Customer Cheat
* [J] [A] [M] [Enter] - These keys are to be pressed one at a time. When all are pressed, the message "Now you're Jammin'" appears, and you will be given all keys, and you will get 100% health. Your score will also be taken to 0. This will only work on the registered version of the game.
Debug Mode - Command Line Parameters
* POWERBALL - Enables debug keys. This also requires that you hold down the left and right shift keys during the JAM Logo intro. Don't hold them down until the white letters start to appear. Once the PC-13 screen is loaded, you can let go. You will hear a "ching" sound during the intro when debug mode has been successfully enabled. The "ching" sound will only happen if you have a sound card. If you have a PC speaker, you won't hear this.
* TICS - Display TIC INFO in score area.
* MUSIC - Enable music test mode: [backspace] [arrows] changes music.
* RADAR - Displays a rotating overhead view during gameplay. Please note that this REALLY slows the game down, to the point of being unplayable.
These cheat keys can be use during gameplay only if you invoked the program with the "powerball" parameter:
* [backspace] W - Warp to level ([shift] [W] loads the default map)
* [backspace] D - Player invisible (dumb objects)
* [backspace] G - God mode
* [backspace] I - Item cheat
* [backspace] M - Memory info
* [backspace] P - Pause screen
* [backspace] Q - Fast quit
* [backspace] A - Add Actors to Automap.
* [backspace] U - Unlock all floors
* [backspace] O - Show hidden walls on auto mapper
* [backspace] E - Quick Win Mission
* [backspace] B - Border color
* [backspace] C - Count objects
* [backspace] F - Facing spot
* [backspace] H - Hurt self (only if not in God mode)
* [backspace] S - Slow motion
* [backspace] V - Extra VBLs (Vertical Blanking Signal -- this will do nothing for most users)
* [backspace] [home] - Dec sky color (if ceiling textures are OFF)
* [backspace] [pgup] - Inc sky color (if ceiling textures are OFF)
* [backspace] [end] - Dec ground color (if ground textures are OFF)
* [backspace] [pgdn] - Inc ground color (if ground textures are OFF)
* [backspace] + - Add shading depth (if textures are OFF)
* [backspace] - - Dec shading depth (if textures are OFF)
* [backspace] ] - Inc shading drop off (if textures are OFF)
* [backspace] [ - Dec shading drop off (if textures are OFF)
* [shift] [tab] - Show full Automap containing all live actors.
These cheat keys can be used during gameplay:
* [6] [7] - Collect all bonus items (gold, ammo, health, etc).
* [7] [8] - Kill all actors.
* [6] [8] - Collect all bonus items and kill all actors.
Tech Support Command Line Parameter
These aren't really debug codes, or cheats, either. They're in here for Apogee's Tech Support to use in assisting customers who might be having problems running the game.
* VERSION - Display version information.
* SYSTEM - Display system information.
* HIDDENCARD - Disable checking for video card.
* NOJOYS - Disable checking for joysticks.
* NOMOUSE - Disable checking for mouse.
* NOMAIN - Disable checking for main memory.
* NOEMS - Disable checking for EMS memory.
* NOXMS - Disable checking for XMS memory.
* NOAL - Disable checking for Adlib.
* NOSB - Disable checking for Sound Blaster.
* NOPRO - Disable checking for Sound Blaster Pro.
* NOSS - Disable checking for Sound Source.
* SST - Disable checking for Tandy Sound Source.
* SS1 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT1.
* SS2 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT2.
* SS3 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT3.
* NO386 - Disable checking for 386.
* ENABLEGP - Enables notebook GamePort checking. (This will do bad things if you try it on an Acer.)
Notes
* "Customer Cheat" means it's the cheat given out with the registered version of the software.
* "Debug Mode" means it's an unsupported cheat mode.
* "Tech Parameter" means it's a code that does something, but really isn't a cheat, it's more or less there to help Apogee Customer Support.
* "Misc Command Line Parameter" is the same type of thing as Tech Parameter.

thanks again! :D

I can't seem to get the debug codes to work. I added -powerball to the end of the command line for the exe, and also held the shift keys at the appropriate time. Can anyone help?

you need to alter the autoexec section of the conf file to include the switch. wait for a ching sound. when you play the game the text "debug mode enabled" appears in the level name space.

If you can be a bit more specific as in...

a) The autoexec section of WHICH conf file
b) Given this isn't the old DOS version should the command line have, -powerball at the end or should it appear in quotes, i.e. "bstone powerball" as I've seen specified other places?

Thanks

a) dosboxBlakeAOG.conf is the file you need to edit.
b) it should read bstone powerball

This worked for me. I'm sure it'll also work with the dosboxBlakePS.conf file for Blake Stone: Planet Strike as well.

Just so people are clear this is how the end of both files should look...

autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
c:
cls
BS_AOG.EXE bstone powerball
exit

Thank you for the hard data, Jeffpiatt.

to correct all that what is written by others:

it is the dosboxBlakeAOG_single.conf to be edited

it is also enough just to write powerball behind the exe file.
this will look like that:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

@ECHO OFF
mount C ".."
c:
cls
BS_AOG.EXE powerball
exit

go to the jam screen and when under the jam screen the white writings appear then press the left and right shift buttons.

after the ching you can enter the cheats within the game

Well none of the edits work guys. No matter what I try, I can't get debug mode to enable. Is my timing wrong on the shift keys or am I editing the file wrong?

This is how the original file looks:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

@ECHO OFF
mount C ".."
c:
cls
BS_AOG.EXE
exit

This is how you say it should look:

@ECHO OFF
mount C ".."
c:
cls
BS_AOG.EXE powerball
exit

Yet I hold down the shift keys right as the JAM logo appears and let go at the PG-13 screen like you're supposed to. I don't hear the "ching" sound or see debug mode enabled text. Anything wrong?

or go through the Dosbox installation conveyance in Dosmodos. Because it works great with the Powerball command cheat. Simply copy the program to c with the file path. Then open the Dosbox and enter mount c: \. then press c: \ and then cd BSAOG to open the program. Then just enter bs_aog Powerball and the program starts. After the Apogee logo press the left and right shift key and you will hear a sound. Then open mission 1 and then press backspace + i or g or o in the game

I am using the source port to get full HD resolution in Blake Stone Aliens of Gold. How do I properly get the cheats to work at the same time i am running the bstone.exe source port to get the full HD? I am able to get the cheats to work using the powerball command in the aforementioned file, but I am not able to then go to the bstone.exe source port file to activate the cheats. Are there files I can edit to do this simultaneously, or workarounds? I appreciate all the help!