Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore Codes and Unlockables (PS2)

Itagaki and Team Ninja were still dissatisfied with the release versions of DOA2 and continued enhancing it on both Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 on each market as they worked towards their vision of the ultimate fighting game. On October 25, 2000, Tecmo released a last major update called DOA2: Hardcore for the PlayStation 2 which was based on the Japanese and second update of Dead or Alive 2 for Dreamcast, this "Limited Edition" was featuring new playable characters, new stages, extra costumes and introduced the "Gallery" option.

The Hardcore release was finally the complete game Itagaki had envisioned at the time, featuring many changes compared to its predecessor. The new release extended the success of Dead or Alive 2 in North America and Western Europe, and Dead or Alive became Tecmo's flagship series. Tecmo also followed up on the release of DOA2: Hardcore in the USA and Europe with the release of DOA2: HardCore in Japan. This last version saw some minor updates, including new cut scenes, a few new costumes and a new turbo speed option.

Codes

Random tag team opponents
Press start when choosing tag team AND when choosing number of players. You will fight random teams instead of the preset teams, but you will never fight Tengu or Bayman.

Unlockables

Play as Bayman - Complete story mode on easy difficulty with every character to unlock Bayman in all modes except story mode.

Play as Tengu - Collect 10 Stars in Survival Mode or play a combination of characters 200 times. Tengu is playable in all modes except Story Mode.

Unlock All Costumes - Gather 200 STARS in SURVIVAL MODE in order to unlock all the costumes in the game. STARS will not appear until you unlock Bayman.

Unlock CG Gallery - Beat Team Mode with five characters.

Unlock characters' alternate costumes - In the beginning, each character has two costumes. Just complete Story Mode with the characters in any difficulties to unlock their third costumes.

Unlock Longer Credits - Beat the story mode with all the characters on the hardest difficulty.

This is the game's opening video... Enjoy!