Special attacks
Set the control option to "Classic". All
of the following except "Rear fire" require energy to
use.
Freeze: Press [Up], [Down], [Up].
Jump: Press [L1] + [R1].
Land mine: Press [Right], [Left], [Down].
Charge Mine: Press [Right], [Left], then hold [Down].
Invisibility: Press [Left]x2, [Down]x2.
Shield: Press [Right]x2, [Down]x2.
Rear fire: Press [Left], [Right], [Down] + [Fire].
Alternate fire
Press [Down], [Up], [Down] + [Fire]
to place gas cans on the ground like a remote bomb. Press [Fire]
again to detonate. If you wait long enough they will charge up
and will be able to produce an explosion that is extremely powerful.
Note: This does not work with all weapons.
Recover special weapon fire
When using a special weapon that charges, hold down
[Fire] and press the weapon selection either way to stop
using the original charging special weapon without firing it,
or suffering a weapon backfire ammo penalty.
Proximity rocks
When using Manslaughter, press [Left], [Right],
[Down] then use the special.
Reverse Turbo
To turbo in reverse, press [Gas], then hold [Down]
(Reverse) + [Gas].
Advanced freeze
Hold [L1] + [L2] + [R1] + [R2]
and press [Right], [Left], [Up].
Get out of Freeze attack
If you are frozen, press [Turbo] to break out
of it.
Stay equipped in story mode
In story mode, destroy all enemies on a stage except
for one. Before destroying the final enemy, cruise around and
get as many power-ups as you can carry. Also, save your special
attacks until you cannot hold any more. Once you destroy the last
enemy, you can carry these power-ups to the next stage (assuming
you do not lose a life or use the power-ups).
Downtown level: Extra Power Missiles
and health
Select game mode and car and begin game play in the
Downtown level. Collect at least three gas cans. Find the "R&D
CHEMICALS" sign. Next to it are three to four large white
spherical propane tanks. One is hidden behind another. Lob a gas
can at all of the visible tanks. Two of them will break off their
supports and roll into the street. Both of them will strike a
different building. After the explosions, the building will fall
into the ground. In their place will be a large number of health
and power missile power-ups.
Downtown level: Extra health
Go to the elevator opposite the side of the collapsible
building. When you are near the top, press [R1] + [R2]
to gain extra health.
Drive-in Movie level: Movie screen
Destroy the big movie screen and watch for your car
in the clouds where the screen would be. This will not work if
the movie projector (located across from the screen) is destroyed.
This does not unlock anything.
Downtown level: Hell attack
On the Downtown arena, have an environment special
weapon form the previous stage. Use the power-up on the Downtown
arena and Hell Attack will start. A helicopter appears in the
middle of the arena and fires large amounts of missiles.
Hint Junkyard level: Easy Endurance kills
Get as many weapons and environment pickups as you
can. Then, jump into the Half-ed bomber that the environment weapon
activates. The CPU AI will sit under or around the bomber. Use
the environment weapon and fire rockets. They will have trouble
shooting you -- keep hiding here until you rack up enough kills.
To get an easy fifteen kills in endurance mode in the Junkyard
to unlock the Prison Ship level, choose Spectre. As soon as you
start, destroy the pizza boy on a crane to create the ramp to
the up-and-down crusher. Note: Using two gas cans on it works
well. Use the ramp to get on the crusher. The CPU cars usually
cannot make the jump, have a hard time hitting you, and sometimes
get hit by it. There is regenerating health to heal any damage
done to you, and Homing Missiles for when you run out of Ghost
Missiles. Note: That this method takes a long time (at least half
an hour), but does guarantee fifteen kills.
Junkyard level: Quick death
Enable the "Invincibility" code. Go on top
of the large car crusher where you would get the black cube. Shoot
down the plane with a homing missile. As it flames towards its
destined crash site, go to that location. Do not worry about the
cars that will probably follow you. Wait there until the plane
crashes. When it crashes, whoever was fighting you will now be
dead from the crash. A sign at the top of the screen reading "Jet
Crash Fatalities" will appear.
Freeway level: Enter Minion's Stadium
when he is not there
There is a road that leads down to Minion's Stadium
on the left side of the highway, if you are approaching from the
cranes. There will be a Derby race going on, but Minion will not
be there.
Freeway level: Destroy a bridge
Find the bridge were the El Rail goes on. Take a gas
can and throw it at the side. If done correctly, the bridge will
blow up, and later the train will fall off and crash in a pile.
Note: This does not unlock anything.
Prison Ship level: Electrocute men
On the Prison Ship level, you can run over a box marked
"Danger High Voltage" and watch the three men who are
sitting in chairs get electrocuted. They are near the front of
the ship on a platform. The box is right in front of them.
Prison Ship level: Explode Calypso's
blimp
Select story mode and play the Prison Ship level with
any character. Get two environments and you can explode Calypso's
blimp in the air. It will crash down, and about twenty burning
people will run everywhere.
Snowy Roads level: Easy win
When you get the chance in story mode, select Snowy
Roads instead of Drive-In Movie. When you start the level, drive
to the area where the lightning is located and find a place in
the blockades that is partially open. Drive slowly down and you
will be on an extended platform that has health and some weapons.
Stay down there. The CPU players will start racing towards you
and fly straight off the cliff, right over you. Be careful with
Warthog , as he seems to be able to get up quite easily.
Suburbs level: Ferris wheel
Go up the hill towards the Ferris wheel. From here,
you will be able to shoot out one of the legs that holds up the
wheel. Once the leg is destroyed, the wheel roll through the town
and eventually fall into the ocean.
Suburbs level: Knock down buildings
Begin game play as if you were going to get the black
cube for Minion's Stadium. Before you go onto the elevators, look
at the chemical plant. You will see two rows of big, spherical
chemical tanks. Hit each row with a gas can. One tank from each
row will roll to a building and knock it down. This may require
a few attempts. Note: Enable the "God mode" code for
unlimited gas cans.
Axel: Secret special attack
While playing as Axel, select your special weapon,
then press [Up]x3. Axle will pull his big wheels together
and them ram into someone, causing more damage than his other
special. Note: You only have a few seconds to ram into someone.
Crazy 8: Secret special attack
While playing as Crazy 8, select your special weapon
and press [Down]x3, [Up]x3. A purple shield will appear
instead of a silver one. To fire the purple shock you must be
close to somebody, and then press [L2].
While playing as Crazy 8, select his special weapon. Then press
[Up]x3 to make his front end light up with electricity.
This also works by substituting [Left]x3, [Right]x3,
or [Down]x3 for the corresponding side.
ManSlaughter (Black): History
ManSlaughter, or Black, was actually mentioned in Twisted
Metal by Darkside (Mr. Ash) and a reference by Pit Viper.
Darkside wanted to take a demon back named Black, and Calypso
refused, but Darkside took Black with him forcefully. In Pit Viper's
Ending, she Fires at Calypso and his Henchmen, but lets Black
go. All these references are found in Darkside and Pit Viper's
Endings on Twisted Metal.
Minion: Secret special attack
While playing as Minion with any car, hold [L2]
+ [R2] + [R1] + [L1] and press [Right], [Left],
[Up]. This attack requires almost all of your "magic"
meter.
Mr. Grim
Look out to the left side of Road Kill at the vehicle
selection screen to see Mr. Grim.
Outlaw: Secondary special weapon
While using Outlaw's special weapon, press [L2]
again. Outlaw will fire a blue power missile out of the front
of its car. This only works when an enemy is within your front
view. It will not work when Outlaw's special is shooting backwards.
Outlaw: Extra damage
Use outlaw's special and at the same time hold [R2].
The machine gun and special gun should hit whoever is in front,
causing extra damage.
Shadow: Secret special attack
While playing as Shadow, select her special attack
weapon and press [Up]x3. She will come through the roof
and fire a turret weapon at her opponents, Outlaw-style.
Sweet Tooth: Surprise attack
Have at least two or three specials. Find an opponent
then unleash your Mech-a-Missiles from Sweet Tooth. While firing,
hold [L1] + [L2] + [R1] + [R2] and press [Right],
[Left], [Up]. You should hear the sound of a cannon
and see three big fireballs and a freeze ball. You should hit
your opponent with twenty hits, a x2 Missile Bonus, and the Special,
resulting in lots of damage. Note: You will lose almost all of
your energy bar.
Sweet Tooth's family
After you unlock Yellow Jacket, watch his introduction
sequence. The boy will say that he has a brother. When he says
this, you will see Sweet Tooth standing in front of the boy and
his father with his back towards the screen. If you look at the
profile for Sweet Tooth in the Twisted Metal 3 manual,
it will say that Sweet Tooth's real name is "Needles Kane".
The drivers for Yellow Jacket are Charley Kane and son.
Warthog: New hands
Look at Junkyard Dog at the vehicle selection screen.
Find the window below his back tire to see Warthog and his new
pair of hands.
Yellow Jacket: Easy endurance counters
Select any level and enable the "God mode"
and "One hit kill" codes. Highlight the special, so
the spikes will come out.
Defeating Warhawk
Shoot the tankers while they are on the helipad. Warhawk
does not need to be above them. Warhawk's shields will take damage.
After enough tankers are destroyed, Warhawk's shields will cease
to exist and the tankers will stop appearing. Remember to restore
your health often on the level, and hide when you need to. Also
try using the skill weapon "Satellite" for major damage.
Three tankers need to be destroyed while Warhawk is near them.
The farther away he is, the more tankers will need to be destroyed.
After you have destroyed his shields, drive directly to the middle
of the Heli-Pad. Warhawk will then hover above you. While he is
hovering, turn around directly on that spot until you see nine
spikes in front of you, which is the nose of the Helicopter. Pummel
the spikes with whatever weapons you have and watch his life bar
drop down. He will take off again and hit you with some missiles.
You can move back and forth to avoid them or just pick up the
health from Calypso's own helicopter (most of the time it is nearby).
Warhawk will return and hover over you again. Repeat these steps
until he is defeated.
If you are using Crazy 8, you can defeat Warhawk without blowing
up his shield. Just use Crazy 8's special on him.
Extra health
After you destroy an enemy car, run over the flaming
driver for a little (but well needed) boost of health.
Launching people into the air
First, freeze an opponent, then proceed to blast them
with the most powerful attack you have (preferably your player's
Special), as far as you can under their vehicle. Sweet Tooth seems
to work the best.
Watch yourself in movie
Choose the Millennium Drive in movie and look at the
screen. You will see yourself doing exactly what your currently
doing.
Recommended car
Choose Mr. Grimm, then enable the "Invincibility"
and "Weapons for health" codes. You now have Mr. Grimm's
speed, special, and turning without his armor weakness.
Glitch: Invincibility when fighting Minion
Damage yourself to the point that you have no lives
left, then get your health down to the point where if you get
hit one more time, you will die. Get reasonably close to Minion.
Wait until he starts firing at you, then, quickly use the button
combination for your shield. The shot from Minion must hit you
at the exact moment that you hit the last button in the shield
combination. If done correctly, your car will explode and a shield
will appear around the wreckage. Restart the level. Now you should
have a shield that will last for the entire time that you play
the level.
Glitch: Suburbs: Fall into building
In the Suburbs level, play as if you were to going
to get the black cube. From the first building, jump the adjacent
row of buildings. To the left should be a tall black building
and to your right a flat building. Do not use turbo. Go to the
edge, speed up, and jump to the flat building. If done correctly,
you should hit the corner and fall into the building. This may
require a few attempts. It may take awhile to get out, but eventually
you will fall, hit ground, and be able to drive out of the concrete
walkway.
Glitch: Vanishing bus
When selecting your car, press [Circle] to look
at the driver. Sometimes the bus behind Roadkill will vanish.
Glitch: Disappearing missiles
Before you complete a level, switch your weapon into
a missile (homing and fire missiles recommended). When the screen
says that you won, the missile will disappear.
Glitch: Wasted repair
In any level (excluding those without repair shops),
go to a repair shop when at critical health. Let an enemy shoot
you as you go up the ramp to repair your vehicle. If done correctly
your car should explode and will have wasted a repair.
Glitch: Fall through roof
In multi-player mode, choose either the Warhawk or
Skyscrapers level. Enable the "God mode" code. While
on the highest roof of the Skyscrapers level, continue to freeze
each other repeatedly. In time, one of the two drivers will fly
into the air, land, and fall through the roof. This will not work
in every attempt.
Glitch: Freeze kill
Enable the "God mode" code. Freeze an enemy
and continue to rapidly tap [Up] and [Down] to get multiple
"cheap shots". If you time the freezes correctly, a
massive amount of freeze missiles will bounce between your car
and theirs, and the enemy's life will deplete very quickly.
Glitch: Remain invincible
Have the Shield activated (press [Right]x2, [Down]x2)
when finishing a level. You will remain invincible until falling
off of any level or finishing the game.