Code Buster

Code Buster
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! WarioWare Gold
Type	IQ (Orbulon, Mega Microgame$!) 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$!) – Enter (Gold)
Time limit	16 beats
Points to clear	25 (Mega Microgame$!) 15 (Gold)
Music track	Code Buster

Code Buster is a microgame found in the IQ folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. It later appears in WarioWare Gold as part of Dribble & Spitz's set.

Gameplay

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$! and WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$!

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.

• 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 pressing 5 times, press !"
  • "Press 3 times, then twice!"
  • "Press up, down, left and right in the proper order!"
• 3rd level difficulty: The codes require more presses than the previous level:
  • "After pressing 8 times, press !"
  • "Press 2 times, press , press 3 times!"
  • "Press , , , , , , , !"

WarioWare Gold

The game has the player reading the code on a lock or out of a spell book. The context varies with each stage.

• 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 pressing 5 times, press !"
  • "After pressing 5 times, press !"
  • "Press 3 times; press 2 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:
  • "Press 2 times; press 3 times; press !"
  • "Press 3 times; press 2 times; press 3 times!"
  • "Press 3 times; press 2 times; press 3 times!"
  • "After pressing 7 times, press !"
  • "After pressing 7 times, press !"
  • "Press , , , , , , , !"
  • "Press , , , , , , , !"

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$!		L. ENTER COMMAND	L. means long, as Orbulon's microgames all last twice as long

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	コマンドにゅうりょく[?] Komando Nyūryoku	Enter command
Chinese	输入指令[?] Shūrù zhǐlìng	Enter the command
French	Language codé[?]	Coded Language
German	IQ-Test[?]	-
Italian	Leggi attentamente[?]	Read carefully
Spanish	Códigos lucha (Mega Microgame$!)[?]	Fight codes
	Al pie de la letra (Gold)[?]	To the letter

Trivia

• On level 3, one of the codes is a reference to the Konami Code.
• This is the only microgame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! where is used, though it is used in a way that makes the player always lose the microgame. In WarioWare Gold, pressing has no effect.