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Blaster Master Cheats & Cheat Codes for NES

Published: January 29, 2024 by Daniel Morris | Leave a comment

Blaster Master is a 1988 run-and-gun platformer developed and published by Sunsoft. It was released in Japan and North America as a NES exclusive, but it was three years before it was eventually released in Europe in 1991.

Upon release, Blaster Master was widely praised by critics for its ability to combine two different genres to create a brand-new experience. However, the lack of passwords meant the game had to be completed all at once, creating a difficulty curve that made it extremely tough to complete. In terms of sales, it isn’t clear how it performed, but its multiple sequels suggest it didn’t do too badly.

Blaster Master Premise

An in-game screenshot from Blaster Master. — ©Screenshot from Blaster Master.

Blaster Master has two types of gameplay sections. The first is the side-scrolling sections, played on foot and in the SOPHIA tank. Then, there are the top-down perspective levels, which pit you in a maze and have you fight waves of enemies to find your way out. The game makes it necessary to track back through some of these levels to progress further, with eight in total across the entirety of Blaster Master.

The SOPHIA tank is the star of the show. While playing the side-scroller levels, you will mostly control Jason in a tank, which has several different weapons you can use to defeat the underground mutants. However, you only have limited ammunition for some of your weapons, so the game does make you think about resource management at times. You can leave the tank at any time, which is how you get to the top-down levels.

The bosses in Blaster Master are defeated outside of the SOPHIA tank. However, their main purpose is to give you upgrades for the tank, which improves that section of the gameplay even further.

Blaster Master Main Characters

The story of Blaster Master doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that much is clear from the very first cutscene. Ultimately, the gameplay is the star of this particular title, with the story being a necessary vehicle to move the game from one level to another.

With that said, here are the main characters in Blaster Master.

Jason: Jason is the protagonist of the game. After his pet frog, Fred, falls into a hole in the garden, Jason follows, where he finds a tank named SOPHIA THE 3RD. He takes the vehicle and sets off into the Earth’s core to find his pet.
Fred: Fred is Jason’s frog. After escaping from his fish bowl, he falls into a hole in the garden, where he accidentally touches a radioactive chest, growing massively. He disappears after falling into the hole, and Jason must head out to look for his pet.
Plutonium Boss: The Plutonium Boss is the main antagonist of the game. A mutant living underground, he leads an army that is standing in Jason’s way while he looks for his friend.

Blaster Master Titles in the Series

The history of the Blaster Master series stretches back to 1988, when the original game was released. That’s almost four decades of history, with only nine games released in that time. It’s a series that keeps being revived, no matter how long it has been dormant for prior.

The most recent subseries, Zero, was developed by Inti Creates, taking over the driver’s seat from Sunsoft. It was a solid effort at reviving the series for good. Now, with a trilogy of games complete, it isn’t clear if we’ll be seeing more Blaster Master in the future. No plans are currently announced, so hopefully, we will get something more concrete at some point soon.

Blaster Master (1988)
Blaster Master Jr. (1991)
Blaster Master 2 (1993)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (2000)
Blaster Master: Blasting Again (2000)
Blaster Master: Overdrive (2010)
Blaster Master Zero (2017)
Blaster Master Zero 2 (2019)
Blaster Master Zero 3 (2021)

Blaster Master Cheat Codes

Blaster Master, unfortunately, has no cheat codes that you can enter. It doesn’t even have any level passwords, making it extremely difficult to complete the game. This was actually a big point of contention among critics, with many feeling it made it too hard.

However, if you play the game on an NES emulator, there are a bunch of amazing third-party Game Genie codes you can use to change lots of the game’s content. Most are a big help in completing Blaster Master much easier.

If you’re playing Blaster Master on an NES emulator like Mesen, you need to use these codes by locating the Cheats section of your emulator (for Mesen, this is Tools > Cheats).

Here are the full selection of Game Genie cheats for Blaster Master:

Blaster Master Game Genie Cheats

Cheat Code	Cheat Code Effect
EOESPZEI	Allows you to climb ladders anywhere.
AZVEGUAA ETNAZUEY	Allows you to climb ladders four times as quickly as normal.
APVEGUAA EYNAZUEY	Allows you to climb ladders twice as quickly as normal.
AEEPUNYA	You’re able to fight bosses when fully upgrade.
KKKSTV	All enemies or bosses die in one or two hits with any weapon.
AEPAZA	You always have the super gun.
OZVANGSX	Dangerous surfaces are like ice on the top-down levels in the game.
ZGUKZITP	When you die, you see the ending of the game.
SZOAUTVG	You don’t lose your gun when taking damage.
NNSATZAE	Drops don’t kill you.
XTVYGGAV AOXGYZEY YOXKAZLP SXKGLZAX	Enables level select.
ASOPYYEL	Your bullets now fire faster.
ATUPXIAZ	You now gain four times the energy from POW powerups.
NYUPXIAX	You now gain maximum energy from POW powerups.
AGUPXIAZ	You now gain two times the energy from POW powerups.
XVLAKO	Gives you infinite car energy.
NAUKGSTY	Gives you infinite continues.
NYAEIK	Gives you infinite health.
GZSOEEVK	Gives you infinite homing missiles.
SZXOALVG	Gives you infinite hover.
LVYAPT	Gives you infinite lightning.
GXSOVXVK	Gives you infinite multi-warheads.
GXKPEOVK	Gives you infinite thunderbreaks.
XVUIGNEO YYVSTZAE AEUEPZTA	Gives you invincibility against everything in the game.
ESVSITEY	Gives you invincibility, but only from direct enemy attacks.
NNOEKGAE AEOEXGZA	Gives you invincibility, but only from spikes.
OXNATPES	Allows you to jump while in mid-air.
YAASLY	Kills all enemies when they appear. Be careful with this cheat, as it makes the second boss invincible as well.
AAKOIUZA APSPALAL KISPLLAE	Gives you moon jump on the vehicle sections.
AAYEIG	Kills most bosses instantly.
OTOAUTVK ZTOAUTUK	You will no longer lose your gun.
NNUAXPAE AEUAEPZA	Poison grass can no longer hurt you.
YZXEAEEE UPXEPANO	You now shoot missiles instead of regular shots.
OZVYLSPX	Allows you to skip the intro screen to the game.
NNKKGZAE	Allows you to start a new game with Sofia fully upgraded.
PENKTXAE	Allows you to start from World 2.
AAEGZLZA	Allows you to start with one life.
IAEGZLZA	Allows you to start with six lives.
AAEGZLZE	Allows you to start with nine lives.
IAEKPLAA	Allows you to start with five of each weapon.
ZAEKPLAE	Allows you to start with 10 of each weapon.
YAEKPLAE	Allows you to start with 15 of each weapon.
LTEKPLAA	Allows you to start with 99 of each weapon.
NYEKPLAE	Allows you to start with 99 of each weapon as well as max hover.
SXVGOVSO SXVGKTAX OKXSYLAU UEUIALXV ESUIPLSZ LEUIZUZG OXUILUAO UEUIGLIV AVUIILLG	Allows you to walk through walls.

Blaster Master Cheat Code FAQ

What is the Invincibility Cheat in Blaster Master?

To get invincibility in Blaster Master, you should enter the cheat “XVUIGNEO YYVSTZAE AEUEPZTA.” This will make you invincible against everything in the game.

There are several other cheats that make you invincible against particular elements of the game too, and they can be found in the table above.

What is the Level Select Cheat in Blaster Master?

In the absence of an actual level select or password feature in Blaster Master, you can use the Game Genie code “XTVYGGAV AOXGYZEY YOXKAZLP SXKGLZAX.” This will allow you to choose from any level to play in the game.