Wrecking Crew/Bonuses

Bonus Stage
After every four Phases, you play a Bonus Stage. A Bonus Coin is hidden behind one of the walls. Race Foreman Spike to be the first to find it. The time limit starts at 5000 and counts down as soon as you break the first wall.
 * If you find the coin, the remaining time will be added to your score as bonus points.
 * If Foreman Spike finds the coin, or if the timer runs out, you will not receive a bonus.
 * If the coin is behind the first wall you break, you will receive a 10,000 point Super Bonus.

MARIO Letters
On any Phase with at least 6 walls or bricks, breaking them in a certain order will reveal green letters that spell MARIO. Reveal all five letters in a single Phase to receive an extra life.
 * Player 2 will reveal the letters to spell LUIGI. The order will be the same.
 * Letters never appear behind ladders, bombs or pillars.
 * On some Phases, it isn't possible to reach all of the letters in the correct order.
 * MARIO letters will even appear on Phases you create yourself in Design mode, as long as you add at least 6 walls or bricks.

Prize Bomb
On any Phase with at least three bombs, one of them is designated as a Prize Bomb. If this bomb is the third one to explode, you will receive a prize. The prize you receive depends on the Phase number and how many times you swing the hammer after the Phase begins.
 * Pig (800 points)
 * Santa (1600 points)
 * Lucky Cat (3200 points)
 * Golden Hammer (3200 points and power up)

Golden Hammer
When you collect the Golden Hammer, the music will change and you will have the following special abilities until you lose a life:
 * You move faster
 * You can destroy Light and Dark Bricks with a single blow
 * You can hit approaching enemies and knock them down
 * You can hit Foreman Spike to make him fall down
 * You can continuously swing the hammer to cross gaps in the platforms

Calculating the Prize
There are 8 possible prizes when you hit the Prize Bomb. Each time you swing your hammer, you move along the prize table below by one space. To complicate matters, each Phase starts at a different position on the prize table.
 * Phase 09 starts at the same position as Phase 01, Phase 10 as Phase 02, etc.
 * If you swing the hammer 9 times, you will loop back to the start of the prize table. This means if a Prize Bomb requires 6 hammer swings to get the Golden Hammer, you can also use 14 swings, 22 swings, 30 swings, etc. to get the same result.
 * You will rarely be able to make the Prize Bomb explode with your first or second hammer swing, so these are usually listed in the guide as requiring 9 or 10 swings.

So Phase 04 (the first Phase to have a Prize Bomb) starts on the 4th prize (Santa). It takes 5 hammer swings to get the Golden Hammer.

Design Mode Codes
On the Design mode screen, enter the following button combinations on Controller 2: When you rebuild an existing Phase, you can also see the Phase's name. These are usually the names of the person who designed it.
 * & : Fills the screen with empty spaces
 * & : Fills the screen with yellow ladders
 * & : Fills the screen with stone ladders
 * & : Fills the screen with bombs
 * & : Fills the screen with walls
 * & : Fills the screen with light bricks
 * & : Fills the screen with dark bricks
 * & : Rebuilds the Phase currently displayed on the title screen