Missing buildings in level four

The above sprites are loaded during the first part of the fourth level, but they don't get used during gameplay. But there is a way to get them to appear: die. When the level starts, these buildings don't appear anywhere in the background.

Simply die and then use a continue. When the level starts up again, the previously missing building sprites will mysteriously appear in the background. The building sprites do not scroll off the screen, and will remain in place until you finish this part of the level. MarkeyJester has an explanation for this glitch.


Ending glitch

If you press start to skip level 7's cutscene, it will cause a glitch in the ending where some dialogue won't appear. The lines about saving mankind, the battle being over and most of Zigfried's lines will be skipped. So if you want to see the full ending, don't skip level 7's cutscene! You can see the glitch in this video. This glitch only seems to happen in the American version of the game.