(Eighting 1999)

The PCB of Battle Bakraid as sold in asia comes in most cases with all the secret stuff unlocked. But the manual reinitialization of the eeprom on the board ends for the most collectors with a bad surprise: 
Not only the high-score tables get cleaned by this action, also 5 of the 9 fighter planes, the boss mode and the team edit features instantly disappear. 

First I was quite sure that they would be automatically unlocked again by time, like Seibu did with secret planes in Raiden Fighters 2. But months passed without any happenings of this kind. One day I found a bunch of promising digit codes on the japanese website of Eighting. By comparing with codes of other Raizing / Eighting games I already knew, and with a japanese - english translation program, I was able to figure out the meaning of the codes roughly and got the correct joystick / button movements to unlock the secrets of this game. Unfortunately the codes just didn't work. So I sent them out to some people I was aware of that they own this game, and was hoping someone would find the final key. In August 2001 I received an email from David Payne, a collector from Utah, who was able to translate the details from the Eighting website. He found out some unusual conditions to make the codes finally work. They unlock all the hidden features of this great game, and keep them saved until you reinitialize the eeproms again. Enjoy!


PLAYER SELECT: PHASE 2
What it does 3 more fighter planes available:
Code [UP] [UP] [DOWN] [DOWN] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [A] [B] [Start]
Conditions 1. Start from the title screen
2. Insert Coin
3. watch the 20 sec. counter and enter each
part of the code right between the counting.

Example: ...12,up,11,up,10,down,9,down,8,left,7,right,6.left,5,r..

After entering the [B] button a chime should sound.
tata! phase 2 unlocked !
Credits: David Payne & the sheep

PLAYER SELECT: PHASE 3
What it does 2 more fighter planes available:
Code [UP] [UP] [DOWN] [DOWN] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [B] [A] [Start]
Conditions 1. Start from the title screen
2. Insert Coin
3. watch the 20 sec. counter and enter each
part of the code right between the counting.

Important: The entering of this code has to be finished before the counter passes 10 ! To do so, you will have to start after coin insertion, right before it starts to count: up,19,up,18,down,17,down,16,left,15,right,14.left,..

After entering the [A] button a chime should sound.
tata! phase 3 unlocked !
Credits: David Payne & the sheep

TEAM EDIT: ENABLE
What it does Unlocks the 'team edit' feature to select a team of different ships.
See selection secrets on how to enter the team edit mode.
(Team Edit works only in Battle Bakraid "Unlimited Version" - see Revisions page)
Code [UP] [DOWN] [UP] [DOWN] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [A] [B] [Start]
Conditions 1. Start from the title screen
2. Insert Coin
3. watch the 20 sec. counter and enter each part of the code right between the counting.

Important: This code hast to be entered so that the counter is at 0 when you press the final button [B]. To do so, start after second 9 : 9,up,8,down,7,up,6,down,5,left,4,right,3,left,2,right,1,A,0,B

 After entering the [B] button a chime should sound. tata! team edit unlocked !
Credits: David Payne & the sheep

SPECIAL COURSE : ENABLE
What it does Unlocks the boss mode, a game mode where you fight the bosses only
Code [UP] [DOWN] [UP] [DOWN] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [LEFT] [RIGHT] [B] [A] [Start]
Conditions

1. Start from the title screen
2. Hold [C] button
3. Insert Coin
4. watch the 20 sec. counter and enter each part of the code right between the counting.
5. Release [C] button

After entering the [A] button a chime should sound. special course unlocked !

Credits: David Payne & the sheep