-- Ark 22 -- Adventure/rpg; Complete., Updated 08.11.07 Options

[opolop3d]

Secondly, I will reveal every single answer to the Samosaphone dialogue (i.e. cheats menu) as soon as someone finds one independently which I haven't already posted, i.e. not "I want my flask empty." and not "I want some Coffee.".

Happy hunting.
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I know this is an old post so i dont know if someone already replied. is 1-800-cheat-me one?
Also I'm stuck in the snow storm... I have the map but it dosnt show anything?
By the way the game is of almost profeshional standard and I am impressed. It is excellent and I enjoy its retro qualities. Its like a Zelda in space!

[Jaret]

I feel bad but I didn't like this... I think I am one of the only ones. For one, I could not find a savepoint and two, the story didn't interest all that much.

[Avatar101]

I found this glitch in the 4th dungeon when I watched an enemy slither into the same space so I gave it a try (entered from right side).



This post has been edited by Avatar101: Apr 11 2008, 09:30 AM

[1800askgeek]

I don't know if this is deliberate, but I can't use my bracelet after I've entered the pyramid. What I mean is, once I've stepped in, but leave, I can't use it any more, even where I could use it before entering the pyramid.

Edit: Odd, now it's working again. I don't know what changed.

This post has been edited by 1800askgeek: Apr 18 2008, 06:10 AM

[sandboxbuddy92]

OK...umm... I am seriously DYING to know those Samosaphone cheats! I completed ark22 about a year ago, and the question has been haunting me ever since! Does anyone know ANY codes besides "I want my flask empty" or whatever?

Ark22 is one of the most impressive games I've ever played BTW, after I started it I couldn't stop for a week. Being interested in music, I absolutely LOVED that pyramid dungeon near the end! That sequence was so cool it was CRAZY... the way that the music mixed perfectly with the concept of the dungeon was unreal! I loved it!

Also, does anyone know about that small island thing below the town you start in? It seemed like Srephog alluded to the fact that it had some significance in one of his earlier posts. Thanks!

This post has been edited by sandboxbuddy92: Apr 18 2008, 07:44 PM

[Srehpog]

EDIT: I figured it out, now I wish I could find out who needs the music CD volume 4

Item location lists (Warning: reveals everything)

I know this is an old post so i dont know if someone already replied. is 1-800-cheat-me one?

No - that's just the number to dial to reach the cheats operator. He's very picky about what you say afterwards, though.

Also I'm stuck in the snow storm... I have the map but it dosnt show anything?

The map is inactive inside the blizzard since you don't know where you are in the first place. There's an alternate set of directions hidden somewhere near - somewhere where you got the map originally.

I feel bad but I didn't like this... I think I am one of the only ones. For one, I could not find a savepoint and two, the story didn't interest all that much.

I doubt you're still playing, but just in case: from your comments about savepoints and story, it sounds like you might not have got past the opening prologue bit aboard the ship - which, as you say, isn't particularly interesting, and also doesn't contain any save points. If you crash the ship and advance the story a little, you'll easily find a couple of save points, and you might find things get more interesting.

OK...umm... I am seriously DYING to know those Samosaphone cheats! I completed ark22 about a year ago, and the question has been haunting me ever since! Does anyone know ANY codes besides "I want my flask empty" or whatever?

I still won't spill the whole cheats menu until someone finds one, but I will make it a little easier: the two we already have are:

• "I want my flask empty."
• "I want some Coffee."

The rest follow the same pattern. They all start with "I want ..." and end with a full stop. Also, they're not in game-language, e.g. "I want God Mode" or "I want unlimited ammo" isn't going to work. As final clues: there's one other one there quite similar to the Coffee one already, as well as two (the 'all cheats on' and 'all cheats off' strings) which are quite short.

Good luck.

Ark22 is one of the most impressive games I've ever played BTW, after I started it I couldn't stop for a week. Being interested in music, I absolutely LOVED that pyramid dungeon near the end! That sequence was so cool it was CRAZY... the way that the music mixed perfectly with the concept of the dungeon was unreal! I loved it!

I'm really pleased you liked that in particular. It's my favourite bit of the OST too... and favourite dungeon. Hmm.

Also, does anyone know about that small island thing below the town you start in? It seemed like Srephog alluded to the fact that it had some significance in one of his earlier posts. Thanks!

Um... I think it does... possibly not until much later. Or maybe you want to try the little hut along the raised platform in the village - the one with the chests game. I can't remember where that leads...

News:
Crash! .gmd corruption and other vile scheming. I will fix all bugs mentioned here, as well as the six-month backlog due to having to roll back to a June 2007 version, eventually.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Apr 19 2008, 08:42 AM

[sandboxbuddy92]

still won't spill the whole cheats menu until someone finds one, but I will make it a little easier: the two we already have are:

* "I want my flask empty."
* "I want some Coffee."


The rest follow the same pattern. They all start with "I want ..." and end with a full stop. Also, they're not in game-language, e.g. "I want God Mode" or "I want unlimited ammo" isn't going to work. As final clues: there's one other one there quite similar to the Coffee one already, as well as two (the 'all cheats on' and 'all cheats off' strings) which are quite short.

Good luck. smile.gif

Thanks for the hints. Those can suffice for now at least...

As far as hacking the Samosaphone myself, I've typed in a number of "strings", but none have yielded any results.
I could probably go on doing so for many more hours, and get the same result...

And thus there are a few things I'd like you to clarify:

1. I noticed that the word "Coffee" in "I want some Coffee." is capitalized, even though grammatically its capitalization isn't necessary. Since the codes REQUIRE that I use correct capitalization, should I expect that ALL keywords (such as Coffee) be capitalized?

2. Do the "all cheats on/off" codes still start with "I want", even though they are both relatively short?

3. Did you hint at something when you typed "I want unlimited ammo"?


Here are some of the things that I tried.

Regarding your hint about the string similar to "I want some Coffee.", I tried:

I want some Ammunition.
I want some ammunition.
I want some Rifle Ammunition.
I want some rifle ammunition.
I want some Pulse Ammunition.
I want some Pulse Rifle Ammunition.
I want some pulse rifle ammunition.
I want some Mines.
I want some mines.
I want some Kytri Mines.
I want some kytri mines.
I want some Credits.
I want some credits.
I want some Money.
I want some money.
I want some Premium Coffee.
I want some premium coffee.
I want some Premium Blend Coffee.
I want some premium blend coffee.
I want some Premium Blend Samosian Coffee.
I want some premium blend samosian coffee.
I want some Premium Samosian Coffee.
I want some premium samosian coffee.

As you can see, I switched the capitalization on my "keywords" every time, just to be safe.

And for the "all cheats on" one, I tried:

I want it.
I want all cheats on.
I want everything.
I want on.
I want activate.
I want to activate all cheats.
I want all cheats to activate.
I want all cheats.
I want.

Am I on the right track with any of these???

I'm desperate!

Um... I think it does... possibly not until much later. Or maybe you want to try the little hut along the raised platform in the village - the one with the chests game. I can't remember where that leads...

The house with the chests game doesn't lead to the island, it leads to a waterfall area. I've played the entire game through, gotten all upgrades, visited every house/area etc, and I still haven't found a way to it. If it were just an ordinary island, I wouldn't be wondering... but it DOES have a house on it, so... that makes me think that it's significant or something.

This post has been edited by sandboxbuddy92: Apr 22 2008, 04:10 PM

[Srehpog]

1. I noticed that the word "Coffee" in "I want some Coffee." is capitalized, even though grammatically its capitalization isn't necessary. Since the codes REQUIRE that I use correct capitalization, should I expect that ALL keywords (such as Coffee) be capitalized?

No, Coffee is the only capitalisation, as it's a proper noun throughout the game. Some other strings tend not to reference the object of your desire, i.e. not 'ammunition' or 'mines' or 'health' - more their effect.

2. Do the "all cheats on/off" codes still start with "I want", even though they are both relatively short?

Yes, they all do.

3. Did you hint at something when you typed "I want unlimited ammo"?

Not really - that doesn't bear any great resemblance to any of the inputs...

But I will say:

I want some premium Coffee.

I want it.

Am I on the right track with any of these???

Those two are extremely close.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Apr 25 2008, 09:21 PM

[1800askgeek]

I got it.

Another one is "I want it all."

Edit:

After playing with it a bit, it seems like it prevents your health, ammo, or bomb counters from decreasing... but there's a slight quirk in that if you shoot big (power-up) blasts, it still uses ammo.

This post has been edited by 1800askgeek: Apr 27 2008, 09:35 AM

[Ephixa]

Well, I for one did not enjoy this game.

To much coffee

Low frame rates?

The main character is a edit of link.

lost interest when I landed on the planet.

[Jaret]

Why am I the only one who did not enjoy this? Maybe I was broken at the time..... Will replay and force myself to enjoy this!!!

[Srehpog]

I got it.

Another one is "I want it all."

Well done. As promised:

Samosaphone cheats menu:

To dial the Samosaphone, enter "1-800-24328-63" or "18002432863", and answer the greeting with any reasonable derivation of the following: "Hi" or "Hello" or "Good day" or "Greetings" or "Ahoy" or "Yo" or "Hallo" or "Evening" or "Afternoon".

Then, to activate certain properties, type one of the following as they appear in bold below (i.e. same case and full stop):

• I want things to stop hurting. No health loss from enemies or pits
• I want things to hurt again. Reactivate health loss
• I want to fire forever. Unlimited rifle ammo
• I want to fire less. Reactivate rifle ammo costs
• I want explosions forever. Unlimited mines
• I want less explosions. Reactivate mine costs
• I want some Coffee. Single Coffee in flask (requires flask, empty)
• I want some proper Coffee. Premium Coffee in flask (requires flask, empty)
• I want my flask empty. Empty contents of flask
• I want it all. No health or ammo/mine loss, premium Coffee
• I want nothing. Reactivate health and ammo/mine loss, empty flask

Although currently amplified rifle shots still cause a 6-unit ammo drop:

After playing with it a bit, it seems like it prevents your health, ammo, or bomb counters from decreasing... but there's a slight quirk in that if you shoot big (power-up) blasts, it still uses ammo.

Fixing... thanks.

Happy cheating, everyone.

[Potnop]

Well, I for one did not enjoy this game.

To much coffee

Low frame rates?

The main character is a edit of link.

lost interest when I landed on the planet.

I had the same problems at first, minus the too much coffee and link edit...

I played it on a slower comp at first, and I lost interest on the planet... Then I played it again during chrsitmas break and it was amazing...

[cambesa]

the thing i don't like of this game is that it's changing the resolution and play in fullscreen.
i don't like fullscreen because you can't do other things during the game.
and i don't like resolution changing because all my screens like msn, firefox, winamp and all other windows will change their size.
i would love to play it when it was not full screen and not changing resolution.

why can't you just make it windowed?

This post has been edited by cambesa: May 5 2008, 10:58 AM

[sandboxbuddy92]

YESSSSSSS!!!! At LAST!!

That's so awesome I FINALLY know all the cheats.

I feel so good.

[FWGaming]

After a few years of seeing this game I finally downloaded it and tried it out. Despite horrible graphics, I am quite impressed! This is one of my favorite games produced with GameMaker! It is up there with Seiklus and my other favorites... I am stuck after the first dungeon but I am still determined to play this through the end!

[hardcoregamer]

dont worry be happy now
http://katchup.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/ar...more-attention/

[pokemorpher]

I'll probably sound like an idiot for asking this but, where is the stupid bagatelle room?!?

[tron1o7]

The boss in the first part, the helicopter does anyone know how many times you need to shoot it w/o shooting a rocket that is near it to destory the helicopter?

This post has been edited by tron1o7: May 23 2008, 12:09 AM

[blaketheawesomed...]

wish i could download this it looks grea but 20 megs is way too much for dialup, perhaps make a lite version without sounds or sumtin unless they are ery integral.