Street Fighter EX/Secrets

Fight against Akuma
Get 8 continuous wins against the computer (do not lose a round), or 32 continuous wins against a human opponent.

Fight against Garuda
Win with at least 2 perfects, 4 Super Combo finishes, at least one level 3 Super Combo finish, and a minimum number of comboed hits for particular characters: Allen, Darun Ryu, Ken, Zangief, Pullum, Cracker Jack, Blair Guile, Hokuto, Skullomania, Kairi Akuma none Doctrine Dark Chun-Li 

Skullomania alternate colors
Highlight Skullomania, press and hold Start, and press any button to select Skullomania in a different color.

Time release characters
Kairi, Allen, Darun, and Blair all become select-able after a machine has been in operation for over approximately 400 hours. Move the cursor beyond the visible row of characters to select them. Akuma also becomes select-able without the use of code after approximately 600 hours.

Unlock Kairi, Allen, Darun, and Blair
To unlock them automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine.

"Play as Akuma" Code
highlight Guile, press and hold the Start button, and enter:, then or.

Highlight Ryu or Ken, press and hold the Start button, and enter:, then or.

Unlock Akuma
To unlock Akuma automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Dot Cross Hatch screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine. Akuma will now be available on the character select screen at all times without requiring a code.

Play as Evil Ryu
Evil Ryu is Available at Start as Code. Highlight Ryu, press Start once, then press or.

Unlock "Play as Bloody Hokuto" Code
(This trick will only work once Bloody Hokuto's portrait appears in the high score ranking chart, approximately two weeks after the machine has been in operation, To unlock Bloody Hokuto automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:     . If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine. Highlight Akuma and press Start three times.  Then highlight Kairi and press Start two times. Finally, highlight Hokuto and press  or.

Unlock "Play as Cycloid ß" Code
(This trick will only work once Cycloid β's portrait appears in the high score ranking chart, approximately 200 hours after the machine has been in operation, To unlock Cycloid ß automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:    . If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine. Highlight Pullum and press Start four times. Then highlight Ryu and press Start three times. Finally, highlight Blair and press  or.

Unlock "Play as Cycloid γ" Code
(This trick will only work once Cycloid γ's portrait appears in the high score ranking chart, approximately four weeks after the machine has been in operation, To unlock Cycloid γ automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:     . If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine. Highlight Pullum and press Start four times. Highlight Garuda and press Start five times. Then highlight Guile and press Start four times.  Finally, highlight Doctrine Dark and press  or.

Unlock All Characters (Evil Ryu, Bloody Hokuto, Cycloid ß and Cycloid γ)
To unlock all of them automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Dot Cross Hatch screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine. All Characters will now be available on the character select screen at all times without requiring a code.

Fight Akuma in every stage
The game will be back on Stage 1, and the challenger in every stage will be Akuma.
 * 1) Have one player accomplish earning a fight with Akuma in stage 10.
 * 2) Have another player challenge and defeat the original player.
 * 3) Have the original player continue the game and fight against the challenger.
 * 4) The original player should win the fight.

Enable the hidden characters
As you play through Expert Mode, you will earn points. Earn enough points, and a hidden character will be enabled:

Options Plus Menu
If you manage to successfully complete all 220 missions in mission mode, you will enable the Options Plus menu inside of the Options menu. Initially, only one menu option will be available. To enable the rest, set the enemy option to "Plus," which will permit you to fight against CPU Akuma and CPU Garuda, but prevent you from fighting against Dhalsim and Sakura. Defeat CPU Akuma by reaching him using the method described above. When you do, the remaining options will be open to you. The options that are made available to you as a result are only applicable to training mode.

Alternatively, it can also be unlocked, initially, by completing Arcade mode.

Unlock hidden characters cheat
On the main menu, highlight "Practice" and press psx: Select. Then press psx: Up Dpad, psx: Right Dpad, psx: Down Dpad, psx: Right Dpad and psx: Select again. If you see the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the hidden characters will be selectable.

Team battle mode tricks
Once per game, you may allow the computer to take control of your fighter. Before a Team Battle fight begins, press and hold psx: L2psx: Select. You can also hide your selections from the other player by holding down psx: L2 before selecting your characters.

Barrel Bonus game
On the main menu, highlight "Practice" and press psx: Select. Then press psx: Up Dpad, psx: Up Dpad, psx: Right Dpad, psx: Up Dpad, psx: Right Dpad, psx: Up Dpad and psx: Select again. If you see the "Here comes a new game mode" message, the Barrel bonus game will be available. Enter the Practice menu, and select the new option called "Bonus". You need to input this code every time you play a new game. However, if you complete Expert Mode, you may enter the code, and then save your game, and it will remain available.

Alternate outfit colors
Highlight any character, and select them with punch or kick. Then press and hold.

Play as maskless Vega
Select Vega. On the VS. screen, press and hold until the match begins.

Unlock Shadow Geist and Kairi (Arcade only)
Both characters become available for selection when all of the characters on the Score Ranking table have at least 500,000 points each. To unlock them automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen Menu and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine.

Unlock Nanase and Garuda (Arcade only)
These characters may only be activated after Kairi and Shadow Geist are available. They become available when all entries in the Score Ranking table add up to at least 28,000,000 points. To unlock them automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen Menu and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine.

Enable secret boss fight against Shadow Geist
During the Ranking screen input these buttons from Player 1. You must enter this code each time you play arcade mode to guarantee a fight against Shadow Geist. Depending on game play it will change when he appears. (Super finishers/Perfects/etc).

Start This will cause the message "PUB1 SET" to be displayed on the lower right corner in red letters.

Enable secret boss fight against Kairi
During the Ranking screen input these buttons from Player 1. You must enter this code each time you play arcade mode to guarantee a fight against Kairi. Depending on game play it will change when he appears. (Super finishers/Perfects/etc).

Start This will cause the message "PUB2 SET" to be displayed on the lower right corner in red letters.

Time release characters (Arcade version)
Garuda, Shadow Geist, and Kairi each become available after the machine has been operating for a long period of time.

Garuda appears after 100 hours of activation. Shadow Geist appears after 200 hours of activation. Kairi appears after 400 hours of activation.

Once Garuda is available, on the Player Select screen there will be arrows to the left of Guile and to the right of Blanka. The arrows indicate how to select the available hidden time release characters.

Unlocked Garuda, Shadow Geist, and Kairi (Arcade version)
To unlock them automatically, enter the Test Mode of the arcade. Go to the Color Bar screen and input the following sequence of buttons from the Player 1 (left) side:. If you receive the "Here comes a new challenger" message, the code was input successfully, and you must restart the machine.

Enable all secret boss fights (Arcade version)
During the Ranking screen input these buttons from Player 1. You must enter this code each time you play arcade mode to guarantee a fight against Shadow Geist, Kairi and Bison II. Shadow Geist will challenge you on stage 3, Kairi will challenge you on stage 4 and Bison II will challenge you after defeating regular Bison.

Start This will cause the message "PUB1 SET" to be displayed on the lower right corner.

Manually unlock bonuses
To unlock hidden characters and bonus games, you must go to the Main Menu, and press psx: select the designated number of time next to the menu item specified.

Extra Random Select
In certain modes (Arcade, Vs, Team, and Vs. Vega II), you can have your character be randomly chosen every battle, simply by highlighting a random select square (? box), holding psx: Start, and pressing any button. When you hold Start, the words 'EXTRA' should appear, and during actual gameplay, your character's name will be in orange instead of white. After each battle (even for the bonus stages), your character will be randomly chosen (this also happens if you Quick Select after losing to Kairi or Shadow Geist).

Fight Shadow Geist
You can fight Shadow Geist on the 3rd or 4th stage. You must play without losing a round or continuing, and perform at least one Excel Combo per round on Stage 2 or 3. You don't have to kill your opponent with the Excel, but you do need to damage them while the Excel is active. If you have the rounds set to 1, then you need only do one Excel combo on stage 2 or 3.

Fight Kairi
You can fight Kairi on the 3rd or 4th stage. You must play without losing a round or continuing, and perform at least 4 Meteor Combo finishes and 2 Perfect wins before the 3rd or 4th stage in order for him to appear. If you have the rounds set to 1, then you need 2 Meteor Combo finishes and 1 Perfect win.

Fight M. Bison II
You can fight M. Bison II only after beating regular M. Bison. You must reach him without losing a single round or continuing. There are a few ways to make M. Bison II appear, but the simplest method is performed by beating Kairi or Shadow Geist, then beating M. Bison with a special finish (SC, MC, or Excel).

Unlock hidden characters
Every time you beat Original Mode, you will unlock a hidden character. They are unlocked in this order: Sagat, M. Bison, Garuda, Shadow Geist, Kairi, Pullum, Area, Darun, and Rosso. It does not matter what difficulty you play on or whether or not you continue.

Fight a secret character
In Original Mode, you can fight a secret character on Stage 5 instead of your normal opponent (Sagat). To do this, you must finish the first four stages with a Meteor Combo, Meteor Tag Combo, or Critical Parade. It's okay if you have to use continues. Depending on who you are playing as, you will fight these characters:
 * Hokuto or Nanase will fight Kairi at Stage 5.
 * Skullomania or Sharon will fight Shadow Geist at Stage 5.
 * Ken, Sagat, Sakura, M. Bison, or M. Bison II will fight Evil Ryu at Stage 5.

Fight M. Bison II
To fight M. Bison II, choose Original Mode and set the difficulty to Normal. By the time you reach the final stage, you must have earned 500,000 or more points, not used any continues, and finished off each character with a combo. To fight M. Bison II on Hard difficulty, you must have not used any continues by the time you reach the final stage. Sometimes, M. Bison II is your only opponent, while at other times, you have the choice of choosing between fighting him or regular M. Bison.

Fight True M. Bison
Play Original Mode with the difficulty set to Hard. By the time you reach the final stage, you must have earned 500,000 points and not used any continues. In addition, you must finish each round with a Meteor Combo, Meteor Tag Combo, or Critical Parade (which is the only way to earn that many points in only five rounds).