The Ricochet games have several cheats/commands that can be activated by typing them in-game. Using some of the gameplay cheats may flag the saved game as cheated and won't qualify for statistics.

All games[edit | edit source]

These cheats/commands work in all Ricochet games.

Command	Description
showfps	Toggle FPS
cheatzach	Toggle crazy points display, when enabled, the score will appear to be multiplied by 57 but does not affect statistics
cheatreverse	Toggle reversed controls
debugleft	Force the first ball to go left
debugright	Force the first ball to go right
killmenow	On Xtreme: Instantly removes the first ball from the screen, if there are no other balls left, it will cause 'out of bounds penalty' On Lost Worlds and Infinity: Instantly moves the first ball to the bottom-center of the screen, if the ball is facing down and there are no other balls left, it will cause 'out of bounds penalty'

Function key	Description
F1	Open Controls Options
F10	Save screenshot as TGA

Ricochet Xtreme[edit | edit source]

These cheats/commands only work on Ricochet Xtreme.

Command	Description
Gameplay cheats
cheatnext	Skip current level
Powerup cheats
cheatsplit	8 Way Ball Split
cheatfire	Turns the first ball into a Fire Ball
cheatrail	Turns the first ball into a Rail Ball
cheatsmall	Turns the first ball into a Small Ball
cheatgun	Gives the Laser Blaster Gun powerup
cheatmiss	Gives the Meg-O-Blaster Gun powerup
cheatcatch	Gives the Ball Catcher powerup
cheatgrow	Gives the Shield Expander powerup
cheatexpand	Gives the Shield Expander powerup
cheatshrink	Gives the Shield Shrinker powerup
Miscellaneous
flipad	Cycles through the next ad at the bottom-right
showbackground	Toggle the background setting from Animated Background to Still Background Image to No Background Image
showmph	Toggle ball speed display

Function key	Description
F5	Toggle the background setting from Animated Background to Still Background Image to No Background Image

Ricochet Lost Worlds[edit | edit source]

These cheats/commands only work on Ricochet Lost Worlds.

Command	Description
Gameplay cheats
debugskip	Skip current level
Player stat cheats
debugunlockall	Unlock all checkpoints in current level set
debugunlocklast	Unlock the last checkpoint in current level set (Recharged only)
debuggetrings	Get all but 2 levels' rings on current level set (Recharged only)
Miscellaneous
flipad	Cycles through the next ad at the top-right
showmph	Supposed to activate ball speed display, but nothing seems to happen, probably a leftover from Xtreme
Game internals debugging
dirtyrect	Enable dirty/direct [sic] rect display, press `F3` to show (Recharged only)

Function key	Description
F3	Display dirty rect if the `dirtyrect` cheat is enabled (Recharged only)
F5	Toggle the background setting from Animated Background to Still Background Image to No Background Image, this key is disabled starting from Build 30

These cheats are listed in on the PowerUp's properties file, but the game doesn't seem to recognize them so they are probably disabled/removed:

acid
convert
laserball
bombball
catch
gun
mul3
mul8
safty
small
sting

Ricochet Lost Worlds and Infinity[edit | edit source]

Function key	Description
F6	Open in level editor if playing, or test play level
F7	Open in level editor if playing, or test play level with markers
F9	Update level thumbnail
F11	Save screenshot as JPEG

Ricochet Infinity[edit | edit source]

These cheats/commands only work on Ricochet Infinity.

Command	Description
Gameplay cheats
debugfinishlevel	Finish current level by destroying all bricks
slowmotion	Enable slow motion, hold down left `Shift`+`Alt` to slow the game, also hold left `Ctrl` to slow even more
debugspawnspaceship	Spawn an invader
Powerup cheats
debug3way	Gives the 3 Way Ball Split powerup
debug8way	Gives the 8 Way Ball Split powerup
debugacid	Gives the Acid Ball powerup
debugcatch	Gives the Ball Catcher powerup
debugballgen	Gives the Ball Generator Ball powerup
debugbloss	Gives the Blossom powerup
debugemp	Gives the EMP Bomb powerup
debugextra	Gives the Extra Ion Sphere powerup
debugfast	Gives the Fast powerup
debugfire	Gives the Fire Ball powerup
debugfreeze	Gives the Freeze powerup
debuginline	Gives the Inline 3 Way Ball Split powerup
debuglaser	Gives the Laser Ball powerup
debuggun	Gives the Laser Blaster Gun powerup
debuglight	Gives the Lightning Ball powerup
debugbiggun	Gives the Meg-O-Blaster Gun powerup
debugnormball	Gives the Normal Ball powerup
debugnormship	Gives the Normal Ship powerup
debugnuke	Gives the Nuclear Beam powerup
debugprobe	Gives the Probe powerup
debugrail	Gives the Rail Ball powerup
debugsafe	Gives the Safety Bumper powerup
debugexpand	Gives the Shield Expander powerup
debugshrink	Gives the Shield Shrinker powerup
debughelper	Gives the Ship Helper powerup
debugspecialty	Gives the Ship Specialty powerup
debugsight	Gives the Sight powerup
debugballslow	Gives the Slow powerup
debugsmall	Gives the Small Ball powerup
debugsting	Gives the Stinger Missiles powerup
Player stat cheats
debugunlockall	Performs both `debugunlockplanets` and `debugmaxrank`
debugunlockplanets	Unlock and mark both Quests as complete except rings
debugmaxrank	Set total rings count to 1,100 if it's below that amount, unlocking most player ships and balls
debugunlockset / lxylxy	Unlock and mark all levels on current level set as complete except rings
debugunlocklast	Unlock all levels on current level set, and mark all except last as complete, does not collect rings
debugeveryring	Mark all rings on current level set as complete, does not count towards total rings count
debuggetrings	Similar to `debugeveryring`, but does not mark rings on the first 2 levels as complete
debugminrank	Reset total rings count to 0
debugresetachievements	Reset all achievements
Useful for level editors
debugon	Enable level debugger, useful to figure out why a level isn't ending due to a stray leftover brick
debugoff	Disable level debugger
bricklayername	Toggle display of brick layer names
xybaxyba[up arrow]	Immediately load all assets, on an unmodified game this will work fine, this can be useful for modders to validate their mods
Game internals debugging
blitx	Toggle scaling, may cause bricks/balls to disappear
cachedscal	Toggle realtime/cached scaling
debugfont	Toggle font debugging, requires `Data/Resources/Fonts/Editor.FONT.TXT` font to be present or the game would crash
dirtyrect	Enable dirty/direct [sic] rect display, press `F3` to show
pmon	Display statistics, also speeds up game
xxyyxx	Supposed to toggle safe zone display, but nothing?

Function key	Description
F3	Display dirty rect if the `dirtyrect` cheat is enabled