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What is that one video game cheat code you'll never forget about?

I'll start us off with the classic "Explode All Cars" cheat from the classic 2004 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as that is one that I remember using a lot for no rhyme or reason:

R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, L2, L1

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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Let's see if anyone knows these:

  • Up down left right a+start
  • up c down c left c right c a+start
  • up up down down up up up up up a+start
  • covertops
  • iddt
[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 minutes ago

I remember the cheat but not the exact game lol. Definitely Sega Mega Drive though.

ABRACADABRA (R for d-pad right, D for d-pad down).

Going by a Google search it could've been Vectorman or Ecco 2. Or both because I played both a lot back then.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 18 minutes ago

Ratchet and clank 3, the cheat code is told to you in a cutscene:

"Aren't you going to unlock his secret costumes? Here, I'll put in a cheat code. Up up down down left right circle square square... Haha! Look! He's in a tutu!"

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 51 minutes ago

HESOYAM

GTA:SA extra health and money.

[–] beats_and_bytes@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

ROBINWOOD (I think) in AoE II

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Porkcharsui in the original pc version of Grand Theft Auto. If you named your character this, you had an overlay with coordinates so you could find your way easier, you'd get all the guns and the possibility to toggle a kind of sped up mode.

Oh and howdoiturnthison in Age of Empires 2 to get an AC Cobra with machine guns

[–] BraeburVonPfitzcreig@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

"up up down down left right left right B A B Start"

Contra - NES

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

Actually it works in a whole bunch of Konami games, and of course some modern games have thrown it in as an homage.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 50 minutes ago
[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

IDSPISPOPD ... and I even remember what it abbreviates.. why?

[–] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 24 minutes ago

POWPOWPOW

JACKBENIMBLE

[–] wax@feddit.nu 3 points 3 hours ago

E=MC2 TROOPER

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

God mode in Duke Nukem 3D, "dncornholio". Come get some...

[–] Saoirse@hexbear.net 1 points 2 hours ago

UP, C, DOWN, C, LEFT, C, RIGHT, A+C+START Sonic 1 debug mode.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

poweroverwhelming

foodforthought

thereisnocowlevel

[–] Eww@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

PORNTIPSGUZZARDO All acievements and $500,000 in Sim City 2000. You could do it over and over for unlimited money.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start
IDKFA
IDDQD
black sheep wall
power overwhelming

[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Use any ship you want in a mission in Star Trek: Tactical Assault for the Nintendo DS.

Up, Down, Left, Right, Select, Start, B

[–] axis@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Leavemealone - GTA Vice City

Rocketman - GTA San Andreas

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Wampa Stompa

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

JUGGYDANCESQUAD - Blood Rayne

If ya know, ya know

and in the sequel "HAVETHISDARKREALITYTAINTQUEEF"

Simply because.... well that statement is funny

YOUCANSEEANICEICEKEYWHICHYOUCANHAVEFORFREE - Because that damn key tortured me as a kid

and finally

BEWAREOBLIVIONISATHAND because I was too dumb to play Turok 2 fairly

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

BloodRayne is fucking rad

[–] root@aussie.zone 7 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

β¬†οΈβ¬†οΈβ¬‡οΈβ¬‡οΈβ¬…οΈβž‘οΈβ¬…οΈβž‘οΈπŸ…±οΈπŸ…°οΈπŸ…±οΈπŸ…°οΈSelect Start

Gives you 30 extra lives in Contra on the NES

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Is it a "cheat" code if it's basically required to beat the game...?

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It wasn't required. It was the dark souls of the time.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I like that you specifically remember 2-player mode

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

DOOM: IDDQD - god mode, IDKFA - all weapons / items

SimCopter - I'M THE CEO OF MCDONNELL DOUGLAS unlocks all helicopters

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[–] riot@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

aegis for Age of Empires II. Instant building, gathering, research, etc. And of course marco for revealing map and polo to remove fog of war. cheese steak jimmy's for extra food and lumberjack for extra wood. I always struggled to manage those two resources. But even more importantly, how do you turn this on, for that cool siege sports car.

Man, I played a lot of AoE as a child and teenager.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

Don't forget robin hood and rock on.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

DNCORNHOLIO
DNSTUFF
god mode and all guns, items, money in Duke Nukem 3D

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

ABACABB - MK blood code

Down up left left A Right Down (DULLARD) - MK cheat menu

Up C Down C Left C Right C Hold A+Start - Sonic 2 debug mode

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Also "move objects on"

Just gonna delete these bills here... Hey why not the whole mailbox?

I also once had a sim make enough garden gnomes to fill every single tile of the street... Then he kicked one. πŸ˜‚

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Or motherlode

[–] polluteyourjorts@lemmy.one 12 points 10 hours ago

Don't forget all the :;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 30 points 10 hours ago

Konami code, natch

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

β€œidclip” for Doom

β€œpot of gold” for Warcraft 1

Oh and of course, how could I forget β€œhow do you turn this on” (x20 usually) for Age of Empires II

[–] krewllobster@beehaw.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Starcraft (original): black sheep wall

Reveals the whole map by removing fog of war.

[–] Jhogenbaum@leminal.space 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Power overwhelming ... Glittering treasures.

Warcraft 2

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Uhhhh not to be that guy, but um, ackhshually, "power overwhelming" was for StarCraft and it was "Glittering Prizes" for Warcraft 2

[–] Azal@pawb.social 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 54 minutes ago

"Cheater!" - I loved that voice

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

howdoyouturnthison

[–] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago
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