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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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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 minutes ago

weaknesspays

(extra money in SimCity 4)

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 2 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

sv_cheats 1

Impulse 101

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago

Down up left left A right down to get the cheat menu on Mortal Kombat on the Sega Megadrive.

On Revenge of Shinobi set the number of shurikens on the Options screen to 0 and wait 20 seconds. The zero turned into an infinity symbol, giving you unlimited shurikens.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Call Cousin Vinnie

It gave you a boatload of money in SC3K

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

HESOYAM

GTA:SA extra health and money.

[–] LunaCtld@lemmy.world 1 points 15 minutes ago

Also GTA:SA

CHITTYCHITTYBANGBANG: All cars can fly

[–] beats_and_bytes@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

ROBINWOOD (I think) in AoE II

[–] gege999@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 minutes ago

How do you turn this on ftw

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 2 hours 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!"

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 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 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

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

Contra - NES

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 5 points 6 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.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago
[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

POWPOWPOW

JACKBENIMBLE

[–] wax@feddit.nu 4 points 5 hours ago

E=MC2 TROOPER

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

poweroverwhelming

foodforthought

thereisnocowlevel

[–] Saoirse@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] axis@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Leavemealone - GTA Vice City

Rocketman - GTA San Andreas

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 8 points 8 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 7 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] root@aussie.zone 8 points 9 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

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

I like that you specifically remember 2-player mode

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

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

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

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 32 points 12 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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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 31 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours 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˜‚

[–] polluteyourjorts@lemmy.one 15 points 12 hours ago

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

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 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

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 31 points 13 hours ago

Konami code, natch

[–] riot@lemmy.world 11 points 10 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 4 points 8 hours ago

Don't forget robin hood and rock on.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 7 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 5 hours ago

BloodRayne is fucking rad

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Wampa Stompa

[–] Jhogenbaum@leminal.space 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Power overwhelming ... Glittering treasures.

Warcraft 2

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 4 points 8 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 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

"Cheater!" - I loved that voice

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

howdoyouturnthison

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