A secret two-player mode for 1994 SNES hit Super Punch-Out!! has been discovered, nearly three decades after the game first launched. In standard gameplay, Super Punch-Out!! is a single-player game, with players taking on the role of boxer Little Mac, who fights against a range of opponents.
But as Unlisted Cheats recently discovered while playing around in the menu options for the game, there’s actually a secret cheat that allows a second player to hook up a controller, and play as one of the game’s many characters – even unleashing their special attacks with button combos.
‘While doing some request work, casually found some new cheats in Super Punch-Out!! for SNES. All secret codes in this game uses two-button combinations. Two of them are known: Sound test and Japanese name input. But there are two more,’ Unlisted Cheats posted on Twitter.
‘At the title, hold Y+R, then press A or START. Following screen will appear instead or regular menus. Here you can select any character to fight a free single match … Even more, in this free match mode, at character info screen hold B+Y then press A or START. From now the CPU opponent can be controlled from JOYPAD2 so you can fight against a real person.’
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As confirmed by IGN’s Kat Bailey, this even works on the
It enhances the classic game considerably, making it perfect for two-player stand-offs – so why the mode was never detailed by
Perhaps it was kept hidden for this exact moment – but whatever the case, it’s a wonderful discovery that really opens up the potential for Super Punch-Out!!. Don’t expect it to show up at the next Evo tournament – but a competitive scene could certainly open up around this wild discovery.
