Blast Corps
N64

For an INSTANT EXPLOSION:


Hold down the Z button until the driver yells "Doh!" then a half 
second later the building will blow up. (works best with backlash)


Z-Button Tricks:


Some people say the Z button trick is useless in Blast Corps. Certain 
levels are made very easy by the proper application of this trick, 
making platinum times a cinch!
Get a really fast time on Oyster Harbor using a combination of tricks. 
First, it is not necessary to have the boats in place or fill the holes 
in order to complete the level. Second, it is possible to destroy the 
series of walls that one usually uses the TNT on, as well as the final 
building, using the Z button trick. So by destroying the small blocks in 
the beginning of the course using the Ramdozer, and using the Z button 
trick on the buildings, one can do the level in under 1:30, where the 
platinum time is 2:55! 


Another hugely useful application of the Z button trick is on Beeton 
Tracks. Normally, one would have to move the Ramdozer across the tracks 
and use the TNT to blow up the big building. Instead, the Z button trick 
can blow it up, resulting in a time of around 33 seconds, instead of the 
platinum time of 1:15! 


A somewhat less useful application of the Z button trick is on the last 
huge building on Diamond Sands. Most of it is destroyed by TNT, but the 
remaining part of the building can be destroyed without using the TNT on 
the other side of the tracks. Just use the magic Z button! 


There are a few other useful application of this trick, but none as 
useful as the first two. It seems that the only win condition for each 
level is that no buildings be blocking the carrier. Everything else can 
be ignored, even if green arrows are pointing to it. Using this 
strategy, some levels have extremely easy platinum times. 
These tricks are most helpful when you get to the later levels, like in 
the Platinum levels.




Thanks to Revolution readers JJ Zoch and Dan Abbe!