Code Buster
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! WarioWare Gold
League	Mash League
Type	IQ (Orbulon,Mega Microgame$!) Fantasy (Dribble & Spitz,Gold)
Command(s)	Input! (Mega Microgame$!/Mega Party Game$!) Open! (Gold, level 1) Defeat! (Gold, level 2) Go forth! (Gold, level 3)
Info	"Follow the instructions and press the buttons as indicated, earthling!" (Mega Microgame$!) "If you wanna keep the adventure goin', do exactly what the commands tell you to do. One mistake and you're done!" (Gold)
Controls	// – Enter (Mega Microgame$!/Mega Party Game$!) – Enter (Gold)
Time limit	16 beats
Target score	25 (Mega Microgame$!) 15 (Gold)
Music track	Praise or Haze II (Mega Microgame$!) Code Buster (Gold)
Music sample

Code Buster is one ofOrbulon'smicrogames found in theIQ folder inWarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! It later appears inWarioWare Gold as one ofDribble & Spitz's microgames in theFantasy set within theMash League.

Gameplay[edit]

The objective of the game is to follow the instructions on the screen and press the buttons to enter the commands. If the player presses the wrong button or holds the button in wrong order, the game ends in a loss.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$![edit]

Each press will beep either once or twice, which can trick players to count the number of presses; therefore, they would have to concentrate on the number of actual presses, rather than the number of beeps they have heard. This is the only microgame inWarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! where is used, though it is used in a way that makes the player always lose the microgame.

• 1st level difficulty: The codes require the player to press a button while holding another:
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
• 2nd level difficulty: The codes vary in pattern:
  • "After pressing5 times, press!"
  • "Press3 times, thentwice!"
  • "Pressup,down,left andright in the proper order!"
• 3rd level difficulty: The codes require more presses than the previous level:
  • "After pressing8 times, press!"
  • "Press2 times, press, press3 times!"
  • "Press,,,,,,,!"

WarioWare Gold[edit]

The game has the player reading the code on a lock or out of a spell book. The context varies with each stage. Pressing has no effect.

• 1st level difficulty: The goal is to unlock a door. The codes require the player to press a button while holding another:
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
  • "While holding, press!"
• 2nd level difficulty: The goal is to defeat a dragon. If it fails, the dragon will breathe fire. The codes require more presses than the first level:
  • "Press,,,!"
  • "Press,,,!"
  • "Press,,,!"
  • "After pressing5 times, press!"
  • "After pressing5 times, press!"
  • "Press3 times; press2 times!"
• 3rd level difficulty: The goal is to destroy a gate. If it fails, snakes will appear. The codes require more presses than the second level:
  • "Press2 times; press3 times; press!"
  • "Press3 times; press2 times; press3 times!"
  • "Press3 times; press2 times; press3 times!"
  • "After pressing7 times, press!"
  • "After pressing7 times, press!"
  • "Press,,,,,,,!"
  • "Press,,,,,,,!"

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• On level 3, one of the codes is a reference to theKonami Code.

• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! microgames
• WarioWare Gold microgames
• IQ microgames

• Articles with unsourced foreign names