Indeed, this game has it all. Just to name off a few: Limited restarts, button mashing, random enemy respawns, cheap deaths, moving platforms and obstacles not resetting after a restart, long animations, time limits, fake dodge/ducking move that does nothing…

I was able to defeat Hell and witness the most awe inspiring ending ever and with these secrets you can too!

There are 3 stages (levels), each split up into checkpoints (resembling road signs.) The objective is to make to the next checkpoint before the timer runs out. At the end of the final checkpoint is the level boss. At the bottom of the screen is a timeline, which indicates the distance to the next checkpoint.

To restart at a checkpoint it costs 5 gems. You start with around 20 gems and then they’re pretty much gone.

Note that there are some fake paths in the game so be sure to check the timeline as you’re traveling and make sure the distance counter is going down. Sometimes it looks like you’re supposed to jump onto the nearest ledge when in fact there is some other moving platform that you’re supposed to jump on.

As for controls, the pause button in game will show them, however it’s just button mashing really:
Left/Right Arrows keys to move
Up Arrow to Jump
Space for Jab attack
Ctrl to middle kick
Alt to high kick

That’s pretty much it. Don’t use the down arrow key as it’s a fake dodge move that doesn’t avoid anything. The attacks all seem to do about the same damage except a jump kick tends to take down some enemies faster.

Spending gems to restart at a checkpoint just doesn’t make sense, especially since the game’s central focus is about trial and error to figure out how to get to the next checkpoint. Fear not, there’s actually a fairly simple way to give yourself as many gems as needed.

The save game location is in the registry at the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Emeryon games\Hope in hell\

If you’re familiar with editing in the Windows registry using Regedit then simply edit MoneyUnit_h4122065747 value. Change it to a high decimal value like 9999. Reload the game and you should now have 9999 gems.

For anyone not familiar with the registry, Paste the following code into Notepad and save it as gems.reg

Once you have saved the file, double click on it to add the value to the registry.

There is so much button mashing involved I found it useful to just spam the middle kick attack while holding down a button using a keyboard macro. This powerful move will obliterate many of the random enemies that spawn in the way and still maintain a good running pace.

If you are not familiar with keyboard macros, I used a freeware tool Autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/
Below is the script I used and can be changed from the “Numpad0” key to whatever key you want. Just copy the code and save it to a text file with an .ahk extension. Double-clicking the file will automatically open and run the script in Autohotkey.

With these mods there is now a slight chance of actually succeeding, Good Luck!