Okay, I discovered this one years ago while playing with a friend of mine on a split screen. So, what's so much fun about a glitch in the game? Well, this one lets you to do one particularly interesting thing. It can reset your console. The way to achieve this, is to skip the checkpoint on the stage you can see in the video [link to which you can find at the bottom of this post] and instead of switching to the snowboard, stay on the ATV. By doing this, you can pretty much explore large portions of the stage, within the time limit, that you wouldn't be able to get to otherwise. Like the whole snowfield behind the wooden housses. There's a gap in the mountains. If approached right, it can be climbed with the ATV. Then the field is all yours to explore. Anyways, after you skip the vehicle change, you can continue on your ATV even through the canyon, which you're supposed to cross on a glider. At the end of the canyon, there's a section filled with water. You fall down, and as soon as your ATV hits the water texture, the DreamCast restarts itself and goes back to the bios menu. If anyone with administrative privilages thinks this topic doesn't belong here, feel free to move it. And here's the video of one of my gameplays [me on the right screen] which ended, intentionally, with a reset. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfSx-CpNusU P.S. - Sorry for the lack of sound, I made it a while back, and I skipped the audio because of webspace limitations.
Now that's a cool glitch. Does it work in one player mode as well? I'm going to try that one out tonight. At the moment I'm playing Head Hunter which has loads of glitches however there is one place on the 2nd disc that's very bad. It's the room with the angel statues around the room in the Bio Lab. Even just entering your stats screen can cause the game to crash!! Very bad room that. It's as if it was never tested. Yakumo
It's been some time since I tried that, so I'm not sure if it works in one player mode. I'm sure I checked it though. I'm only guessing that since I made the clip in two player split screen mode, it wouldn't work any other way. The glitch was found and reproduced dozens of times on my PAL version of the game on both 50 and 60Hz refresh rates. Yakumo, you probably have the japanese version, right? If you check it out, write a few words on how it worked for you. Oh, and another thing. In the video I go behind the treeline of where the snowboard switch is supposed to occur. You can go in front of the trees but It's a bit trickier. Two things you have to watch out for are being "sucked" towards the snowboard, and the second one is another glitch I would guess. You can find yourself between two rows of trees, and if you do, it's REALLY tough to get out at times. You have to think about time limit, so if you're stuck in there, it's better to start over than try to get out. And I challange you all to make it through the canyon on an ATV without crashing at speed similar to mine.
I got it to work on the Japanese version in 1 player mode !! To miss the snow board exchange you must drive behind the set of trees to your left. It's really easy to do. Once done you can drive off the map forever until you crash. You'll need to use an action replay to stop the timer though. Here is the code I used. - B326C6380000064F It should be for the US version of the game but it works fine on the Japanese one so should work on the PAL game too. Also the Japanese version doesn't reset once you hit the water. I managed to get to the 3rd pool before getting stuck in a continuous loop of drowning. Yakumo
Ha! It works pretty nice, doesn't it? I'll try the code for stopping the timer when I get the chance. I always wanted to explore the offroad areas a bit more. And I was wondering if you can actually finish the game with an ATV. If time is no longer an issue, it should be possible to get to the glider landing spot by driving off the left ledge of the canyon. The canyon ends and goes into this cave, where you're suppose to land, thus finishing the stage. I could never get there because PAL version resets as I hit the water and there's not enough time [without the code] to get there through the fields. The idea I had, was to go diagonally from behind the wooden houses at the glider switch point. Theres a space in between the mountains that allows you to enter the fields. Up there you can just drive in general direction of the finish line and, if time allows, you should be able to drive off into the canyon and plunge pretty much into the cave's entrance. I would have to check the boxes for Extreme Sports, because I packed it along with some other games [small apartment, can't have everything on display] so if anyone has the time to test my little theory on getting to the finish line, please write a few words on how it went.
I tried that but it can't be done or maybe it's just very tough. The area becomes very icey making it tough to drive up the hills causing you to get stuck in holes. Took me 5 minutes to get out of one dip. I'm not going to give up though. I'll have another try later tonight. Yakumo
I actually got quite far on the ice fields on my way to the finish line and the only thing that stopped me was time. It's ok as long as you're not bumping into things and losing speed. The icy surface can carry you fast, but if you stop, it can get a bit frustrating when you're not able to get out of even the smallest holes. I wish I had the game and DreamCast right here and now to try it all out along with the time code. Instead I have to be at work for 6 more hours!
It's official !! You can get to the finish line with the ATV. I tried the way Morden suggested but it just can't be done because you come to an area that it impossible to climb resulting in you falling to the water or crashing. However I found a way it can be done !! First take a look at the below image That is straight after the first jump at the very start of the race. Turn to your left so that you are heading west then climb up the mountain. You may need to use a bit of boost to get up there but it can be done very easily. Once up there keep heading North West. Just keep going and going. If you see a large hill coming up use some boost to help you over it. You ATV will tend to slide to the right however due to the game engine switching the bikes physics to those of the snow board at some point. Sooner or later you will come to the area shown below. Notice how the rock area and the snow area suddenly stop and start? What ever you do, DON'T head towards the rock area ! Stick to the snow area. The rock area will lead you to the place that Modern was talking about. The snow area is a bitch to travel across but it can be done ! Keep going slightly North West until you notice nothing but sea in the far right background. This is the end of the area. Now, if you crash at this point you will be automatically ported to the canyon next to the big lake. You don't want to do this because you'll never reach the end. You'll just get stuck in a loop of drowning. Best thing to do is keep going straight across the snow for about thirty seconds to one minute. Now it's safe to crash. You'll be ported near the very small pool of water near the finish line or just past the finish line. All the other characters will be waiting there. however you can't actually finish the race ! You can drive around the finish area though. Unfortunately my phone's battery ran out after I had taken the picture above :sad: I'll see if I can make a video of this at the week end. You can also have fun on the other courses as well. Here I am on my mountain bike at two different check points that would normally be impossible to get to. Yakumo
Cool! Since it's friday, I'll try some new tricks myself over the weekend. I wish I had the timer stop code and an action replay when I discovered the glitch. It's tons of fun! What's really amazing is how huge this game can be! In many games the track is all you can see. It's modelled so that areas you're not supposed to reach simply aren't there. If you get off the track, you bump into an invisible wall or something of that kind and the fun stops there. Here not only you can go offroad, but on top of that you can explore all these areas that are actually bigger than the track itself and it seems you can cut corners. I can't wait untill I try this again, with the code this time.
I think the game engine is programmed to automatically generate the area to a certain degree. That's why the worlds are vast. They aren't built like a traditional 3D world but generated by the console or at least that's what I remember reading. It's also why the game has that odd morphing effect on some mountains. Yakumo
I haven't red about this, but you can see this on the ATV / snowy track. You can see all the pits and canyons form in front of you as you drive. It's very clear at the start of the track. When you plunge into the first hole in the ground. I think there's a chopper flying by at that point. You see the ground in the distance, and then it suddenly collapses into a rift. This always happends before you get there and it looks quite cool actually. Extreme Sports really is a great game. Gameplay and code wise. Even the glitches are cool.
Finally I've found some time to test the glitch along with Yakumo's GameShark code. It worked on my PAL version, so that's good. And I've been able to get to the very end without having to crash. Basically, I did what I've always planned to do, except I stuck to the rocky areas, and came from the other side of the canyon. From where I got there, before you drop down to the finish you can clearly see that this is the end of the road either way. There's a massive water area hidden behind the mountains that you wouldn't normally see. I made a movie with EyeToy cam, but YouTube is down at the moment. Good thing I took a few photos aswell. "Hello there mates! Sorry for being so late. I had to drop half a mile down just to get here. Good thing my ATV is quite sturdy! - http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7837/dsc02085tv6.jpg "It's a barrel on wheels! You look like an idiot!" "No! It's a TANK! *pout*" http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6826/dsc02087lv6.jpg
Uploaded it on Google Video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3492863816756241891 And for those who like YouTube better... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCurr1m-WPw
You should have shown the massive lake that you normally wouldn't see. I'll see if I can do a video over the weekend. I did notice though that on the PAL version your ATV looked as if it was floating over that pool. On the Japanese version you actually sink in to that. Maybe they both have different code which is why I couldn't make it the way you said works. Yakumo
Actually, this little pool near the finish is the only place on that track [as far as I know and have tested] where the game doesn't reset directly upon the contact with water. Anywhere ealse, if your vehicle comes in contact with water, the game resets immediately sending you back to the bios screen. I've noticed that you float on that little pool though, so I messed around with it. When the screen goes black at the end of the movie, that's when the game reset itself. I just didn't include the bios menu in the movie. I guess I played it for all it could handle and it rebooted. I had to actually find the game and the GameShark most importantly. That's why I didn't post anything sooner. But now that I have them, I'll make some new videos over the weekend. I'll try to mess around with the other tracks. All of this being possible thanks to your infinite time code. You really helped me out with that. Thanks. I've explored most of the area that can be reached by ATV yesterday. Including going over the mountain that's behind you when you start the game. I climbed it using boost. It seems that no matter where you go though, you'll eventually end up by the endless sea. I'd love to explore the "shore" but when you get there it's always the same. You basically have to drop from a vertical wall. There's no way I can break on the one meter of snow after that gigantic drop. I always hit the water and reset the game. The endless sea nearest to the finish line is on the left side of the mountain that looks like a pyramid [perfect triangle]. Watch my last video. There's a moment when I go back up and climb the rocks. I'm headed towards that mountain at first and you can see the blinding sun. Then I turn left a bit, just to have better surface to ride on. You can see the gap between the pyramid mountain and the mountain on the left. The one I eventually slide off from, because it's covered with snow and I didn't have any boost left to climb it. That's how I got down. I jumped off that left ledge. And if you had some boost [btw. is there an infinite boost code? that would help too] you could enter the gap in between these mountains. That's where the endless sea is. You can see the chain of mountains that divides the sea from the canyon where the three lakes are. I'll try to make a complete run and upload it on monday. I did get there without crashing once. You just have to be careful with the uneven rocks when at high speeds or when dropping from great heights.
I wish here was a boost code as well. There must be some way of creating codes for the Saturn action replay like you could with the Saturn version. By the way, I tried to climb the mountain at the beginning on the Stage that has ATV, Bikes, Gliders and snowboard (on sand !!) It's impossible to get to the very top since it just seems to keep growing. I did manage to get very far up though until I was almost at the sky !! That stage also seemed to have an endless sea from what I could tell. Yakumo
Ok. This is what you've all been waiting for, right? Behold! A complete run from start to finish on an ATV. No crashing. You can see the endless sea just before I drop down into the canyon where the finish line is. That's basically the easiest way to get to the finish line. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmUjUV-V5Wk And a little bonus video. This was probably the highest place you could get to on an ATV. On this track at least. The clip ends with infinite drowning loop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSICCbyXkmU
