7e3b57 XX |
| 44 | Diamond Jacket | Thunder-elemental light armor | 7e3b58 XX 7e3b59 XX |
| 45 | Brigandine | 7e3b5a XX 7e3b5b XX | |
| 46 | Sleipnir | Anti-rabbit/poison/death light armor | 7e3b5c XX 7e3b5d XX |
| 47 | Battle Dress | Anti-rabbit/sleep/poison light armor | 7e3b5e XX 7e3b5f XX |
| 48 | Mach Vest | Anti-poison/petrify/death light armor | 7e3b60 XX 7e3b61 XX |
| 49 | Martial Nay | Anti-status change light armor | 7e3b62 XX 7e3b63 XX |
| 4A | Powered Suit | 7e3b64 XX 7e3b65 XX | |
| 4B | Energy Suit | Absorbs all elemental attacks | 7e3b66 XX 7e3b67 XX |
| 4C | Silk Robe | 7e3b68 XX 7e3b69 XX | |
| 4D | Gaia Robe | Earth-elemental robe | 7e3b6a XX 7e3b6b XX |
| 4E | Burning | Fire-elemental robe | 7e3b6c XX 7e3b6d XX |
| 4F | Nimbus Robe | 7e3b6e XX 7e3b6f XX | |
| 50 | Aurora | Water-elemental robe | 7e3b70 XX 7e3b71 XX |
| 51 | Thundara | Thunder-elemental robe | 7e3b72 XX 7e3b73 XX |
| 52 | Dark Force | Anti-poison/sleep/petrify robe | 7e3b74 XX 7e3b75 XX |
| 53 | Kaiser Rin | Anti-poison/sleep/petrify/death robe | 7e3b76 XX 7e3b77 XX |
| 54 | Royal Gown | 7e3b78 XX 7e3b79 XX | |
| 55 | Drug | Restores 100 HP – Single ally | 7e3b7a XX 7e3b7b XX |
| 56 | High Drug | Restores 1000 HP – Single ally | 7e3b7c XX 7e3b7d XX |
| 57 | Royal Drug | Restores 1000 HP – All allies | 7e3b7e XX 7e3b7f XX |
| 58 | Magic Gin | Restores 50 MP – Single ally | 7e3b80 XX 7e3b81 XX |
| 59 | High Magic Gin | Restores 500 MP – Single ally | 7e3b82 XX 7e3b83 XX |
| 5A | Elixer | Restores all HP and MP – Single ally | 7e3b84 XX 7e3b85 XX |
| 5B | Litancible | Revive – Single ally | 7e3b86 XX 7e3b87 XX |
| 5C | Litancible SP | Revive – All allies | 7e3b88 XX 7e3b89 XX |
| 5D | Heal | Cure status ailments – Single ally | 7e3b8a XX 7e3b8b XX |
| 5E | Heal SP | Cure status ailments – All allies | 7e3b8c XX 7e3b8d XX |
| 5F | Flame Grass | Fire magic – All enemies | 7e3b8e XX 7e3b8f XX |
| 60 | Ice Grass | Water magic – All enemies | 7e3b90 XX 7e3b91 XX |
| 61 | Thunder Grass | Thunder magic – All enemies | 7e3b92 XX 7e3b93 XX |
| 62 | Poison Grass | Poison magic – All enemies | 7e3b94 XX 7e3b95 XX |
| 63 | Life Grass | Heal magic – All allies | 7e3b96 XX 7e3b97 XX |
| 64 | Earth Grass | Earth magic – All enemies | 7e3b98 XX 7e3b99 XX |
| 65 | Holy Grass | Holy magic – All enemies | 7e3b9a XX 7e3b9b XX |
| 66 | Dark Grass | Dark magic – All enemies | 7e3b9c XX 7e3b9d XX |
| 67 | Ship’s Log | 7e3b9e XX 7e3b9f XX | |
| 68 | Prodigy Notebook | Sleep magic – Single enemy | 7e3ba0 XX 7e3ba1 XX |
| 69 | Difficult Book | Sleep magic – Single enemy | 7e3ba2 XX 7e3ba3 XX |
| 6A | Genius Notebook | Sleep magic – All enemies | 7e3ba4 XX 7e3ba5 XX |
| 6B | Strategy Book | Sleep magic – All enemies | 7e3ba6 XX 7e3ba7 XX |
| 6C | Porno Mag | Sleep magic – All enemies | 7e3ba8 XX 7e3ba9 XX |
| 6D | XXX Porno Mag | Sleep magic – All enemies | 7e3baa XX 7e3bab XX |
| 6E | Poem Diary | Heal effect – Single ally | 7e3bac XX 7e3bad XX |
| 6F | Sweet Wine | Fire magic – All enemies | 7e3bae XX 7e3baf XX |
| 70 | Handmade Cookie | Heal effect – Single ally | 7e3bb0 XX 7e3bb1 XX |
| 71 | Drawer Thing | Cure status – Single ally | 7e3bb2 XX 7e3bb3 XX |
| 72 | Sweet Honey | Heal effect – Single ally | 7e3bb4 XX 7e3bb5 XX |
| 73 | Sweet Memory | Heal effect – Single ally | 7e3bb6 XX 7e3bb7 XX |
| 74 | Super Vodka | Fire magic – All enemies | 7e3bb8 XX 7e3bb9 XX |
| 75 | Bitter Memory | Damage – Single enemy | 7e3bba XX 7e3bbb XX |
| 76 | Botched Cookie | Death magic – Single enemy | 7e3bbc XX 7e3bbd XX |
| 77 | Dragon Dung | Dark magic – All enemies | 7e3bbe XX 7e3bbf XX |
| 78 | Bitter Wine | Fire magic – All enemies | 7e3bc0 XX 7e3bc1 XX |
| 79 | Poison Mushroom | Poison magic – All enemies | 7e3bc2 XX 7e3bc3 XX |
| 7A | Gross Mushroom | Poison magic – All enemies | 7e3bc4 XX 7e3bc5 XX |
| 7B | Rotten Mushroom | Poison magic – All enemies | 7e3bc6 XX 7e3bc7 XX |
| 7C | Uniuji | Dark magic – All enemies | 7e3bc8 XX 7e3bc9 XX |
| 7D | Princess’s ??? | Revive magic – All allies | 7e3bca XX 7e3bcb XX |
| 7E | Gunso’s ??? | 7e3bcc XX 7e3bcd XX | |
| 7F | Letter | 7e3bce XX 7e3bcf XX |
That’s it for item cheats, but we’re not done yet. There’s also a bunch of miscellaneous cheats that can help you through to Bahamut Lagoon.
| Cheat Code | Cheat Effect |
|---|---|
| 7e8016 7f 7e8017 96 7e8018 98 | Infinite Money |
| 7e2765 7f 7e2766 96 7e2767 98 | Anastacia Exp |
| 7e23a5 7f 7e23a6 96 7e23a7 98 | Barclay Exp |
| 7e22a5 7f 7e22a6 96 7e22a7 98 | Bikkebakke Exp |
| 7e2125 7f 7e2126 96 7e2127 98 | Byuu Exp |
| 7e2725 7f 7e2726 96 7e2727 98 | Diana Exp |
| 7e23e5 7f 7e23e6 96 7e23e7 98 | Donfan Exp |
| 7e27e5 7f 7e27e6 96 7e27e7 98 | Ectarina Exp |
| 7e25e5 7f 7e25e6 96 7e25e7 98 | Frederica Exp |
| 7e24a5 7f 7e24a6 96 7e24a7 98 | Frenze Exp |
| 7e2365 7f 7e2366 96 7e2367 98 | Gunso Exp |
| 7e26e5 7f 7e26e6 96 7e26e7 98 | Jeanne Exp |
| 7e2665 7f 7e2666 96 7e2667 98 | Joy Exp |
| 7e2565 7f 7e2566 96 7e2567 98 | Lukia Exp |
| 7e28a5 7f 7e28a6 96 7e28a7 97 | Manyo Exp |
| 7e21e5 7f 7e21e6 96 7e21e7 98 | Matelite Exp |
| 7e25a5 7f 7e25a6 96 7e25a7 98 | Melodia Exp |
| 7e26a5 7f 7e26a6 96 7e26a7 98 | Mist Exp |
| 7e2865 7f 7e2866 96 7e2867 98 | Monyo Exp |
| 7e28e5 7f 7e28e6 96 7e28e7 98 | Munyo Exp |
| 7e2625 7f 7e2626 96 7e2627 98 | Nelbo Exp |
| 7e21a5 7f 7e21a6 96 7e21a7 98 | Palpaleos Exp |
| 7e2465 7f 7e2466 96 7e2467 98 | Reeve Exp |
| 7e2265 7f 7e2266 96 7e2267 98 | Rush Exp |
| 7e2525 7f 7e2526 96 7e2527 98 | Sajin Exp |
| 7e2225 7f 7e2226 96 7e2227 98 | Sendak Exp |
| 7e2325 7f 7e2326 96 7e2327 98 | Taciho Exp |
| 7e22e5 7f 7e22e6 96 7e22e7 98 | Truce Exp |
| 7e2825 7f 7e2826 96 7e2827 98 | Wahagai Exp |
| 7e2165 7f 7e2166 96 7e2167 98 | Yoyo Exp |
| 7e24e5 7f 7e24e6 96 7e24e7 98 | Zeroshin Exp |
| 7e27a5 7f 7e27a6 96 7e27a7 98 | Zora Exp |
| 7e2425 7f 7e2426 96 7e2427 98 | Zora’s Son Exp |
| 7e2965 7f 7e2966 96 7e2967 98 | Icedrake Exp |
| 7e29e5 7f 7e29e6 96 7e29e7 98 | Molten Exp |
| 7e2a65 7f 7e2a66 96 7e2a67 98 | Munimuni Exp |
| 7ef9c0 7f 7ef9c1 96 7ef9c2 98 | Puppy Dragon Exp |
| 7e29a5 7f 7e29a6 96 7e29a7 98 | Thunderh Exp |
| 7e2a25 7f 7e2a26 96 7e2a27 98 | Twinhead Exp |
| 7e2925 7f 7e2926 96 7e2927 98 | Salmando Exp |
Bahamut Lagoon Cheat Code FAQs
©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon
Does Bahamut Lagoon Have Achievements?
No. Even the re-released versions of the game on the Wii and Wii U didn’t add any form of achievement system, unfortunately.
Can I Use Bahamut Lagoon Cheats on an Emulator?
Yes! As a matter of fact, we’d encourage it! Finding an Action Replay cartridge for the SNES in this day and age is extremely difficult, whereas an emulator is just a search away. Most emulators support Action Replay cheats by default, so you shouldn’t have any issues here.
How Do I Enter Action Replay Cheats in Bahamut Lagoon?
This will depend on the emulator you’re using. However, as a general rule, you need to find the Cheats section of your emulator, which is usually located in the Settings menu. From here, it should be pretty self-explanatory to enter the cheats in Bahamut Lagoon.
The image featured at the top of this post is ©Screenshot from Bahamut Lagoon.