Password
In the North American version of Kid Icarus, passwords were used to continue a game after turning the system off, exactly the same way as the password system in Metroid. Upon a game over, players would see 24 characters arranged in 4 groups of 6 called Sacred Words in the actual game and would be entered after selecting continue on the main menu. Nintendo Power released several passwords in the Volume 1, Number 3 issue. Similar to Metroid, there were many codes that had strange, and game-changing effects.
List of Passwords
Nintendo Power Passwords
0000eu 60j700 uG0004 1000J0- Starts the game in stage 1-4, the fortress of the Underworld
0000ys T0J300
m2001C H000aS- Starts the game in stage 2-1, the first area of the Overworld
00008C i04400
mIG01D I0005F- Starts the game in stage 2-4, the fortress of the Overworld
0000mu w0K200
O3G00H I100s5- Starts the game in stage 3-1, the first area of the Skyworld
0000y0 11X200
u0G00H I100t0- Starts the game in stage 3-4, the fortress of the Skyworld
00008p 414100
O3G00H I500eB- Starts the game in stage 4-1, the Palace in the Sky