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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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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

EREIAMJH to fly in Jedi Knight. I always thought it's just the name of some obscure Star Wars creature. But it's actually a reference to the movie Brazil.

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[–] MochiGamer@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I never beat the game but I'll always remember using Red5 in star wars dark forces 2. And the level skip code of course.... "Deeznuts"

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 12 hours ago

As others have already mentioned, IDKFA for Doom and didn't it work in Doom 2 as well?

I only ask because when ID Software released Heretic, a swords and sorcery style Doom game, I remember typing in IDKFA, expecting the same results. It was the Doom engine after all. Except typing in the classic code kills you instantly!

Another isn't strictly a cheat code. On the old 8bit computers the UK, you could enter some programming code to change the memory before loading in a game. (This is over simplified.)

Because of the altered memory, it would effect the game in some way. E.g. infinity health or lives.

I found a listing in a magazine which you could type in to help with the ZX Spectrum version of Batman: The Movie.

In this platform game, with the cheat, when a bad guy tried to climb a ladder, they would freeze.

This was very helpful and worked wonderfully all the way through the game. That was until you reached the very end whereupon the Joker was on a rope ladder attached to a helicopter.

The code interfered with the end of game boss in a way it wasn't expecting and the game would crash.

Thanks.

Doom had IDKFA that just basically gave you all the weapons and keys. I was a pretty young kid when that game was popular and all I wanted was all the guns.

It’s not a code, per se, but the method to get unlimited money on SimCity for SNES is forever in my brain. (I didn’t always use it but sometimes, I just wanted to make a cool city and not do the tax and budget stuff.)

[–] weaponG@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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Mike Tyson's Punch Out

I was going to use that exact cheat! The other one I used was to explode cars if you even barely tapped one

[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Up up down down A B A B Start

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A B A B A C C

I’m old.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Are those Sonic codes?

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

DraculasTeabags

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

the first 'cheat code' that came to mind here isn't for a game:

Select β€’ Play β€’ Select β€’ 30 β€’ Select

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

BARACUDA for level select in Sonic 3D Blast.

Alternatively, CALLACAB for Vector Man.

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[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Triangle triangle square circle X L1 L1 down up

Spawns the Hydra in GTA SA

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